by Noam Bronstein Both Tim Smith and I made the trek to Salon Son et Image this year; in Tim’s case a 2-hour train ride, […]
Marco Polo’s Film Music Discoveries
Album review by Neil Hobkirk We all have favourite film music. Whether absorbed during a movie or savoured separately as an isolated score, the music […]
High-rez digital: two Sabre-based DAC’s, evaluated and compared
Review by Mark Morris Matrix X-Sabre Audio DAC Yulong Sabre DA8 DAC with pre-amplifier and Class A Headphone amplifier Both imported and sold exclusively by Grant […]
Psvane 845 vacuum tubes. T-II and WE ‘Replica’, from Grant Fidelity.
Psvane 845 vacuum tubes. T-II ($399) and WE Replica ($649). Review by Tim Smith Available from Grant Fidelity, Alberta, Canada www.grantfidelity.com and http://psvanetube.com/wordpress/purchase/shop-by-tube-model/845-2/ A […]
Audio Sensibility Statement SE Analog Interconnect (RCA) OCC Copper 1.0 m
Audio Sensibility Statement SE Analog Interconnect (RCA) OCC Copper 1.0 m Review by Tim Smith $329 […]
New Tricks Revisited: Deep Purple’s “Purpendicular” (reissue; HNE, 2014)
Album review by Neil Hobkirk Purpendicular opens with a sound unfamiliar from previous Deep Purple albums: a buzzing, harmonics-drunk note frenzy lasting just a few […]
Psvane TC5 integrated amplifier
Psvane TC5 integrated tube amplifier. Purchased through the Grant Fidelity website. Review by Tim Smith. 1,399 USD including shipping from Hong Kong. http://shop.grantfidelity.com/Psvane-TC5-Integrated-KT120-Tube-Amplifier.html The Psvane […]
Charisma Audio’s Reference One Moving Coil Cartridge
The first time I heard Bernard Li’s new Reference One ($1975 USD), it was at the 2014 TAVES show, where Charisma Audio shared a room […]
World Premiere: Triode Lab’s 2A3PSE Power Amplifier
by Noam Bronstein Let’s get one thing out of the way: I love the 2A3 power tube. With appropriately sensitive speakers, I’ve long found that […]
Serene Footfalls: “La vie commence ici” by Marianne Trudel (Justin Time, 2014)
Album review by Neil Hobkirk The three times I’ve seen Marianne Trudel perform in person, she’s radiated rapture. Alert at the piano, she looked possessed […]