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From the listening chair
Good Vibrations With a Collection of IsoAcousti...
Next up for this photo column are a collection of vibration management products from IsoAcoustics, located in the Canadian city of Markham, Ontario. I used the company’s footers, stands, and...
Ansuz Acoustics’ PowerSwitch D3: High-End Netwo...
I previously shared photos in this space of the Axxess Forte 1 streaming integrated amplifier/digital-to-analog converter (in Issue 207). Along with Aavik, Ansuz, and Børresen, Axxess is a brand of...
Shining a Light on the Bluesound NODE ICON
I’ve carped almost ad infinitum in these pages about the difficulties of photographing an audio component that’s both shiny and monochrome. So, when I realized that next up on my...
From The Listening Chair: An Audiophile on the ...
The term “personal audio” has several meanings. However, I most often use it to refer to earbuds, headphones, and the components such as digital-to-analog converters (DACs) and amplifiers that are...
Honey, I Shrunk the Editor!
This isn't a 3/4-scale model of our editor: he's six feet even and standing next to a Sound Lab G9-7C full-range electrostatic loudspeaker ($65,000/pair), which is approximately nine...
Sonus faber’s Omnia Wireless Speaker is More El...
There are quite a number of manufacturers that produce gorgeous speaker cabinets. That said, I personally believe that there are at least two manufacturers, France’s Triangle Hi-Fi and Italy’s Sonus...
Audio Group Denmark Brings Some Lower-Priced Au...
It was 2020 when Audio Group Denmark hit the scene as the steward of three then-existing high-end brands. Børresen Acoustics featured speakers, Aavik Acoustics offered electronic components, and Ansuz Acoustics...
IsoTek’s V5 Elektra Power Conditioner Cleans Up...
My current photography subject is IsoTek’s V5 Elektra power cleaning component ($1,995), which is also known as the V5. Despite my many years of auditing audio gear, my experience with...
A Magnificent WAVAC Audio Lab Amplifier, and Vi...
I have noted before that I do not have the benefit of having a photography studio to work from. Still, I almost always prefer to photograph gear in my home...
VAC’s Statement 452iQ Musicbloc Power Amplifier
I don’t have a photography studio and it likely shows. Still, I don’t like taking what I consider to be serious photos of audio gear in the field. Instead, I...
Linn Makes Majik
It’s never easy to photograph something that’s black and shiny. Linn’s Majik DSM streaming integrated amplifier with built-in digital-to-analog converter (from $4,185) is no exception to that rule. It’s a...
An Amp for the Eons: Tsakiridis Devices’ Aeolos...
I make frequent trips to the retailer HiFi Loft, located in Manhattan’s Times Square. While I was on the way out of that establishment during a visit last year, I...
Waversa Systems’ WBridge Standard: A Different ...
The WBridge Standard ($6,600) from South Korea's Waversa Systems is an interesting digital hub and signal converter that offers a choice of seven types of inputs and outputs including Ethernet, coaxial,...
xDuoo's Versatile TA-30 Headphone Amp/DAC
You might have seen the term “Chi-Fi” lately. It’s a mashup of "Chinese" and "high-fidelity,” and I suggest that the term can refer to bargain-priced, often tube-based electronics from China...
Bache Audio’s Elegant Sonata EX2 Speakers
Greg Belman of Brooklyn, New York’s Bache Audio recently dropped off a pair of his rear-ported Sonata EX2 speakers ($2,780 per pair). Rated at 91 dB sensitivity, this speaker features a 3-inch bamboo cone...
A HiFi Rose in Bloom
With its enormous 14.9-inch, high-def color touchscreen, top-notch performance, ability to output video as well as audio, and gorgeously overbuilt chassis, no product has seemingly come from the blue to...
Connecting With Hemingway Audio’s Z-Core Power ...
For the most part, I won’t participate in social media arguments concerning the efficacy of audiophile signal cables and power cords. Even when considering a binge-watching session of Keeping Up...
Spending Time With the Esoteric Grandioso G1X M...
Word clocks are common in high-end and professional and some high-end digital systems. They are used to synchronize devices that connect via digital audio signals. Would audiophiles be interested in...
Checking Out xDuoo's Affordable MT-604 Headphon...
Earlier this year, I received a sample of xDuoo’s MT-604 fully-balanced tube headphone amplifier from online retailer Apos Audio. At an asking price of $169, it offers more sexiness per...
Allnic Audio's Striking H-5500 Phono Stage
Founded by Kang Su (“KS”) Park, Allnic Audio is based Sungnam City, South Korea. In the early 1990s, Park started Silvaweld, known mostly in Asia and Europe for its single-ended...
Audio Up Close: the Magico A3 Loudspeaker
“From the Listening Chair” is a new column that will focus on picturing current audio components and loudspeakers, as opposed to the vintage photography that Howard contributes to “Audio Anthropology.”...