Funk Firm Has A Winner…
Refinement constitutes the difference between P1 and P6 on the Formula One grid. The same can be said for analog reproduction. While there’s precious little genuinely new under the sun, careful refinement of existing technology continues to extract more information from the grooves of our vinyl collections. Read More >
Editor Bob Gendron’s new blog…
It’s All One Song By Bob Gendron January is traditionally a slow time for live shows. Yet soon enough, announcements for spring dates, the excitement associated with South By Southwest, and the unveiling of lineups for destination festivals will put everyone back into a virtual club—or, in the case of Lollapalooza, a virtual lakefront park). Read More >
Audion Premier Phonostage
It’s easy to get jaded and confused about today’s analog options. Still, if you have big bucks, the choice is practically made for you given that nearly all of the extremely costly phono cartridges are either low- or medium-output moving coil designs. Read More >
First Listen! The Rega Apollo – R
For the fourth consecutive year, something fun showed up on my doorstep as I prepared to head out for CES. And that something is again a CD player. This year’s surprise is Rega’s new Apollo–R. Read More >
AVID Acutus Reference SP Turntable
Unless you earn $2 million an episode, a la Charlie Sheen, $25k is a lot of change to spend on a turntable and tonearm, especially when adding a worthy cartridge and phonostage could easily double the sum. Read More >
Issue 42
Out of Tune With You By Todd Martens Budget Gear: CEntrance DACmini CX By Jerold O’Brien Journeyman Audiophile: Polk LSiM707 Speakers By Jeff Dorgay Box Set Review: The 2011 Collections By Bob Gendron Old School: Klyne SK-5A Preamplifier By Jerold O’Brien Tone Style Wino: The Wines of Autumn By Wayne Garcia The Range Rover Evoque with Meridian Audio System Angry Birds T-Shirts Kindle Fire: A Game Changer StarWars Stormtrooper DJ Headphones iHog Music Live Music: Girls, Dum Dum Girls, Deadmau5, Fleet Foxes and Shelby Lynne Current Releases: Fresh Releases in the Pop/Rock World By the TONE Staff Audiophile Pressings The Smiths, Rush, Rory Gallagher, and Journey By Jeff Dorgay and Paul Rigby Jazz and Blues New releases from Keith Jarrett, Marcus Strickland and Nils Petter By Jim Macnie Reviews: Darth Insidious: The IsoTek Super Titan Power Conditioner By Paul Rigby Variation on a Theme: The Verity Amadis Speakers By Jeff Dorgay Let It Be: The Pass Labs XP-20 Preamplifier By Steve Guttenberg TONEAudio’s Product of the Year Awards TONEAudio’s Publisher’s Choice Awards Read More >
Sooloos Comes to the iPad!
Meridian has just announced that the functionality of their industry leading Sooloos Music Server will soon be available on the iPad. There have been a series of announcements on the web that “something new is coming January 10…” Now with the ability to have access to your music collection without being tethered to a fixed screen puts the Sooloos system miles ahead of its competitors. Read More >
Rega’s New Apollo-R CD Player Arrives…
For those wondering if Regas new Brio-R integrated amplifier would have a matching CD player to compliment it’s small size, the answer is yes – and it’s on the way to us for review right now. Read More >
Sonus Faber Aida World Premier!
The New York audio press was treated to the world premiere of Sonus Faber’s latest triumph, the Aida, on Tuesday night (an open-to-audiophiles affair was on Wednesday night). When I arrived for the auspicious event at Stereo Exchange’s NYC showrooms the speakers were cloaked in cloth wrappers. Read More >
The Unison Research Giro: Simple, Pretty, Different
It goes without saying that stepping up to the $4,000-$5,000 range in turntables provides a significant boost in performance over $1,000-$2,000 turntables. An increase in resolution, accompanied by a bigger, more dynamic presentation—and the ability to extract more musical information from higher-performance cartridges—are the most obvious benefits. Read More >
PS Audio’s P10 in for review…
PS Audio has come a long way since the end of the 90s’ when they introduced their first Power Plant PS300. Where many power line conditioners use extensive filtering schemes to scrub the noise and distortion components from your AC mains, the P10 regenerates new, 120 volt (or 220 for European customers) power, eliminating the noise and distortion from the power feeding your gear. Read More >
Issue 41
TOP TONE: Our Favorites for 2011 By The TONE Staff Power Amplifiers Preamplifiers Integrated Amplifiers Superspeakers Small Speakers Speakers Subwoofers Analog – Cartridges Analog – Turntables Analog – Phono Preamps Digital Accessories Previews Verity Audio Amadis Speakers Ortofon Vivo Blue Cartridge Reviews: Dali F5 Fazon Loudspeakers By Jeff Dorgay Decware Zen Torii Mk. Read More >
Grado Statement 1
Grado Labs has always offered a great alternative to moving-coil cartridge technology with their moving-iron cartridge design, a cross between the moving coil and moving magnet design. Other than The Soundsmith, Grado is the only company still producing moving-iron cartridges in quantity, and they have refined their process to perfection. Read More >
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