The Gearhead

All-in-one. Do-it-all. This much hyphenated concept is often met with disdain in our field. Not always, though. Integrated, full featured single boxes these days can really kick — see Devialet fo…

At TMR headquarters, we take sealed factory packaging very seriously. We consider our description of any item and its flaws (or lack thereof), and also our “A-OK” on the functionality, to be our sacre…

I’m a pretty lucky audiophile. Not only do I get to play with, listen to and test some of the best audio gear from the last 20 years in my gig here at The Music Room, but I have something other audiop…

Year after year, high end show after high end show, hordes of audiophile attendees murmur amongst themselves and and in my experience, ubiquitously express attraction to one brand of loudspeaker above…

Smart guys in this audio playback craft tell us that money is best spent first on speakers, as speakers have the potential for adding the most distortion to the eventual sound. Keep talking to th…