Exciting times for Richmond Hill, Ontario’s Charisma Audio: in addition to their current lineup, (including a growing and acclaimed line of their own moving-coil cartridges), […]
Still a Player: The Thorens TD124 Transcription Record Player
A Classic Analog Time-Capsule of Near Perfection, Review by Noam Bronstein Sometimes you just get lucky. A few months ago, I posted a want ad […]
Something Less: “Heaven & Earth” by Yes (Frontiers, 2014)
Album review by Neil Hobkirk Well, the cover art’s nice. And the music’s nice too. Or rather, the music’s too nice. Yes, nice music. So: […]
Resonessence Labs Concero HD and Concero HP. Champagne sound on a Cava budget.
RESONESSENCE Concero HD ($850 USD) and Concero HP ($850 USD). Review by Tim Smith Wall of Sound Gold Star Award for both products. www.resonessencelabs.com www.highendaudioexchange.ca […]
Woo Audio WA6 SE headphone amplifier. Review by Tim Smith
Woo Audio WA6 SE headphone amplifier. $1190 USD http://www.wooaudio.com Review sample kindly provided by Brosseau Audio, St. Hubert, Quebec. http://brosseau.ca GOLD STAR AWARD WINNER At […]
Definitive Statement: Dee Daniels’ “State of the Art” (Criss Cross Jazz, 2013)
Album review by Neil Hobkirk Dee Daniels should need no introduction. Unfortunately, she too often does. In a music climate clouded by jazz-singing sound-alikes, a […]
Emotiva CMX-2 Line conditioner and DC offset filter. Review by Tim Smith
Like many of you, I have experienced the hum of tube amp transformers. Like many of you, I have assumed that this was normal–the price […]
Shunyata Venom PS8 Power Distributor with Venom Defender Line Conditioner. Review by Tim Smith
Shunyata Research Venom PS8 Power Distributor, Venom Defender Power Conditioner, and Venom HC power cord, review by Tim Smith Review sample kindly provided by the […]
The Long and the Short of Mike Oldfield: “Five Miles Out” and “Crises” (deluxe editions; Mercury, 2013)
Album review by Neil Hobkirk I remember my first proper sound system, purchased during high school in 1984: Harmon/Kardon HK330I receiver; JBL J216A speakers; and […]