When most folks think about power conditioning for the first time, it tends to be early-ish in their audiophile experience — the kind of time when it stretches the imagination and requires perhaps a little suspension of disbelief to see...
Most McIntosh owners, or people familiar with the iconic American audio brand, know that the Grateful Dead’s infamous “Wall Of Sound” was powered by McIntosh electronics. As was much of the Dead’s practice and other tours throughout the years, and...
Following our recent announcement of REL Acoustics' revamped T Series of subwoofers, we wanted to spend time with the new designs and get to know the new features and where they beat the previous T Series subwoofers from REL. Beginning...
Many brands in the HiFi industry aim to offer hassle-free tube amplifiers at a reasonable cost, often by manufacturing in China and using standard OEM chassis and parts. This tends to make products from these different companies' products look like...
“You don’t see too many speakers made out of bamboo,” my coworker Ian said as he looked closer at the DeVore Fidelity Gibbon 3XL speakers/stands I was testing this morning. He’s right, you don’t. MDF is so widespread in use...
What is imaging? A term so often thrown around in hifi audio, it is actually a bit more self-descriptive than some audio terms. It’s the ability of speakers to create a convincing mental image in the listener, thanks to careful...
Clearaudio Concept Review Have you ever bought an album on vinyl and not listened to it because you keep telling yourself that your system isn’t ready for it yet? For me, that album was Damien Rice’s “O”. I listened to...
I chanced upon the Decware website more than half my lifetime ago, back when the internet ran on phone lines and featured slow speeds and weird annoying sounds as it fired up. I was hooked immediately by the alluring photos...
Rogue Audio is known by many as a great place to start if you’re getting into tubes. Their amplifiers feature attractive chassis design, they use commonly found tubes and are always easy to bias. They offer that “tubey” sound, but...
