The Gearhead

The further you get into the audiophile hobby, the more you tend to obsess about noise. After the system is set up and completed, noise becomes the metaphoric villain you must vanquish in all its form…

In this fast-paced world, 60 years of doing anything continuously is noteworthy in and of itself. Not to get all existential right off the bat, but as finite creatures we really admire longevity, and…

As audiophiles, we all have our test tracks. Those pieces we know so intimately that we use them to suss out differences between equipment and cables. Sometimes, it’s useful to have music for te…

The RA-6000 is full of useful functions, and a collection of buttons on its faceplate isn’t just appropriate, it’s appreciated. I don’t want to have to find a remote to use a piece o…

The word ‘balanced’ gets a lot of play in HiFi audio, and unsurprisingly the single word happens to mean a few different things across the hobby. Whether adjusting the “balance pot&r…