The Gearhead

Sometimes you come across a type of speaker that has that “hi-fi” character to it, in the sense that it can sizzle on the top end of the sound spectrum, and its sound is instantly flashy and immediate…

One of the cool things about being in the position to evaluate and listen to a plethora of hifi equipment from all over audio’s past is coming across unique and exquisite-sounding products from small…

As I search the internet for information about NOS input tubes, I’m met with a tidal wave of information, opinions, discussion and high prices. As I pop a carefully researched pair of tubes in…

Stereophile’s “Sounds Like? An Audio Glossary” describes the term inner detail as “The sonic subtleties within a complex program signal, reproducible only by a system having high resolution.”As in, wh…

The term balanced audio can be a little misleading to someone getting into hifi. It seems like a perfectly rational goal that the sound of a stereo system should be balanced, both tonally and as th…