March - April 2025
Audio Discourse
The "Dark Horses" versus the (Orchestral) "War Horses," Part 2
John Marks is a multidisciplinary generalist and a lifelong audio hobbyist. He was educated at Brown University and Vanderbilt Law School. He has...
The "Dark Horses" versus the (Orchestral) "War Horses," Part 1
Automotive journalist, amateur endurance-car racer, musician and music lover Jack Baruth challenged our mutual friend John Marks to come up with a list...
A HiFi Tail Chaser
Roger Skoff writes about your system and the state of our hobby I was talking recently with a friend of mine (also a HiFi Crazy, also in the Industry)...
Impressions: Long Reflections on the T+A 3100 HV Stack
Ye Olde Editor enjoying a cigar and Single Malt at Tiberias, Sea of Galilee (Lake Kinneret), Israel, 2022. (Photograph by John Robinson; image...
Master Tapes, Shmaster Tapes
Watch out. This is going to be a bit of a rant. I begin to cringe every time I read/hear from audiophiles: Was it made from the master tape? Or..., It...
Spending Money
Roger Skoff at the LAOC Audio Society Gala, 2024 (photograph and image processing by David W. Robinson) Roger Skoff writes about the cost of building a...
The Grateful Dead, (Momentarily) Considered as a "Christian"...
An Affirmation of the Concept of Grace I can already envision the angry Comments: Herr Doktor Marks: We hereby award you the Prize for the Most...
Hardware Reviews
Small Green Computer sonicTransporter i7 CDR (Gen 3) and Sonore...
It was back in 2015 that I decided to get into a digital audio source that was not based on either a CD Player or a Transport/DAC combo. I'm really...
Vincent Audio SV-500MK Integrated Amplifier
Talk about poor timing. Just as I had this review sealed up, the tariff wars erupted. All politics may be local, but high-end audio sings to the tune...
Parasound Halo JC1+ Mono Amplifiers
As an owner of the Parasound JC5 stereo amplifier, I was intrigued to review the mighty JC1+ mono amplifiers in my system. As many of you know, the JC5...
Waters on the Hardware: Dejitter it’s Remarkable Switch X
Dean Waters enjoying a fine drink at Munich 2024 (photograph and image processing by David W. Robinson) As lovers of clean, pure, wonderful audio, we...
Karan Acoustics Master Collection POWERa Stereo Amplifier
The Karan Acoustics Master Collection POWERa Stereo amplifier is Milan Karan's new masterpiece stereo amplifier. The Master Collection is Karan's...
Coherence Systems Sorcer Apprentice and Vivid
I was passionate about music in my youth. I lived for Rock & Roll. I had a good voice and, like many young men in that era, I started learning...
Serve Vinyl on Your Best China with the Korf HS-A02 Ceramic...
I first heard about their ceramic headshell last year when I was updating my turntable setup with a vintage Micro Seiki BL-91 turntable and a...
Audiomods Series Six LM Tonearm
In the late 1980s, I was fortunate enough to obtain the dream job of many an audiophile. I worked part-time at an audio store while attending a local...
iFi Audio Zen Phono
The last product I reviewed from iFi was their GoBlue. It is a wireless intermediary between your source and headphones. It works great. That one was a...
Interviews
Jamie Howarth of Plangent Processes: Making Recordings Sound...
This article is the third and final part of Copper Magazine's interview with Jamie Howarth by Copper Editor and good audiobud Frank Doris. We...
Hisao Natsume and Sakuraphon - An Interview and Record Label
Is music recorded on shellac discs lost to us, unless we have the right turntable? Mr. Hisao Natsume, founder of Sakuraphon, has an answer to...
Music Reviews
Recent Finds No. 35 Classical Music Composed Within the Past 25...
With such a rich history of music in the western world, it is too easy to get lost in centuries past. We can too easily fail to see the amazing music...
Eydie Gormé
In today's world, Eydie Gormé (1928-2013) is most famous for being part of a successful singing duo with her husband, Steve Lawrence (1935-2024). As a...
A Rare Musical Experience with Pianist David Fung
David Fung, Evening Conversations. Yarlung Records 2006 2025 (Pure DSD256) HERE Edit Master Sourced I found myself talking recently on the...
Joni Mitchell's Classic Court and Spark now on Mobile Fidelity...
Last year Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab began releasing six of Joni Mitchell's most iconic albums, making them all available not only as hybrid SACDs, but...
Recent Finds No. 34 New Releases from HDTT
Bob Witrak has been busy these past months with additions to the HDTT catalog. The biggest news is that the International Phonograph Jazz recordings...
Rare, Limited Edition, and Cool Colored Vinyl LPs from Rhino for...
Record Store Day typically always takes place on the third Saturday of April in any given year, but for 2025, that date fell on what is a bank holiday...
Craft Recordings Offers Seven Exclusive and Collectible LPs for...
Craft Recordings again offers an interesting mix of collectible, limited-edition, rare, and long out-of-print LPs for Record Store Day 2025 (RSD)...
Recent Finds No. 33 International Phonograph Inc (IPI) Pure...
Let there be rejoicing among fans of Pure DSD recordings—transfers from the IPI analog master tapes to Pure DSD256 are back at HDTT! They disappeared...
