A Delicate Touch I wanted to really put the Aqua La Scala Mk II through its paces, so I thought I’d see how it competes against my own reference, and what I consider to be one of the better DACs...
Review System and Methodology Regular readers will recognize my tweaked-out main listening system, which features somewhat re-conditioned six foot tall Dunlavy SC-III speakers and an extensively modified Audio Research D-115 Mk II all-tube amplifier. They were contemporaries when they were...
Fit ‘n Finish From the viewing position, the Aqua La Scala Mk II Optologic DAC's faceplate presents itself in an elegant yet stately manner. I'm greeted with subtle curves on a traditional rectangular shape, which really do the trick to...
“By being yourself you put something wonderful in the world that was not there before.” – Edwin Elliott “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I – I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the...
There is a closeness and personal involvement with music that headphone audiophiles know very well. It’s what drives them to fine-tune their setups and it’s why, if you ask one, he or she would probably scoff at the idea that...
You know, there hasn’t been a ton of chatter about the Rocky Mountain Audio Festival in the audio scene since the announcement was made in September that the decades-old hifi trade show would be closing its doors for good. It...
Synergistic Setups is back, and this time the focus is finding an interesting speaker pairing for the modern NAD M33 integrated amplifier. Watch the video on our YouTube channel, or down below -- and be sure to subscribe to not...
This will be brief, hopefully. I was just loading up The Music Room's website and scrolling down to the blog area you see here, and I think the clouds parted and a beam of sunlight shone on the "featured products"...
The allure of Jadis tube amplifiers goes much deeper than the acreage of gleaming gold and chrome on their often multi-chassis amps and preamps littered with tubes and hulking transformers. Probably deeper, at least. It’s hard to deny the impression...
