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Today, we explore the remarkable attributes of the Von Schweikert Audio VR.thirty Foundation, with its unequalled degree of versatility of placement and room integration. This speaker clearly represents an exceptional value for those with the ability to make them a part of their system!

Bob Witrak, founder and mastering engineer for High Definition Tape Transfers (HDTT), continues to astound me with the quality of his releases. Those of us who value recordings from the "golden age of stereo," and who are obsessive compulsive about obtaining the best sound quality possible, owe Bob a great debt of gratitude for his... Read More »

Devo, Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! (Rhino High Fidelity) No need to set the stage. This new Devo reissue from Rhino High Fidelity is spectacular! As good as the 1978 original pressing sounds, there is no comparison. And the OG does sound excellent! With this release, Rhino continues to set the... Read More »

The current phase of my audio journey found me more focused on room and AC power issues. I tackled the room first, and right now I'm very happy with the results, although this is still a work in progress. Now it's time to concentrate on AC power, starting with fuses. I've thought many times about... Read More »

Christoph Croisé, Lullabies. Christoph Croisé, cello; Ana Bakradze and Oxana Shevchenko, piano. AVIE 2779 (digital EP). TT: ~21.20. Lullabies, Op. 18, Lullaby for Béatrice; Lullaby for Almuth; Lullaby for Reni; Lullaby for Maria. Cello Sonata, II. Lullaby for Arthur. As my review of Silvestrov's Postludium No. 3, way back in Issue 132, suggests, I'm a sucker for... Read More »

For those readers new to this column, please read the introductory comments in Part one HERE. As I mentioned in Part 2 of this series (HERE) in the late 1980s I had an early mid-life crisis. For a variety of reasons, but partly due to being despondent over the poor sound quality of early CD... Read More »

Roger Skoff at the 2024 LAOC Gala (photograph and image processing by David W. Robinson) For this month's column, Roger has departed from his usual essay format. Instead, he is sharing a YouTube video in which Norman Varney of AV Room Service interviews him about audio cables. You'll find the interview at:  Mic Check Ep:... Read More »

I was recently discussing vinyl playback with a friend and audio equipment designer when he first suggested it.  "You should really look at the Dynavector XX-2A," he effused, claiming that it had excellent detail retrieval, treble extension, bass, dynamics, and an overall balance and presentation that compared favorably with many moving coil cartridges that sold... Read More »

This article by Greg Weaver originally ran in 2005, 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.  More Musical Magic Albert Von Schweikert has done it yet again! I guess it should... Read More »

You've come a long way baby! First it was AXPONA turning 15; seven months later it's Capital Audiofest‘s turn. The last fifteen years seem to have just flown by. From CAF's very humble beginnings at the historic Glen View Mansion (Rockville, MD) in 2010 to the Crowne Plaza Hotel (Rockville, MD) in 2011 to a... Read More »

Sony Music is celebrating the 50th anniversary reissue of Pink Floyd's landmark 1975 album Wish You Were Here with a multitude of sets repackaged as Wish You Were Here 50. Among the available formats are three-LP sets, a 2-compact disc set, a standalone Bluray disc, and high-resolution digital downloads. The crème de la crème version is... Read More »

Today, we are going to take a dive into the performance of the two-hundred-dollar Fosi Audio ZP3 balanced preamplifier, yet another well-built and overachieving device. And then, we will give it an upgrade, rolling out the OpAmps with the SparkoS Labs SS3602 discrete devices. Spoiler alert! BIG difference!

The Genesis of a Group This one is brief and to the point. Fine audio at its best is a passion for fine recordings of music by great artists. If that's not true of your relationship to audio, then you'll have to examine yourself to see if your love is for gear first, with no particular... Read More »

This is the second part of the history of digital recording techniques and records by Nippon Columbia, a pioneer in digital music recording. In this part, we will focus on the tape recorder that was the first product developed by Denon engineers, the DN-023R. Part 1 is HERE. Nippon Columbia, known outside Japan as Denon,... Read More »