Month: March 2019

Steven R. Rochlin has posted a review of the Hum Pristine Reference Custom in-ear monitors ($1299) at Enjoy the Music. His conclusions: “Overall, the HUM Reference CIEMs are extremely dynamic and have the best transparency of any CIEMs here. They may not produce the uppermost and lowermost frequency extremes, yet odds are you might not […]

  ATC Loudspeakers is pleased to announce its new SCM19AT active loudspeakers for the home are now shipping in the U.S. consumer Hi-Fi and CI (custom integration) markets. ATC, Acoustic Transducer Company, formed in 1974 is the renowned manufacturer of handcrafted precision loudspeakers that can be found in the most prominent music and film mastering […]

From the desk of Frank Berryman Rotel Electronics, widely acknowledged for 50 years as a leader in affordable high-end electronics designed for serious audiophiles and home-theater fans, has introduced the RA-1592 stereo integrated amplifier built upon the award-winning Rotel RC-1590 preamplifier and RB-1582mk2 power amplifier in a sleek, single chassis design. While home theater is […]

Today’s Hi-Fi is Better than Yesterday’s. (Possibly) If I may be permitted a dangerously broad and rather sweeping generalisation, most hi-fi systems today – from the pretty basic, to state of the art – give far more evenly-balanced results than those of (say) twenty or thirty years ago. That’s certainly so in my case. For […]

  Max Langridge writes ….. he S-shaped tonearm sports a light alloy headshell to make swapping cartridges quick and easy and is height adjustable to compensate for different cartridge sizes. TEAC supplies the deck with an AT100E MM cartridge. It features an electronic speed change too, saving you the hassle of removing the platter to […]

Paul Rigby writes ….. A bit of a surprise, this one. The VT-E is Pro-Ject’s first ever vertical turntable and can be installed on a desktop or a wall.  Based on the dual speed Elemental turntable, the belt-driven VT-E has a pre-set 8.6” tonearm and Ortofon OM5e cartridge. The VT-E plinth and platter are made from […]

From the desk of Frank Berryman   Aron Garrecht has posted a review of the Constellation Audio Inspiration Preamplier 1.0 ($9900) at SOundStage! Ultra. His conclusions: “While it may not be the quietest preamp I’ve heard, and its operation is less than intuitive, the Inspiration Preamp 1.0 redefines what $9900 can buy in terms of […]

PARENTS have been warned about audiophiles, who are increasingly targeting young people for dull chats about hi-fi. Record shops have become magnets for middle-aged, socially awkward men attracted by products labelled ‘Audiophile Edition’. 14-year-old Tom Logan said: “I was looking at an old Fleetwood Mac record, when this bald man kind of crept up beside […]

We spotted the following blog post just now. Worth spending a few minutes to get a different point of view from thje ‘usual’. It starts ….. Wow, what a week I have had! A Kronos in my den, I couldn’t believe it myself. For the informative audio folks, Kronos is the hottest turntable at the […]

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Thorin Klosowski (Lifehacker) writes ….. You love music, but even if you consider yourself a true audiophile, the cost of high-end sound can be, frankly, a little absurd. We talked with a handful of audio experts to find out how to get audiophile-calibre sound without emptying your savings account. Here’s what they had to say. […]

They say …. For the first time ever, Transparent Audio’s ultimate statement in audio perfection, the OPUS series, expands to incorporate a new standard in power conditioning and line filtration— meet the Transparent OPUS PowerIsolator. Power Conditioning Without Compromise The groundbreaking Transparent Generation 5 Power Conditioning Filter Technology introduced in the new OPUS PowerIsolator snuffs […]

They say ….. The Snowflake audio amplifier reference design packs a ton of audio power in a compact 40x30mm solution. Featuring the MA12040 or MA12040P eximo™ audio amplifiers it is able to reach peak output powers of up to 2x40W in an LC filterless implementation. Snowflake is optimized for small solution footprint and addresses all […]

Hi, and thanks for stopping here. Re the post below, we’d really, really like to know what you think. Have you got time to leave a comment? Thank you. Howard Popeck / Features Editor *************** We could have used “pre-loved” but we aren’t comfortable with that word, for some reason. We  just wondered whether you […]

Hi, and thanks for stopping here. Re the post below, we’d really, really like to know what you think. Have you got time to leave a comment? Thank you. Neil McCauley / HFA editor in chief +++++++++ Incoming email said … I hope that someone or a few might feel inspired to help me out […]

Hi, and thanks for stopping here. Re the post below, we’d really, really like to know what you think. Have you got time to leave a comment? Thank you. Neil McCauley / HFA editor in chief +++++++++ It struck us here in the office that all makers must build to a price in order to […]

Hi, and thanks for stopping here. Re the post below, we’d really, really like to know what you think. Have you got time to leave a comment? Thank you. Neil McCauley / HFA editor in chief **************** Have you plugged the positive speaker connections from your amp into the negative terminals on your speakers and […]

Hi, and thanks for stopping here. Re the post below, we’d really, really like to know what you think. Have you got time to leave a comment? Thank you. Neil McCauley / HFA editor in chief **************** Okay, imaging say that your Meridian CD player is dead. Have tried fixing, swapped out transport, even used […]

John Mayberry writes ….. Although a couple of years old now, this article is one of the few focusing on “repairing” the information lost during the digital encoded process from source material to CD to mp3. Having lived through some of the dbx type boxes trying to improve the analog audio back in the 1970’s, […]