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 […]
A Truly Outstanding $120 Phono Cable
Audio Sensibility’s Impact SE Phono Cable Review by Noam Bronstein This is where I come out on the whole cable debate: Cables make a difference, […]
An Interview with Eric Kalam of HiFiHaven.org
WoS: How did you get started in the hi-fi hobby? EK: My dad always had music playing at home. He had an all tube, mono-system, […]
EL34-family Tube Comparison!
Review by Tim Smith Tubes supplied by www.thetubestore.com When Jon Esau of www.thetubestore.com offered a set of five EL34-type tubes for review (JJ KT77; JJ EL34 II; […]
Another convert to the Naxos Music Library
Review by Peter Wilson The review article posted by Mark Morris on WOS dated 2014/07/06 finally convinced me to subscribe to the Naxos Music Library. […]
Sonneteer’s Sedley Sings
A review by Jon Eben Field A sonnet is a beautiful and strict poetic structure (14 lines long) developed in Italy in the 13th century. […]
A Store is Born. Ash Forest Hi-Fi of Kingston, Ontario rises up
When Kingston, Ontario (pop. 130,000) lost its only downtown brick-and-mortar hifi shop, Just HiFi, a few years ago, I wondered if someone would be brave […]
Our Favourite Music Releases of 2015
From the writers at Wall of Sound – minus Tim and Mark, who are presently swamped. It’s been a good year for new music releases. […]
Finalé Audio’s Vivace Minis: Hearing is Believing
Review by Jon Eben Field When I walked into the Finalé Audio room at TAVES this year, I immediately knew that something special was happening. […]