The Gearhead

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…

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…