REVIEW: Sonus faber Lumina 1

REVIEW: Sonus faber Lumina 1

Wow, a Sonus faber speaker you can pick up with one hand. Cool.

One of the biggest parts of evaluating high end audio gear, is a lot of lifting. Read More >


The Sonus faber Minima Amator II

The Sonus faber Minima Amator II

Breathtaking as they are, not everyone has the room (or the disposable cash) for a pair of Sonus faber Aidas in their environment. Read More >


A Heartfelt "thank you" to Cardas Audio

A Heartfelt “thank you” to Cardas Audio

We’re going on about 10 months of this now…

As we put the finishing touches on our yearly “Awards” issue, and everyone in the audio industry is deciding which great audio products are the best of the best for whatever reason, I’d like to spotlight some genuine human kindness. Read More >


I still love buying hifi gear!

I still love buying hifi gear!

Note I used the word “buy.”

You might think that even though I do this every day, I’m over the thrill of finding great hifi. Nothing could be further than the truth. In the last week, I’ve put down a deposit on my own pair of Dirty Weekend speakers from ZU Audio, purchased the review pair of Lumina 1 speakers from Sonus faber, (Read More >


The Focal Stella Utopia EM

The Focal Stella Utopia EM

If you’ve experienced Focals’ Grande Utopia Ems in a large room, set up to perfection, it’s easy to see why many consider them one of the (if not the) world’s finest loudspeakers. Read More >


The Manley Absolute Headphone Amplifier

The Manley Absolute Headphone Amplifier

If you happen to be a dog person and you’ve ever owned or spent time with a Fox Terrier, you know where I’m going with this. Read More >


The Focal Utopia Headphones

The Focal Utopia Headphones

Having lived with a number of Focal speakers over the last five years, the family resemblance between the Utopia headphones and their floorstanding speakers is unmistakable. Read More >


The Luxman K-05 Cassette Deck

The Luxman K-05 Cassette Deck

-By Paul DeMara
The 1990s were an interesting time for music formats. Read More >


Power Two Amplifier from Alluxity

Power Two Amplifier from Alluxity

Alexander Vitus-Mogensen (son of Hans-Ole Vitus) has just introduced his latest creation from Alluxity – the Power Two. Read More >


Tubulus XS Umbilical Cables

Tubulus XS Umbilical Cables

Damn, the Bee Gees never sounded this good. If you don’t like reading cable reviews, and you have a Pass Labs XS component (or a few) just buy the Tubulus Argentus XS Umbilical Cables for your system right now. Read More >


New Preamplifiers from borg.audio...

New Preamplifiers from borg.audio…

We’ve just received news and photos of the latest preamplifiers from borg.audio, the Dune and the Warp.

Final pricing has not been announced yet, but these units look to be made with incredible attention to detail inside and out. Read More >


Rotel's Michi P5 Preamplifier and S5 Power Amplifier

Rotel’s Michi P5 Preamplifier and S5 Power Amplifier

Rotel is a company that’s gone about their business making high performance gear that is reasonably priced, in a relatively understated way. Read More >


Bowers & Wilkins 702 Signature Loudspeakers

Bowers & Wilkins 702 Signature Loudspeakers

Rocking out with some Slayer, it’s clear that Bowers & Wilkins has produced a winner here. To be honest, I’ve been punishing these speakers for about a solid week now, and it’s clear they have major dynamic ability. Read More >


The LSA DPH-1 Headphone amplifier from Underwood HiFi

LSA DPH-1 Headphone Amplifier

I love discovering reasonably priced products, squarely aimed at bringing great sound to more people, and new people to our wacky world of audio. Read More >


New turntable from LSA: The LSA-T2

New turntable from LSA: The LSA-T2



A very special new offering from Underwood Hifi and LSA

We were pretty excited about the Read More >


Issue 104

Issue 104

This issue, we’ve got some great new gear:

The Andover Model-One compact music system

Focal’s ARCHE headphone amplifier (hint, hint,
it’s a KILLER 2ch preamp too!)

Sumiko’s Amethyst MM phono cartridge
We take a look back at VanHalen

A mint Nakamichi CR-7A cassette deck

Sonus faber’s Sonetto V floor standing speakers

Cam VanDerHorst is back with the SWILL column, investigating Snoop Dogg. Read More >