Grateful Dead – American Beauty
Because the Grateful Dead was always a band that paid close attention to the sound quality of its live performances and recordings, even a random copy of any Dead album usually sounds pretty good—provided it hasn’t been played to extinction. Read More >
ROON is here! World’s first in depth review…
I’ve Seen the Future of Music, Again! Forget everything you know about serving digital music files. No matter what you are using, it’s irrelevant. A bold claim indeed, but spend a few minutes with Roon and you’ll find yourself getting up from the listening chair hours later. Read More >
Issue 71
Features Old School: Sansui AU-717 By Jeff Dorgay Personal Fidelity: Astell&Kern – AK240 By Bailey S. Read More >
Quirky’s Power Curl
Tired of always finding your MacBook charger in a giant ball? Quirky’s Power Curl comes in different sizes, depending on your model, and they come in some fun, or should we say, quirky colors. Read More >
Aurender Flow Headphone Amplifier and DAC
Aurender first teased their portable DAC / headphone amplifier at the 2014 Munich High End Show. Back then it was called the “V1000” – not exactly catchy. Read More >
Simaudio MOON Nēo 260D CD Transport/DAC Simply Stellar Sound
With more and more audiophiles getting into digital music these days, it is no wonder that many manufacturers are releasing CD players that are also high-quality DACs. Read More >
Mastodon – Blood Mountain
Released nearly a decade ago, Mastodon’s landmark concept album about scaling a bewildering peak—and encountering bloodthirsty wolves, unified tree-people colonies, and ice gods—has been recently reissued and remastered on colored vinyl befitting the record’s chromatic characteristics. Read More >
Arcam irDAC
There’s something about visual and operational simplicity that resonates with me, which is why I’m drawn to Arcam’s irDAC ($700), an understated unit about the size of a John Grisham paperback novel. Read More >
EgglestonWorks Emma Loudspeakers All You Need
Great things come from Memphis. It’s the BBQ capitol of the world. Elvis is from Memphis. My wife is from Memphis. And the Eggleston Emmas are from Memphis. Read More >
Kickstart(er) Our Heart and a PRINT Issue
Many readers have told us we should put the magazine in print. With your help and support we going for it! You have always come to us for content, so it’s time we come to you. Today, we went live with Read More >
Waxahatchee – Ivy Trip
Katie Crutchfield, who performs under the guise of Waxahatchee, is what it might sound like if a bundle of nerves could talk. On her group’s third and most structured album, Ivy Tripp, the Alabama native takes stock of circumstances, possibilities, and worries from close-up perspectives informed by first-hand experience and imagined scenarios. Read More >
Dali Epicon 8 Speakers – Preview
A recent visit to the Dali factory in Denmark revealed a nearly 250,000 square foot facility full of highly skilled workers dedicated to every aspect of loudspeaker design and construction. Read More >
WireWorld Pulse 2 interconnects – Preview
Wanna make that $1,400 Astell & Kern player sound a lot better? Grab the new WireWorld Pulse 2. In a world of mega expensive cable, that everyone loves to complain about, a mere $40 will take the sound of your portable player to a new level, whether you are using it in a high performance automotive system or just plugging into your home system. Read More >
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