Review by Colin McKay The Yaqin MS-12B is one of the rare objects in the DIY community to have reached “cult” status. I have spent […]
Tube Powers of the North: Single-ended or Push-pull?
Review by Noam Bronstein Finale Audio SET vs. Copland PP: Battle of the Northern Powers The winter of 2016 saw an almost embarrassing assortment of great […]
My Audio Life – Part 1 of a new series
By Steve Graham It is a fact of life that enthusiast magazines and web sites live and die on equipment reviews. Audio is no different. […]
Review: Charisma 103 Moving Coil Phono Cartridge
Review by Noam Bronstein Among phono-loving audiophiles who didn’t just climb on the vinyl bandwagon last week, there’s a large number of us who are […]
Reference 3A’s all-new, mythbusting Reflector
A Supermonitor from Canada’s Heartland World Premiere Review, by Noam Bronstein Tash Goka, Reference 3A’s chief, tells me modestly that in some ways he views the […]
Review: Yaqin MC13S Stereo Integrated Amplifier
Review by Colin McKay In some ways, the Yaqin MC13S stereo integrated is a paradox. It is playing music in my system where, normally, a several […]
HD Vinyl, anyone?
An interesting story appeared two days ago, that got my juices flowing. Digital Music News received an ‘exclusive’ about a new patent application for “High […]
Breaking the Sound Barrier in L.A.: Lounge Audio’s ‘Copla’ MC step-up amplifier
Review by Noam Bronstein These days, a product like the Copla on review here, is about as rare as the type of company that makes […]
Well-Tempered Lab’s Amadeus GTA MkII Turntable
Review by Noam Bronstein William Firebaugh’s original Well-Tempered Tonearm turned many heads – and ears – upon its’ debut in the mid-1980’s. The tonearm’s design […]
Double Rainbow: Yelena Eckemoff Quartet, “Everblue” (L&H, 2015); Mike Nock/Laurence Pike, “Beginning and End of Knowing” (FWM, 2015)
Album review by Neil Hobkirk When is an ECM album not an ECM album? Two new releases from, respectively, Yelena Eckemoff and Mike Nock/Laurence Pike […]