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Today will feature the last episode covering my four-day visit to GTT Audio in Long Valley, NJ, two weeks ago, and will focus on one of the most significant, engaging, and important analog products I’ve ever had the pleasure of experiencing, the KRONOS Discovery Phonostage.

In this week’s episode, Bill Parish and I discuss the introduction of the latest products to join the Audionet Scientist Series of electronics, the Mach linestage and the Schrödinger monoblock amplifiers. These products may represent the most important product introduction in Audionet’s nearly three-and-a-half-decade history.

Today Bill Parish and I discuss the relevant takeaways, and perhaps the deeper significance of what my latest extended stay at GTT and listen to the production release of the KRONOS Perpetual Turntable may have to offer.

Today we Have a look at what is coming over the first months, and on into the year 2025.

Today we take a look at the results of what I am calling the Fosi Audio V3/SparkoS Labs SS3602 “Full Monty.” The V3s, pimped out with a pair of the SS3602s in the two “significant” OpAmp locations, likely used to drive each half of the differential input for the V3s tiny Class-D amplifier chip, the Texas Instruments TPA3116D2, provide some exhilarating performance.

This week, we’ll explore the advantages that come with implementing a full loom of cabling comprised of the same series of products from a single manufacturer. Specifically, we will take a closer look at the benefits I’ve realized with the installation of a loom of the entry-level series of OHNO cables, including interconnects and speaker cables, and non-captured AC cords, the forte F3 powerChords, from Audience.

Today I introduce you to the exceptional performance and remarkable value that the moderately priced Mobile Fidelity MasterPhono Phonostage represents. This exceptional and versatile phono preamplifier is the latest creation from the mind of colleague and friend, Peter Madnick, with over 45 years as a prolific industry designer, leading to something on the order of... Read More »

oday, I share my impressions of the sonic improvements enjoyed by the overachieving, über affordable Fosi V3 monoblock amplifiers after replacing the stock Texas Instrument NE5532 IC Op-Amps on their boards with a pair of the SparkoS Labs SS3602 Discreet Dual Op-Amps. In early November, with one of my “Second Space” episodes, “E199, The Amazing,... Read More »

For three decades now, David MacPherson, the managing partner of Studio Electric, has been building remarkable sounding and relatively affordable loudspeakers. One of his underlying goals as a designer has been to create loudspeakers that, not only he would choose to own, but that fall into his own budgetary choices for such products. I first... Read More »

Today I present my final room evaluation from this past November’s Capital Audiofest 2024. We will visit room 832, BADASS, or Ball Audio Distribution And System Solutions, run by Bruce Ball. We’ll meet Julian Margules, of Margules Audio of Mexico, and Anke Patt, of Viablue cables and accessories of Germany…

Today we visit, and get a quick listen to, the GTT Audio room on the seventh floor at the 2024 Capital Audiofest. I’ve had viewers – and readers – ask why the GTT Audio room, and several others, always seem to make my show reports. Well, the answer is absurdly simple. Bill and his partners... Read More »

I’ve had the honor and pleasure of knowing Doug White, the principal of The Voice That Is, of Broomall, Pennsylvania, located about 10 miles west of downtown Philadelphia, for some time now. Today, with my second installment for Capital Audiofest 2024, we have a look at, and get a chance to listen to, The Voice... Read More »

Today, I am pleased to bring you conversations with both , Łukasz Fikus, the drive behind the LampizatOr products, and with Damon Von Schweikert, as he introduces us to the VR.thirty Foundation loudspeakers. While they occupy roughly one-third the volume and weight of my ULTRA 9s, at $49,000 a pair for the passive version, or... Read More »

What started as the idea that I would be able to reach a wider, and if I’m honest, younger audience than had been possible through my written work, my first episode, “Who is the audio analyst” dropped here on May 10th, 2020. And, it has turned into something far more successful and effective than could... Read More »

Today's Second Space episode had its genesis as I researched choices for a linear power supply for another project when I ran across the rather retro-looking Fosi Audio MC101 amplifier with Bluetooth connectivity. But the combination of its size, power rating, feature set, including its round, backlit VU meter, and modest ninety-nine dollar asking price... Read More »

Today’s episode, a revisit with a reimagined classic, venerated, amplifier, was spurred by a viewer’s seemingly innocent question. Quite simply, a long-time reader and viewer wanted to know if I still stood behind my unreserved recommendation of the Parasound Halo JC1+ amplifier. When I thought about it and realized that I hadn’t listened to them... Read More »

If you follow the channel, you will likely be familiar with my take on the superb Ideon Absolute digital suite of gear from Greece which dropped here with Episode 163, February 2024. But in January of 2024, Ideon announced that the remarkable Epsilon DAC had seen an upgrade and is now in production as the... Read More »

During the third week in June, 2024, I was invited to attend a limited press event in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The event was sponsored by Monarch Systems, based in Englewood, CO, Siltech’s US Distributor, to introduce and promote the launch of Siltech’s new flagship line of cables, Master Crown. I reported on that event... Read More »

With Episode 181, “Siltech's Master Crown Cable,” from June 30th of 2024, I shared my experiences from the Master Crown cable introductory press event held in Santa Fe by Siltech’s US Distributor, Monarch Systems, just ten days earlier.   Today I want to share some of the most significant portions of a conversation I had... Read More »