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The Java Double Shot Power Amplifier

The Java Double Shot Power Amplifier Another winner from the barista of High End Audio

From the click of the super stylish power button that merely needs your touch to illuminate a diffuse white circle of light, the Double Shot power amplifier from Java gets you going. Read More


The Vera-Fi A40 Power Amplifier - World's 1st review!

The Vera-Fi A40 Power Amplifier – World’s 1st review! A luxurious low-power marvel

It’s hard to believe that a $2,000 amplifier drives the $149k pair of Clarisis Auditorium Plus ribbon speakers with this level of control, quality, and tonal involvement. Read More


The Formula xHD DAC (rev.2) and La Diva Transport

The Formula xHD DAC (rev.2) and La Diva Transport An Amazing Duo From Aqua

It seems appropriate to begin listening to the Aqua combination with Emerson, Lake, and Palmer’s “Still, You Turn Me On..” Even though the compact disc format was less than immersive when introduced backin the early 80s, it has been transformed over the years. Read More


The PlatiMon Virtual Coaxial One Speakers

The PlatiMon Virtual Coaxial One Speakers Hey MON!

Listening to the gentle guitar and drum work in J.J. Cale’s “Magnolia” instantly reveals the level of resolution that the PlatiMon Virtual Coaxial One speakers can serve up. Read More


The Totem Element V2 Series Fire Speakers

The Totem Element V2 Series Fire Speakers A Triumph of Dynamics

If you’ve ever had the chance to listen to Totem speakers, or perhaps you already own a pair, you know they pack a major punch. Read More


YG Acoustics Hailey 3

YG Acoustics Hailey 3 Visual and Sonic Purity...

One of the most compelling things about the world’s finest products, be it speakers, watches, cameras, you name it – is the ease of enjoying them in a fashion that you no longer think about the object in use. Read More


REVIEW: The Emerald Physics 600.2 SE Amplifier

REVIEW: The Emerald Physics 600.2 SE Amplifier Packs a major punch

Driving a pair of vintage Acoustat 2+2 full range electrostatics to panel rattling volume while listening to the new Stones album, the yellow circular power output meters on the 600. Read More


FULL REVIEW: Enleum AMP-23R Amplifier

FULL REVIEW: Enleum AMP-23R Amplifier There's a word for it somewhere

If you happen to be an audio enthusiast that is only impressed with large racks of gear, and convinced this is the only way to go, skip this review. Read More


AMG V12 Turntable

AMG V12 Turntable

Being an enthusiast of great industrial and mechanical design, I hold objects that perform as well as they look in the highest esteem. Read More


REL Classic 98 Subwoofer

REL Classic 98 Subwoofer A brilliant fusion of past and present

REL has achieved a well-deserved reputation for making some of the (if not the) world’s highest performing subwoofers. Read More


YG Acoustics Cairn Speakers

YG Acoustics Cairn Speakers Distilled High Performance

Listening to the expansive sound field created by the tiny YG Cairns, with a pair of 8-foot tall electrostatic speakers in the background is really impressive, but not surprising. Read More


The Peak Consult Sinfonia Speakers

The Peak Consult Sinfonia Speakers Welcome back!

Listening to Kraftwerk’s “Boing Boom Tschak” through the Peak Consult Sinfonias has so much information in all three dimensions, it’s almost psychedelic. Read More


The PrimaLuna EVO100 Phono

The PrimaLuna EVO100 Phono A sublime sense of reality

Listening to PrimaLuna’s new tube phonostage begins with an audiophile cut for a change. If you haven’t had a chance to hear Earth & Wood on Yarlung Records, this is an incredible piece of music exquisitely captured. Read More


The LSA VT-150 Integrated

The LSA VT-150 Integrated When you need MORE power

With the backlit output meters bouncing to the sound of Massive Attack, cranking up the VT-150s bias to the “high” position and plugging in a set of KT150 tubes proves to be a great move to get that club feeling. Read More


The REL No. 31 Subwoofer

The REL No. 31 Subwoofer How Do They Do It?

Tracking through a time-worn favorite, The K&D Sessions, the very definition of the lower bass notes being delivered is stunning, just coming from a six-pack of REL No. Read More


Luxman L-507Z Integrated Amplifier

Luxman L-507Z Integrated Amplifier The Next Generation of Awesome

Relaxing with Elvis Costello’s Painted From Memory on the turntable, it’s almost tough to believe that the source is an integrated amplifier, not a $100k rack full of separate components and a $30k loom of mega cables. Read More


The Degritter Record Cleaner

The Degritter Record Cleaner Stylish, Quiet, Effective

This is more of a long-term review, but in a good way. After living with the Degritter for some time now and having cleaned a ton of records with it, the out of the box love has grown. Read More


Acora SRC-1 Speakers

Acora SRC-1 Speakers Miraculous In Many Ways

Acora’s Scott Sefton opened the door with their stand mount SRB speakers a while back, delivering a lovely experience. Even their stand mount speakers generate a lot of low-frequency energy from a compact enclosure. Read More


The FYNE 500SP

The FYNE 500SP Where Are They Hiding The Rest?

Small speakers can rarely energize a good-sized room with full-range sound. This is always the magic that is FYNE. Read More


The Heretic A614 Speakers

The Heretic A614 Speakers A perfect blend of new and legacy

Warning, these speakers tend to keep you cemented in your listening chair. The Heretics are “album side” speakers if that makes sense. Read More


The LSA Signature 50 Speakers

The LSA Signature 50 Speakers Quietly Outstanding

In just over four decades of evaluating speakers, the most memorable ones always pull you in with an ease that may not always be as visceral and exciting as some of the flashier “best” speakers out there, but they’ve got staying power. Read More


The Harbeth 40.3 XD Speakers

The Harbeth 40.3 XD Speakers Paradoxically Great!

Enjoying music and audio is almost a spiritual journey. Some will even tell you it is. Your musical taste, hearing, budget, and where you are on your journey will determine how you will voice your system, and what components you will most likely gravitate to. Read More


The PrimaLuna EVO 300/Floyd Design Integrated

The PrimaLuna EVO 300/Floyd Design Integrated All Together Now

The new PrimaLuna EVO 300/Floyd integrated amplifier begins its journey here with a PrimaLuna EVO 400 power amplifier (loaded with KT150 tubes) beside it on the rack. Read More


The SVS PB-1000 Pro and SB-1000 Pro Subwoofers

The SVS PB-1000 Pro and SB-1000 Pro Subwoofers Huge Audio Fun!

Here’s a twist for you. Normally, I’m always comparing cars to hifi gear. But not this time. There’s a great burger place in my neighborhood called Killer Burger, that plays metal music most of the time and their burgers all have great names. Read More


The EJ Jordan Marlow Speakers

The EJ Jordan Marlow Speakers An Interesting Variation on the Small Box Theme

Listening to Al Green’s “Let’s Stay Together” is increasing the gravitational pull of the couch the minute I hit the play button. Read More


REL T/9x Subwoofer

REL T/9x Subwoofer A New Standard

REL, often gets tagged on social media and mentioned in other platforms for their massive six-pack arrays, which are unquestionably awesome. Read More


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