July - August 2025
Audio Discourse
The New Ortofon SPU GTX S Moving-Coil Phonograph Cartridge - A...
Ortofon's been in the audio business for 107 years now, and they have been producing the ever-popular SPU product line of moving-coil phonograph...
It’s a Gas: Restoring the Legendary Hill Plasmatronics...
This is a republication of our good friend Frank Doris's article in Copper magazine, Issue 218, back in May of this year. Frank's writing is...
Impressions: AXPONA 2025, Part the Last...Select Portraits
And now, a few portraits that I made while at AXPONA 2025. It's the people that are most important things in all of life...including high-end audio. A...
Impressions: AXPONA 2025, Part The First...My Audio Oasis!...
Ye Olde Editor: a Fantasy. (Photograph by John Robinson; image processing by yours truly.) AXPONA time again... Another year, another AXPONA. The...
Hardware Reviews
Follow-up: Vera-Fi Audio's Line Noise Black Hole and Snub...
When Mark Schifter hooked me up with the first two devices from Vera-Fi Audio's new trio of power conditioning equipment, I simply wasn't prepared for...
Waters on the Hardware: The Dejitter It WiFi X
Dean Waters: a portrait at home (Photograph and image processing by David W. Robinson) Not long ago, I penned an article reviewing the Dejitter It...
ONO Tone Labs a3 Standmount Loudspeakers: Stunning Performance,...
ONO Tone Labs is a new loudspeaker manufacturer based in Kahului, Maui, in Hawaii, and is the brainchild of Dustin (or if you prefer, "Dusty") Vawter....
Interviews
Norman Varney Interviews Roger Skoff, a YouTube video
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...
Talking With Triad Magnetics: Demystifying the Science Behind...
Bill Dull and Randy Eller at the 2025 NAMM show. Triad Magnetics is one of the world's foremost manufacturers of transformers for audio, musical...
Music Reviews
And Now, for the Gentlemen! Part 1
John Marks is a multidisciplinary generalist and a lifelong audio hobbyist. He was educated at Brown University and at Vanderbilt Law School. He has...
Bert van der Wolf Recordings of Stavanger Symphony Orchestra for...
As you know by now, I enjoy the recordings produced by Bert van der Wolf-Oude Avenhuis. So, when I saw that he'd released a series of live performance...
Recent Finds No. 45 More Wonderful Albums from NativeDSD
Today we have a wonderful organ recording from Base2 Music, one that was included in my earlier article, Outstanding Organ Recordings in DSD256 and DXD...
Norman Greenbaum's Breakthrough Album, Spirit in the Sky,...
Craft Recordings has just reissued Sixties psychedelic icon Norman Greenbaum's 1969 debut album, Spirit in the Sky. While its eponymous title track...
Craft Recordings' Original Jazz Classics Reissue Campaign...
Craft Recordings' mid-year selection of releases in the Original Jazz Classics (OJC) reboot series features six new titles, including a pair on the Vee...
Recent Finds No. 44 New Releases from NativeDSD
This article of Recent Finds contains a truly disparate array of albums, but all of which I've enjoyed immensely. They are all beautifully recorded,...
Pure DSD256 from Analog Tape: My Top of the Pile
In an earlier article, I posted my list of Pure DSD256: My Top of the Pile albums for sound quality. In this article, I'd like to expand on this and...
Odds and Ends from Trieste
Schumann, Symphonies 1-4. "Giuseppe Verdi" Theatre Orchestra, Trieste/Julian Kovatchev. Erresse RS 6367-72/73 (2 CDs). Timings: 75.54, 69.45 Dvorak,...
Recent Finds No. 43 HDTT Releases New and Long Past Due
Today's Recent Finds include several "not so recent" but long cherished releases from HDTT that I'd just not yet included in an article. Why, I don't...
Get the Master Tape Listening Experience with Pure DSD256, Free...
The other day, I posted a list of Pure DSD256 albums that I consider my "top of the pile" for sound quality. HERE This article will be a further...
Pure DSD256: My Top of the Pile
I listen to a lot of high resolution DXD and DSD256 file downloads. And, as you can imagine, I have my favorites—my "top of the pile" recordings for...
Dan Fogelberg's Breakthrough Album Souvenirs, in a 50th...
Impex Records, in a joint effort with Iconic Artist Group and Epic Records, has just released Souvenirs, 50th Anniversary Edition, a limited LP reissue...
New Old Stock - Articles from Our Days in Print
Air Tight ATM-211 Amplifiers
This article by Marshall Nack originally ran in 2006, so while we call this section "New Old Stock - Articles from Our Days in Print" you are also...
Our Friend the Audio Analyst
E234: The Superb Dejitter It Switch X & WiFi X
Today I want to relate the exceptional experiences I’ve enjoyed with the Dejitter It Systems Switch X and WiFi X, an advanced set of Networking.... . . Read More »
E233: The Atma Sphere Class D Amplifier
Today I share my look at the remarkable $6,320 a pair Atma-Sphere Class D monoblock amplifiers. Measuring a diminutive eleven inches wide, thirteen.... . . Read More »
E232: High End Munich 2025: Four Extraordinary Rooms
Today, I’ll share my experiences with some of the most accomplished presentations I discovered over the four days of the final Munich-based High End.... . . Read More »
Our Friends at High Fidelity
Enlighten Me! - A Few Words about the Reliable UberLight Frame
In 2021, the Canadian company Reliable Corporation presented the Uberlight Flex lamp for audiophiles who use turntables. It had the shape of an...
Krakow Sonic Society 150th Meeting
The 150th meeting of the Krakow Sonic Society could not be the same as usual. That is why the topic was the product of one of the most famous Polish...
Show Reports
T.H.E. Lone Star Audiofest 2025 Show Report
T.H.E. Lone Star Audiofest 2025 ran the first weekend of May in Round Rock just outside Austin Texas. This eighteenth Lone Star Audiofest marked an...
