As the cold months materialize here in Colorado, we start to break out the winter coats. And if you’re trying to be quiet in the wee hours of the morning before work, to keep the kids asleep so your wife...
It’s not terribly often that we get First Watt amplifiers in at TMR, and they tend to sell quickly. The first thing you notice when you dip into the mad world of designer Nelson Pass’ funky side project (obviously the...
High Fidelity, AKA Hifi… One wonders sometimes how broad indeed this term can be. Originally, high fidelity audio was a term that separated attempts at broader spectrum sound from what existed before. And what existed before was decidedly not high...
Sometimes you come across a type of speaker that has that “hi-fi” character to it, in the sense that it can sizzle on the top end of the sound spectrum, and its sound is instantly flashy and immediately enticing. Over...
One of the cool things about being in a position to evaluate and listen to a wide range of hi-fi equipment from across audio’s past is coming across unique and exquisite-sounding products from small companies. Often, this is where some...
Stereophile’s “Sounds Like? An Audio Glossary” describes the term inner detail as “The sonic subtleties within a complex program signal, reproducible only by a system having high resolution.” As in, when the music is playing, and the layers become many,...
Speaker-amp synergy is a tough thing to get a handle on. If you’re listening, like I am, to a pair of speakers you’ve made, you can understand their character and limitations fully and even still be surprised by the synergy...
I try not to deal in hyperbole too often on these blog posts, but I also know what I want to accomplish. I’m not going to write a blog about every piece of audio equipment I hear — that would...
Overview I can’t remember the last time I sat down to evaluate a new component with so many questions swirling through my mind. Does this thing really use a wall wart power supply? Who needs this many gain settings? Is...
