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On December 11, 2018, PS Audio announced download availability of the newest Operating System for the PS Audio DirectStream Junior DAC. Named after another of Colorado's 14,000 foot peaks, Snowmass, this update to PSA's DirectStream digital converters is likely to be judged a significant step up in sound quality. Handwritten for the DirectStream Junior's Field-Programmable Gate Array... Read More »

Saariaho and Koh. Jennifer Koh, violin. Nicolas Hodges, piano. Hsin-Yun Huang, viola. Wilhelmena Smith, cello. Anssi Kaarttunen, cello, Curtis 20/21 Ensemble, Conner Gray Covington, conductor. Çedille CDR 90000183. There is some contemporary music we listen to because we just want to know what's going on. This is not the same as keeping up with fashion,... Read More »

Das größte Bohne Audio System BB18 begeisterte mich auf der High End, das zweitkleinste, die BB-10 habe ich bereits getestet. Genau in der Mitte der Bohne Audio Angebotspalette positioniert sich die BB-12. Das dürfte sie für viele High-Ender besonders interessant machen.

Der chinesische Hersteller präsentiert mit dem HA-300 ein als Kopfhörerverstärker ausgewiesenes Gerät mit der Triode 300B, bei dem es sich gleichzeitig um eine ausgewachsene Single-Ended-Endstufe mit separatem Röhrennetzteil handelt. Mir ist sofort klar: Dieses Teil muss zum Test zu mir!

"Well, you can take a crosstown bus if it's cold or if it's raining, And the animals will love it if you do."        - The Zoo, Simon and Garfunkel The Audio Engineering Society convention is a strange two-lobed thing with a scientific conference downstairs and a trade show upstairs. In the past few years they... Read More »

NAGRA is a company-institution. Both figuratively and literally. As I shall try to show you, it's a unique example of combining the elements of professional and home audio as well as music. The fact that the company was founded by Stefan Kudelski, a man from Poland, only emphasizes its uniqueness in my eyes. Here's the... Read More »

Stefan Kudelski with Nagra III tape recorder A view from our hotel's window towards Geneva Lake. A view from our hotel's window towards Alps on the French side of the Geneva Lake. As you can see we were expected in Nagra. Nagra team plus truly yours: Matthieau Latour (Audio Division Director), Wojciech Pacuła (me), Pascal... Read More »