Martin Logan Motion LX16 Bookshelf Speakers When something jumps out at me, I’ve got to write it down. I don’t generally think about price or any consideration other than excellent sound.So while most of these blog posts will likely be...
B&K Reference 200.2 S2 Stereo Power Amplifier Warm is a strange adjective to use to describe the way something looks, or the way it sounds.Does “warmth” play a role in the highest caliber audio systems? Or does its implied deviation...
AudioQuest Columbia XLR Balanced Interconnects Some of the things people talk about in high-end audio are actually very subtle and hard to even experience unless everything in your system is set up right. Things like P.R.A.T. (Pace, Rhythm, and Timing),...
iFi Pro iCan Balanced Headphone Amp / Preamplifier Sometimes all you need to do to suss out an audio component is look at the front faceplate. The features that the manufacturer envisioned for the device can tell you a lot...
Vienna Acoustics Waltz Grand Bookshelf Speakers It’s really amazing to me every time I do something that lowers the noise floor of my system and lets more of the music through.I describe it precisely that way after years of experience...
Voxativ AC-4X 8" Full Range Drivers The "Bigger Is Better" (BIB) hornI still remember the day I found the Single Driver Website, which was compiled by James Melhuish a while ago, and of which a remnant still exists on Geocities,...
Meridian Prime Headphone Amplifier and Prime Power Supply There is something so intimate about a good musical experience with headphones. When things are right — the headphones aren’t so weighty that they intrude on your thoughts about the music, and...
Conrad Johnson ET7 Tube Hybrid Preamplifier How does a manufacturing company stay in the HiFi business for more than 10 or 20 years? In the true high end of audio, every brand I’ve seen that lasts longer than 10 has...
Mark Levinson No. 585 Stereo Integrated Amplifier Sometimes things… click.I witnessed this morning with this Mark Levinson No. 585 “do-everything” integrated amplifier as I hauled its massive chassis up onto the test bench.Mark Levinson, and perhaps the rest of the...
