Unique Innovation Technology (UIT)...
09-04-2024 | By Robert H. Levi
Bob Levi: a moment at the LAOC AS Board Banquet. Los Angeles, CA, 2023. (Photograph and image processing by David W. Robinson) I have been listening to and testing cables and other connectivity from UIT for about a decade,...
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RAY Select Premium 12AU7 Vacuum...
08-30-2024 | By Tom Gibbs
I've been working with John Soriano of Apos Audio on a number of recent equipment reviews, and through our regular contacts, I discovered a few months ago that Apos would soon be marketing their own line of self-branded...
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Lightning In a Bottle - Cambridge...
08-27-2024 | By Michael Laurance
Quite possibly, if you were to ask my non-audiophile friends, their perception of me would be one of a guy who is on the cutting edge of technology. They walk into my home and are usually overwhelmed by all the whiz-bang...
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The Audience Hidden Treasure...
08-20-2024 | By Bruce Kinch
One approaches writing cable reviews with a bit of trepidation, especially about digital cables, and doubly so for those circling around the kilobuck range (as the Audience AV cables under consideration here do). After all,...
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The Bag End ISUB2-18 Powered Sub...
08-18-2024 | By Juan C. Ayllon
The Bag End ISUB2-18 18" Infra Self-Powered Subwoofer System sits in repose in my listening and A/V room Have you ever wondered what it would be like to use the top-notch equipment renowned musicians like Tom Petty, Chick...
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Nagaoka MP-200 Cartridge
08-05-2024 | By Ed Kobesky
I don't really know how to pronounce Nag-a-ok-a. Or is it Nag-a-woka? I wish I could find a video on YouTube or something from the actual company where someone says it correctly. Unfortunately, they don't really do much...
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Follow-up: Main Stream from Vera-Fi...
08-02-2024 | By Tom Gibbs
When my review for Vera-Fi Audio's Main Stream™ went live a few weeks ago, Vera-Fi mainman Mark Schifter was only able to supply me with a single device for evaluation. Which according to Mark was at that point the only...
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Waters on the Hardware: Alberto...
07-30-2024 | By Dean Waters
Dean Waters with cigar at the Pacific Audio Fest 2023: a portrait. (Photograph and image processing by David W. Robinson) I recently submitted an article reviewing the Alberto Guerra Designs (AGD) Duet monoblock amplifiers...
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Notes on the KECES Audio S300+...
07-27-2024 | By Dean Seislove
A few months ago, I was pleased to write about the KECES Audio Ebravo Streamer Transport. In that review, I noted that the Ebravo, "Elevated the sound in many subtle, but easily recognizable ways." This was all to the good,...
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Bryston BP-19 Preamplifier
07-26-2024 | By Malcolm J. Gomes
For almost two decades now, my reference preamplifier was the Bryston BP-26 powered by the Bryston MPS-2 DC regulated power supply. I was perfectly happy with the performance of this combination and the vast connectivity...
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Main Stream Master Class Dynamic...
07-15-2024 | By Tom Gibbs
Early this year, Vera-Fi Audio main-man Mark Schifter messaged me to gauge my interest in a new product line he was then representing from Thai manufacturer Puron. I'd told Mark that even though I had a pair of AudioQuest...
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The Fuse Box, an Ice Box, and the...
07-12-2024 | By Bruce Kinch
Back in February's Issue 132 (HERE) I wrote about the remarkable improvement in my system from replacing a couple pricey audiophile fuses with first one, and then two Swiss Digital Fuse Boxes. At that time there remained a...
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ampsandsound Kenzie Integrated...
07-01-2024 | By Steve Lefkowicz
It's been a little over eight years since I last reviewed an amplifier by Southern California's ampsandsound (HERE). In the intervening years, Justin Weber has taken his little, almost hobbyist endeavor into the world of...
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The Legacy Continues – The Valve...
07-01-2024 | By Robert S. Youman
Over the last two years, I have been on a determined mission to find a standalone phono stage for my system. I have been experimenting with both solid state and tube phono stages at several different price points. I have...
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Bella Sound Hana Power Conditioner
06-28-2024 | By Will Wright
Fifteen or more years ago I purchased a John Curl/Jack Bybee Signature Pro power conditioner, and still use it to this day. The Signature Pro used two power cords, each one connected to a bank of four outlets, one bank...
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Audience frontRow Interconnects and...
06-16-2024 | By John Acton
Of all the elements that make up a high-end audio system, few are embroiled in the kind of controversy that surrounds cables. By and large, audiophiles seem to align with one of three primary belief systems when it comes to...
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