2nd Edition
KEF Blade Two Meta loudspeaker
It seems as if I have been waiting for these all my life. Not in any existential sense, but in a literal, practical way: The arrival of the Blade Two Meta is the culmination of a lifelong fascination with KEF.
Recording of September 2022: Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars was one of the first albums I ever purchased. A week before, an uncle had given me his old red Dansette record player; I used collected pocket money to christen it. After just one play, the 10-year-old me was blown away.
Gryphon Apex Stereo power amplifier
Some time ago, an amplifier in for review caught fire when first powered up. I don't mean it smoked and sizzled and shut down--I mean that actual flames shot through the top grate.
60 Years of Stereophile!
It was September 1962. In the UK, the Beatles were recording their first single, "Love Me Do," at London's Abbey Road Studios. And in the US, a young journalist, J. Gordon Holt, born in North Carolina but raised in Australia from 1935 to 1947, had become dissatisfied with the advertiser-friendly atmosphere at High Fidelity magazine, for which he had been the audio editor.
EISA Hi-Fi Awards 2022-2023
EISA, or the Expert Imaging and Sound Association, is an organization representing 60 of the most respected special interest publications and websites from 29 countries that cover Hi-Fi, Home Theater Video, Home Theater Audio, Photography, Mobile Devices, and In-Car Electronics.
Sonus faber Omnia wireless loudspeaker
Pop quiz. What does the following verbiage describe? And what does it mean? "It's about what we love the most. It's about what we hate the most. It's about what we wait for but never happens."
1st Edition
Pacific AudioFest Complete Coverage
"How does anyone adequately and fairly evaluate a first-time audio show in a new location?" asks Jason Victor Serinus.
Marantz Model 40n integrated amplifier
On a cold, clear February morning, I attended my first in-person press event since the beginning of the pandemic. Marantz had invited me to a small group session in a suite at the Equinox Hotel at Hudson Yards but gave no indication of what was in store.
NWAA Labs: Measurement Beyond The Atomic Level
The setting is surreal. As you drive into the Satsop Business Park in rural Elma, Washington (pop. 3500, max), eyes immediately fixate on the looming 481'-tall cooling towers of an abandoned nuclear facility.
Why do you need all those microphones?
"Why do you need all of those microphones?" I've been asked this question more than once, by musicians you may have heard of. I'm not going to name names, but if you press me I might. Let's see where this goes.
Revinylization #32: Analogue Productions' UHQR Are You Experienced LP
Those of you old enough to have heard it when it was new will recall when you first experienced the music of Jimi Hendrix. I was 13, in 1967, when I came home after school with a friend bearing an LP of the just-released US Reprise Records pressing of Are You Experienced.
Q Acoustics Concept 50 loudspeaker
Given how crowded the loudspeaker manufacturing space has always been, I am always surprised when a new brand not only springs into being but does so with new speakers that sound and measure well. Take the UK's Q Acoustics, for example.
Source Stereophile
