If you're thinking about the best floorstaning speakers in the world, Wilson is always in the conversation. It takes about one second for all three TMR testers to recognize royalty in our midst. At second two, test stations are abandoned,...
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 used gear trade-in and consignment program. Reviewing the Sound of the...
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 for evidence. But most of the time, we accept trade-offs...
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...
Year after year, high-end show after high-end show, hordes of audiophile attendees murmur amongst themselves, and in my experience, ubiquitously express attraction to one brand of loudspeaker above all, quietly. Sure, there are dozens of high-end speaker brands to talk...
There’s nothing like a fresh start with a well-known brand that is cemented in sound and look, like YG Acoustics and their characteristic metronome-shaped tower speakers. Experiencing the YG Acoustics Carmel 2 Sound I’ve had a lot of listening experience...
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 those smart guys and they’ll go...
Aesthetix Atlas Tube Hybrid Power Amplifier I don’t know if it’s just me, but when I see a serial number on an amplifier or speaker with fewer than five digits, I start to feel like I have an exceptional audiophile...
I don’t know how you got into this hobby, but my introduction occurred early in life, through the influence of my grandfather, Dr. James McVay. He didn’t necessarily push me to be interested in his passion for high-end audio —...
