The Gearhead

French Magnepans? Let's just go ahead and get it out there on what everyone is thinking. Are these just French Magnepans? I could give you a whole wordy intro into that question, but instead, let's ju…

Most audiophiles are familiar with the legendary Marantz 7C Preamp and Model 8B Amplifiers from the early 1960s which were designed by Sid Smith and Saul Marantz himself. Imitation is o…

At The Music Room, we were fans of Weiss Engineering long before we first featured them on our website. We are proud to say that we have had one of their exceptional DACs in our listening room ever si…

If there is one thing that can be said about the HiFi Industry, it is that it is a resilient one. Through supply chain struggles, chip factory fires, beached cargo ships, and price hikes across the bo…

Take a naturally creative and inventive person, give them a consuming interest, and present them with a related problem. Then sit back and watch the magic happen. The story of American engineer Jim Wi…