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06-14-2026 | By Robert Pincus

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 Earth’s “Get Ready,” a song that I swear was custom-made for me. The deliciously grungy tone of the electric guitar is dangerously addicting, and what follows the guitar... Read More »

06-12-2026 | By Frank Doris

Passport to Sound: May Anwar’s Audio Learning Experience for Young People

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 children’s book that explains the principles of audio components and systems by means of a treasure hunt that guides young listeners through the exhibits at an audio show. What a wonderful idea, I thought. For... Read More »

05-31-2026 | By Wojciech Pacuła

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 of motors and electromechanical components for industrial automation, as well as motors and actuators for the automotive industry (BMW, Volkswagen, SAAB). Cyril Hammer has served as the company's... Read More »

05-24-2026 | By Myles B. Astor

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 accomplishment for any high-end show, North American or otherwise! (Hold the presses: Just as we went to press JD Events announced the sale of AXPONA to Henry Wu, owner of Sound and Fury LLC.)... Read More »

04-29-2026 | By Frank Doris

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 of the AI slop and other...stuff that now permeates the internet and social media, this article was written exclusively by a human, me, and the opinions expressed are strictly... Read More »

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RECENT HARDWARE REVIEWS

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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... Read More »

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... Read More »

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... Read More »

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... Read More »

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... Read More »

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... Read More »

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... Read More »

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... Read More »

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... Read More »

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... Read More »

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... Read More »

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... Read More »

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... Read More »

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... Read More »

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... Read More »

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,... Read More »
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HIGH END Vienna 2026: A Successful New Beginning …

A debut that impressed, bringing together innovation, international appeal and the unifying power of...

Beautifully Balanced: Introducing the GO link 2 M …

Southport, UK: iFi Audio are proud to unveil the successor to their highly popular, highly portable USB...

Audio Research Company Returns to Seattle at Jagu …

The legendary component manufacturer, Audio Research Company, has returned to Seattle at Jaguar Audio....

TIDAL Audio Launches New Loudspeaker

Erftstadt, Germany, 26th of May 2026 – TIDAL Audio GmbH is proud to announce the TIDAL Piano Classic,...

Unveil Sound Welcomes Gryphon Audio Designs

The celebrated Danish audio house joins a portfolio built on one belief: sound should move you....

AudioDeskSysteme Gläss GmbH introduces the Premi …

AudioDeskSysteme Gläss GmbH is best known for nearly two decades of manufacturing “the original”...

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Jeff's Place
A peek inside the Audio Note (UK) Tomei and Ongaku...

Greetings friends, I hope you are well. 🙂 Yesterday I sat down to engage in my audio scribe role, as I wanted to...

A peek inside the Audio Note (UK) Tomei and Ongaku...

Greetings friends, I hope you are doing great! I've been noodling about how to best proceed with writing about the ...

Jeff Checking In: Audio Fun & Games with Alden...

Greetings friends, I hope you are doing well!  All's good here, and I am just enjoying all things music, audio, an...

Listening adventures with 50 great classical perfo...

Greetings friends, I hope you are well!  I've been doing some exploratory listening with three of my four audio sy...

Jeff Checking In: Discovering a new audio language...

Greetings friends, I hope your week is going well.  I've got an incredible performing set of audio kit here right ...

Today's Fresh Catch: The Audio Note (UK) Io L...

Greetings friends, I hope you are doing well. 🙂 I've been riding an audio high with the latest arrivals from Pet...

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the audio analyst
E267: High End Vienna 2020 - The Austria Center V … By

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 End Vienna...

E266: MoFi Electronics UltraPhono Pro Phonostage By

Today we’ll have a closer look at the new MoFi Electronics’ UltraPhono Pro phonostage, the latest entry in their phono preamplifier stable. This is the second...

E265: The Børresen M8 & Aavik M-880 Experie … By

This week, I share the more refined and revealing experience of listening to the premiere of the Børresen M8 Gold Signature loudspeakers, driven by four of the...

E264: Two AXPONA-Adjacent Product Launch Events By

Today, we take a behind-the-scenes look at two loudspeaker launches, both held during AXPONA, but off-site. The Von Schweikert Audio Mercury launch at Perry’s...

E263: Game-Changing Arrivals from Kronos and Kuba … By

Today, given the sea-change advances in performance that two recent arrivals have brought to my reference system, I’m pushing other AXPONA and related events...

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