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The allure of Jadis tube amplifiers goes much deeper than the acreage of gleaming gold and chrome on their often multi-chassis amps and preamps littered with tubes and hulking transformers. P…

Tell me something — is it good or bad reviewer technique to try to analyze a pair of speakers while a baby is crying in the next room?I suppose it depends on the makeup of the acoustic treatment, and…

It can be exciting, and also just a little bit of a bummer whenever I see a product I write about in The Gearhead blog sail out the door immediately. Now, of course I have to be excited that a product…

After they warmed up a bit, I could tell the Mark Levinson No. 536 amps I’d taken home to review were really starting to open up. Soundstage things were happening, tonality was fantastic, and the laye…

Once upon a time, the nascent vinyl phonograph scene in America and Europe was full of excitement and ideas. Edison’s shellac cylinders for the first time allowed people to play a song on repeat — thi…