Recent Finds No. 32 Early Music from Medieval to Early...
I unabashedly love listening to early music, from medieval to renaissance. And much of this music is for voices. Not all, by a long shot, but there is...
k.d. lang, Ingénue and Green Day, American Idiot - Two Classic...
k.d. lang, Ingénue. Because Sound Matters, 33 RPM One-Step. $99.98 The k.d. lang, Ingénue One-Step reissue from Because Sound Matters has been an...
Everything's Archie
A couple of nights prior to performing this finger workout on my keyboard, I had a craving for some vinyl with a male vocalist. I wasn't in the mood...
Maya Fridman's Ordo Ritualis - a New Album from TRPTK
Whenever cellist and vocalist Maya Fridman releases a new album, I celebrate. Or perhaps it's a happy dance. Either way, I head off to download the...
Recent Finds No. 31 HDTT from the Desmar Master Tapes and More
I don't always manage to include all recent HDTT releases that I've liked in any given article. Sometimes a little catch up is required. Thus the...
Recent Finds No. 30 with Pure DSD256 Albums from Hunnia Records...
Those who have travelled with me through my notes on recent finds know that I have eclectic taste in music. I enjoy almost anything acoustic that is...
Red Norvo with Strings
The sound of Fantasy's mono jazz records from the mid-fifties is a sound that I really love. Should you try some—and I am referring to the records...
2025 Kicks Off with a Pair of Classic OJC LP Reissues from...
For the first half of 2025, Craft Recordings has announced five new reissues to kickstart the next phase of their Original Jazz Classics (OJC) series....
Josep Colom Returns and Wow!
Mozart Piano Sonatas, Josep Colom. Eudora Records 2024 (Pure DSD256) HERE "There are good pianists, and then there is Josep Colom." * A living legend....
Yes, Close To The Edge - Super Deluxe Edition
Rhino Entertainment continues to give the Yes catalog of albums the Super Deluxe Edition treatment with a new LP/CD/BD box set of the band's fifth...
Better Late Than Never: Mariah Carey's Classic Merry Christmas...
Prior to last year's holiday season, Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab caused a bit of a stir in the audiophile community when it announced the Original Master...
The Jo Stafford Collection
The Jo Stafford Collection. Jo Stafford, vocals, with various orchestras (unidentified) and assisting artists. HMV Easy 7243 5 29450 2 3 (monaural,...
Steely Dan's Katy Lied on 45 rpm, 200 gram, Clarity Vinyl UHQR...
Analogue Productions has by degrees been gradually remastering and releasing the entire Steely Dan catalog on SACDs, 180 gram LPs, and 200 gram Ultra...
Warner and Rhino Start Your Ear Off Right in 2025 with Cool...
Rhino Entertainment and Warner are aiming to Start Your Ear Off Right in 2025 with 26 limited edition LP reissues and releases. The current group of...
The Rhino High Fidelity Series Continues To Set The Gold...
The title of this posting says it all. The Rhino High Fidelity Series continues to amaze! These limited numbered edition 33 rpm LP reissues are all...
Recent Finds No. 29 HDTT Keeps Rolling with Great Releases
High Definition Tape Transfers continues to make available excellent new releases of classic albums. Here are a few recent arrivals that have been...
New Old Stock - Articles from Our Days in Print
Kharma Exquisite-Midi loudspeakers - Scaling Mt. Everest
This article by Marshall Nack originally ran in Issue 28, 2006, so while we call this section "New Old Stock - Articles from Our Days in Print" you are...
Our Friends at HIFI Statement
Dark, Darker, Great - Or About the Sound in 2025
For years, "leftovers" of what biographers have called the Loudness War has dragged on. The drive by radio stations, and by extension publishers, to...
Accustic Arts Power III
With the new integrated amplifier Power III, Accustic Arts offers an integral solution comprising a high-grade digital-to-analogue converter, as well.... . . Read More »
Our Friends at High Fidelity
Nagra by Roland Schellin - a Book Review
Nagra is a brand of portable audio recorders manufactured since 1951 in Switzerland. Starting in 1997, it also offers high-end equipment for the...
Show Reports
AXPONA 2025: Bigger, Better, and a Great Escape from Tariff...
The impressive PS Audio room, boasting their latest, continues to be a crowd-pleasing fixture at AXPONA Despite current concerns regarding U.S....
The 2025 Florida International Audio Show
Lee Scoggins at the 2017 LA Audiophile Show. Los Angeles, CA, 2017 (portrait and image processing by David W. Robinson) It's hard not to love the Tampa...
Maurice Jeffries and the New Apartment Lounge Visit Florida...
New Beginnings, New Challenges This year's FIAE show (February 21-23, 2025) relocated to a new venue and sported a rather different touch and feel from...
Florida International Audio Expo 2025, My Favorite Rooms, Part 2
Here are more really great audio systems that I felt really had it going on at the Florida International Audio Expo 2025. There were an abundance of...
Florida International Audio Expo 2025, My Favorite Rooms, Part 1
The 2025 Florida International Audio Expo (FLAX) was new and improved this year, and the show took place at a new location, the Sheraton Tampa Brandon...
