July - August 2026
Audio Discourse
Most Audiophiles Upgrade in the Wrong Order Why the System —...
Most This article is part of an ongoing series examining electromagnetic field theory and its application to high-fidelity audio reproduction. The...
A New Solution to Understanding What Your Digital Audio System...
A couple weeks ago we reposted Ferenc Koscsó's article introducing a minimalist, bit-perfect music player, written in C, with a single purpose: to...
A New Solution to Understanding What Your Digital Audio System...
Our friend Ferenc Koscsó has been breaking down barriers yet again. Audiophile, recording engineer, and founder of My Reel Club in Budapest, Ferenc...
Passport to Sound: May Anwar’s Audio Learning Experience for...
At Capital Audiofest 2025, a small book on a table in cable manufacturer M101’s exhibit caught my eye. Titled Passport to Sound, it’s a...
Laugh, Clone, Laugh
Roger Skoff writes about when a ripoff is really a ripoff I read recently in another publication that Asian manufacturers are now copying...
Musings About AI, Audio, and Music
Being a music and audio person, I have some thoughts about how AI will relate to our listening consumption in an increasingly AI-laden era. Unlike much...
Hi-Fi's Ultimate Flaw
Roger Skoff finally reveals all. For most of a century—even before some early genius coined the term "high fidelity"—audiophiles, music lovers, and...
Hardware Reviews
The Wells Audio Commander Preamp
I first met Jeff Wells over 15 years ago when he was the national sales manager for Spectron. He in turn introduced me to Class D amplification via the...
A Rose by Any Name - The Platanus Rose MC Phono Cartridge
"The tonality is really good, better than most MCs at any price,” Alexey Kornienkov wrote on Facebook. “A joy with voices and acoustic instruments....
Dynavector P75 Mk4.1 phono preamplifier
My house was built in 1970, and the AC power was pretty ratty. Flickering lights I can handle; visible arcing, not so much. As a plucky new homeowner,...
The Aura LCC 1 Preamplifier & LCP 1 Power Amplifier
(AURA is now a Japanese company, founded in 1989 in the UK. Its first and best-known product was the VA-40 integrated amplifier. In 1996, the brand was...
Parks Audio Waxwing Phono Stage: Amazing Flexibility and...
Prior to my move a few years ago to Charleston, South Carolina, my listening environment at my home in Georgia was a virtual tomb, and I mean that...
Aries Cerat Ithaka Minor DAC
My first encounter with the Aries Cerat was back in 2019 at the Munich High-End show. All I really remember was a truly magical experience—even under...
Music Reviews
…and Steve says...Listening to All My Records, Part 9
For those readers new to this column, please read the introductory comments in Part one here. There’s an old stereotype out there that audiophiles...
Mr. Records: Eddy Arnold "I Really Don't Want to Know"
I’d already chosen my next review subject: a rock band from Chicago who thrived from the mid-sixties to the early seventies, but I got distracted by...
Recent Finds No. 73 Some Delightful New Releases, With Three in...
We all say, "There is no substitute for live music." This past spring, Ann and I treated ourselves to a generous helping of live orchestral music from...
Rare Earth's "Get Ready"
Recently, while driving and tolerating my Las Vegas’ moldy oldies FM station KQLL, I heard an old favorite that I don’t hear too often. It was Rare...
Our Friend the Audio Analyst
E267: High End Vienna 2020 - The Austria Center Vienna
Today, we take a walkthrough tour of the Austria Center Vienna, the fabulous new home of the High End Society’s annual international audio show, High.... . . Read More »
Our Friends at High Fidelity
Soulution 717 Amplifier
The Soulution brand was established in 2005 and is owned by Spemot AG, a company based in Dulliken that has specialized for 56 years in the production...
Show Reports
AES European Conference - Copenhagen 2026
Not far from Copenhagen! Note that I attended only a small fraction of the events out there, and I mostly attended the events that I thought would be...
AXPONA 2026: Bring the Equipment and They Shall Come
Last year's big story was AXPONA 15th anniversary! This year's "Headline News" is hands down AXPONA's earth shattering attendance! A remarkable...
