July - August 2025
Audio Discourse
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
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
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
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
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
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...
