It’s A Whole New Ball Game - The...
06-26-2026 | By Robert S. Youman
During my visit to AXPONA 2026, there were several outstanding new products that made my show highlight list. One of the most impressive was the new Synergistic Research Quark streaming server. Ted Denney’s...
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The Aura LCC 1 Preamplifier &...
06-18-2026 | By Wojciech Pacuła
(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 acquired by the Japanese company Yukimu, which in 2023 released a new...
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The Origin Live Strata – A...
06-16-2026 | By Bruce Kinch
Seriously, what has our audiophile’s world come to? Back in “normal” times, getting better sound was straightforward: spend some money, and expect a commensurate audible return on investment. Plump for a big ticket...
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Rick Schultz Audio™ Emersion...
06-07-2026 | By Douglas Seth Brown
Once in a Tahitian blue moon, an A/C power cord is unleashed that’s so insanely over-engineered that it (almost) defies description. After looking at said cable for a few seconds, its muscular aesthetics trigger an...
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A True Standout And An Amazing...
06-04-2026 | By Robert S. Youman
It’s been quite some time since I have reviewed a Synergistic Research product. Over the last few years, I have experimented with several extraordinary new flagship offerings from some of the most respected industry...
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MoFi Electronics UltraPhono Pro...
05-28-2026 | By Greg Weaver
Creating A New Contender While the obvious goal of attending a world-class Audio Show like this past April's AXPONA, or this June's inaugural High End Vienna, is to experience all the new and exciting toys, one of the more...
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Audeze LCD-5s Headphones
05-24-2026 | By Robert H. Levi
I want to start out by stating I have never been disappointed by any of Dr. Drag Colich's creations. This award winning genius who invented the planar headphone has now brought it to celestial levels. The Audeze LCD-5s now...
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Analog Relax EX500 Moving Coil...
05-13-2026 | By Myles B. Astor
Every once in a while, one encounters a high-end audio product where the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. Performance that punches far above its pay grade. In the case of the Analog Relax EX500 moving coil...
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Harbeth Super HL5plus XD2...
05-11-2026 | By Wojciech Pacuła
Harbeth Audio Ltd. is a British company founded in 1977 by the former head of the BBC's research department, Dudley Harwood. In the early 1970s, while Dudley was employed at the BBC, he designed a near-field monitor for use...
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Onix Zenith XST20 SACD/CD...
05-07-2026 | By Tom Gibbs
Flashback to October 1982: the Compact Disc had just been unveiled in Japan to great fanfare, and the era of Perfect Sound Forever was suddenly upon audiophiles and music lovers worldwide. All the audio mags went totally...
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Kubala-Sosna Ovation Speaker...
04-29-2026 | By Myles B. Astor
Current interconnects, speaker cables and power cords deliver far better sound than in the early days of high-end audio. Sadly, buying audio cables back then came down to choosing the lesser of two evils. Too bright, too...
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Hagerman Audio Cornet MM Vacuum...
04-28-2026 | By John Hoffman
In the early spring there are still plenty of days with rain showers, and mild temperatures. Which means we have flowers such as daffodils and certain lilies making their appearance, if not already blooming. Actually, I can...
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EnKlein SHT RCA Interconnects and...
04-27-2026 | By Key Kim
Time flies. It's been little over ten years since I discovered and reviewed the EnKlein David series cables. At the time, when I reviewed them they were perhaps one of the best cables I had ever heard in my system. The sound...
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Parks Audio Waxwing Phono Stage:...
04-23-2026 | By Tom Gibbs
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 quite literally. The basement room was encased with concrete walls on three...
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A Marvel of German Engineering: Dr....
04-20-2026 | By Juan C. Ayllon
Recently while purchasing vinyl at a record store, I mentioned that I would be reviewing the Dr. Feickert Analogue Woodpecker turntable. "Never heard of it," the proprietor said. Fair enough. Despite the fact that the US...
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Sennheiser HD 800S Headphones
04-20-2026 | By Malcolm J. Gomes
Over the nearly 4 decades that I have been an audiophile, I have met many young fellow audiophiles who, due to dearth of funds, started their journey in this lovely hobby not with the traditional audio set-up, but rather,...
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