The Last Stand (you’ll ever need)? Review by Noam Bronstein Recently I read something interesting in Stereophile, about real estate in some major cities being […]
New Valve Order’s SPA One Special Edition Phono Preamp
World Premiere Review by Noam Bronstein New Valve Order (NVO) is a small firm in Cyprus, making world-class tube electronics by hand for the audiophile […]
SSI 2015: Montreal Audio Show Coverage
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 […]