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09-04-2024 | By Rushton Paul

Notes on Recent Finds, No. 25 - New Recordings at NativeDSD

The labels represented in NativeDSD's catalog continue to deliver outstanding performances in great sounding recordings. NativeDSD is just a stunning resource for those who love immaculate high resolution recordings made by some of the best recording engineers working today (Jared Sacks of Channel Classics, Brendon Heinst of TRPTK, Gonzalo Noqué of Eudora, Jake Purches of... Read More »

09-01-2024 | By Editors at Positive Feedback

Getting Top Performance From Your Digital Media: Shine Ola Optical Disc Cleaner, the Acoustic Revive RIO-5II Negative Ion Generator, and the Acoustic Revive RD-3 Disc Demagnetizer

This article by Jeff Day originally ran in Positive Feedback ISSUE 45 September/October 2009, so while we call this section "New Old Stock - Articles from Our Days in Print" you are also going to see some articles from our early days of going online.  It's common knowledge that cleaning vinyl records makes a big... Read More »

08-27-2024 | By Tom Gibbs

Ornithology: The Best of Bird - A New Charlie Parker Compilation That Features His Classic Savoy Sides in Greatly Improved Sound

Craft Recordings' latest noteworthy release of classic jazz has just arrived, and it's a compilation of some of the finest recorded works by legendary alto saxophonist Charlie Parker. Ornithology: The Best of Bird features a selection of classic studio tracks from Parker's mid-1940's sessions for Savoy Records; the studio sessions are supplemented with a group... Read More »

08-23-2024 | By Tom Gibbs

George Benson's Lost Orchestral Album - Dreams Do Come True: When George Benson Meets Robert Farnon

Rhino Entertainment is heralding jazz guitarist and vocalist George Benson’s return to the Warner Music Group with the release of his long lost orchestral album, 1989’s Dreams Do Come True: When George Benson Meets Robert Farnon. The orchestral tracks for the album were recorded in London during a fertile and prolific period while Benson was... Read More »

08-15-2024 | By Editors at Positive Feedback

The Golden Age of Audio(philes)

Lou Hinkley of Pacific Audio Fest Lou Hinkley is the owner of Daedalus Audio and a partner with Gary Gill in PAF and the new Southwest Audio Fest in the Dallas, TX area of the USA. In this essay he shares his thoughts about high-end audio and audio shows. "It was the best of times... Read More »

07-09-2024 | By Greg Weaver

New from the audio analyst© - Virtual High End Munich - It's a Wrap!

Following my first three episodes from this year's event, these wrap-up event episodes bring you my final three sets of coverage, each addressing three remarkable rooms. Can you say World Premieres? In this episode, I explore the world premiere of the Kronos Discover Phono stage, the Göble Divin Comtesse loudspeakers, and Alon Wolf's Magico S5... Read More »

07-03-2024 | By Frank Doris

High-End Audio Luminary Michael Fremer Produces His First Record Album

Reprinted with permission from Copper magazine. Michael Fremer needs little introduction to Copperreaders. He's been a stalwart of the high-end audio industry for decades, and is currently the editor of The Tracking Angleand editor at large at The Absolute Sound. He has been a champion of vinyl since long before the days in the early 1980s when the "Perfect... Read More »

11-07-2023 | By Wojciech Pacuła

Totaldac D1-Unity DAC

Totaldac is a French audio manufacturer, founded in 2010 by Vincent Brient. Its headquarters are located near Mont Saint-Michel, a rocky island in the bay of Mont-Saint-Michel, in the English Channel. The company specializes in digital-to-analog converters and audio file players. It also offers a range of amplifiers, speakers and accessories to improve digital signal... Read More »

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RECENT HARDWARE REVIEWS

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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,... Read More »

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... Read More »

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... Read More »

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,... Read More »

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... Read More »
Nagaoka MP-200 phono cartridge mounted on turntable headshell
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... Read More »

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... Read More »

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... Read More »

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,... Read More »

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... Read More »

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... Read More »

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... Read More »

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... Read More »

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... Read More »

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... Read More »

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... Read More »
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XACT is proud to announce the launch of two groundbreaking products that set new benchmarks in...

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September 2, 2024 – MOON is pleased to announce that North Collection Bridges are now available....

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A "walkthrough" of the Audio Note (UK) M...

I'm not quite sure how Audio Note (UK) accomplishes it, exactly. It is particularly noticeable with ...

Jeff Checking In: M6 RIAA, PAF 2024 Update, Vintag...

Greetings friends! I hope you are doing well and enjoying life.  My primary focus at the moment is ...

They are back better than ever: "Altec" ...

Every once in a while something magnificent happens that gets me all excited about audio at a level ...

The Geezer Chronicles: Life in the slow lane!...

If you look up the definition of "geezer" it will say something like this: "An old person, especiall...

Jeff Checking In: PAF 2024, Audio Note (UK) M6 RIA...

Greetings friends, I hope you are doing well! I just got the latest email update on the Pacific Audi...

The Listening Games...

Music and audio are grand hobbies that bring a lot of joy into our lives.  If you are looking for a...

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HIFI Statement
PrimaLuna EVO 100 Tube Phono Preamplifier By Carsten Bussler

Der neue EVO 100 Tube Phono Preamplifier von PrimaLuna gehört zur Premium-Baureihe...

Transrotor TRA 9 – 12 Zoll By Dirk Sommer

Das habe ich jetzt davon: Als ich das mit seiner Ausgewogenheit und tonalen Stimmigkeit...

Axxess Forté1 By Wolfgang Kemper

Audio Group Denmark wants to tap into new customer groups with its new Axxess brand. The three...

Audio Video Show Warschau 2023 – Teil 3 By Finn Corvin Gallowsky

Das Aufbereiten der auf der Messe gesammelten Eindrücke und Informationen ist zwar...

Audio Video Show Warschau 2023 – Teil 2 By Finn Corvin Gallowsky

12 Uhr Mittags. Das ist der gesetzte Beginn für den ersten Tag der Audio Video Show Warschau....

Audio Video Show Warschau 2023 – Teil 1 By Finn Corvin Gallowsky

Nachdem mich im letzten Jahr reine Neugier auf die Audio Video Show Warschau gelockt hat,...

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