The Gearhead

Voxativ AC-4X 8" Full Range DriversThe "Bigger Is Better" (BIB) horn I still remember the day I found the Single Driver Website, which was compiled by James Melhuish a while ago, and of which a r…

Meridian Prime Headphone Amplifier and Prime Power SupplyThere is something so intimate about a good musical experience with headphones. When things are right — the headphones aren’t so weighty that t…

Conrad Johnson ET7 Tube Hybrid Preamplfier How does a manufacturing company stay in the Hifi business for more than 10 or 20 years? In the true high end of audio, every brand I’ve seen tha…

Mark Levinson No. 585 Stereo Integrated AmplifierSometimes things just… click. I witnessed that this morning with this Mark Levinson No. 585 “do-everything” style of integrated amplifier as I hau…

Cardas Golden Reference and Cross Interconnects It’s weird to want to start a blog post by talking enthusiastically about the sound of metal, but then again, this is to be a blog post about…