The Gearhead

I never know what component is going to find excellent synergy with my testing setup, but I usually do what I can to make sure I’m giving each piece a chance to shine. I know some speakers aren’t…

I’ll try to make this one short [Ed: Ha! Yeah, right], because I’ve been listening to these crazy old Stax headphones for too long already. I wouldn’t say I just did a full come-to-Jesus conversi…

You won’t see me writing much about phono stages and turntables in these blog pages sadly, because a reference phono testing setup is a delicate and expensive thing to maintain, and sometimes a downri…

It takes all of about one second for all three of the TMR testers to recognize royalty in our midst. At second two, test stations are abandoned and by second three, there’s a circle around these…

OK, at this point I’m starting to realize that I will fall in love with 100% of the First Watt amplifiers and preamps that come through The Music Room. So much so that it has me diving on a box m…