Sonus faber Lumina II Loudspeakers | REVIEW
The story of the Sonus faber Lumina II bookshelf speakers is also the story of “Yulunga,” perhaps my favorite reference track of all time. That old demo track from Dead Can Dance’s Into the Labyrinth...
View ArticleThe Best Bookshelf Speakers | Buyers Guide 2022
Welcome to the Best Bookshelf Speakers section of the Part-Time Audiophile Buyers Guide for 2022. The Guide is more than “We heartily endorse this [fill in the blank ].” This collection represents our...
View ArticleCircle Labs A200 Integrated Amplifier | REVIEW
As a matter of fact, I do want to open up the Circle Labs A200 integrated amplifier review with another statement about why I love integrated amplifiers. This time, I won’t talk about interconnects or...
View ArticleNaim SuperNAIT 3 Integrated Amplifier | REVIEW
The Naim SuperNAIT 3 integrated amplifier, above all, is about trying to reconnect with my past—at least a little bit. Back in December I traveled down to Los Angeles for the first time in at [...]
View ArticleHarbeth C7ES-3 XD Loudspeakers | REVIEW
Co-hosting all these Brit-fi podcasts with Brian Hunter on The Occasional Podcast has certainly whetted my appetite for BBC monitors. Lately we’ve been fixating primarily on the LS3/5a, but I can’t...
View ArticleRotel A12MKII Integrated Amplifier | REVIEW
I am a self-professed integrated acolyte. An all-in-one box, such as the Rotel A12MKII, really sits on my astral plane for a multitude of reasons, not the least of which it is (virtually) guaranteed to...
View ArticleThe Best Bookshelf Speakers | Buyers Guide Summer 2022
Welcome to the Best Bookshelf Speakers section of the Part-Time Audiophile Buyers Guide for Summer 2022. The Guide is more than “We heartily endorse this [fill in the blank].” This collection...
View ArticleDave McNair’s Wrap-Up | Toronto Audiofest 2022
Toronto Audiofest 2022 For a long time, my day-to-day work in music production was all I needed to escape the constant turmoil of current events worldwide. Lately, those events are more than just...
View ArticleNeat Acoustics Ministra Loudspeakers | REVIEW
When’s the last time you’ve heard a loudspeaker, such as the Neat Acoustics Ministra, with an isobaric woofer design? It’s been a while for me, too, but I recall two relatively small monitors from...
View ArticleFidelis and Audio Skies | AXPONA 2023
It sounds funny to pair these two distributors together, Fidelis and Audio Skies, but that’s the first thing I thought of when I saw a pair of Harbeth 40.3s mated to JMF amplification and Ideon [...]
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