We Welcome Hegel’s New H90 Integrated Amp $2000 (60×2) 3 1/8h, 16 7.8w, 12 1/4d, 27 lbs   Hegel Audio of Oslo, Norway, brought out its H80 integrated amp ($2k) in 2013. H80 has been a defacto price class leader since its inception. Here we are four years later and H80 has been superseded by the new H90. We’re happy that H90…

Happy to report that our Bryston BHA-1 Headphone amplifier has won Best of the Year Award from Secrets of Home Theater Magazine. The Bryston BHA-1 is an impeccably designed and solidly built amplification device for speakers that you just happen to wear on your head. It has a fastidiously clean and neutral sound quality with an abundance of power and connectivity options that will allow almost any headphone to shine on its own merits. If you are in the market for a top-class headphone amplifier and don’t need a built in DAC, you really cannot go wrong with choose the BHA-1. Highly recommend!

I want you to buy an Isotek Mains Conditioner from us. Isotek will make your music sound clearer and protect you from line spikes. Mostly, Isotek will IMPROVE YOUR SOUND. You read that correctly. It’s a promise. Isotek Conditioners isolate EACH product in the bar. Unlike the “other guys”- Isotek isolates EACH outlet. There is no cross contamination from connected components. The…

McIntosh make one of the most legendary amplifiers in high-end audio, used by The Grateful Dead and James Murphy alike. In the latest of their behind-the-scenes factory tours, they visit their famous Laboratory to see how the blue-panelled icons are made. Check it out!

The Soundstage editors and staff have announced the new Bryston 4B Cubed stereo amplifier has attained SOUNDSTAGE Hi-Fi Reference Component status! Described its sound as “virtually faultless,” praised its “ability to drive just about any speaker with ease,” and declared that it “may well be the best value today in a high-end, high-powered, solid-state amplifier. If I were in the market for a new amp, I’d buy the Bryston 4B3 without hesitation.”

New Entry On Our Site: ABC’s It’s up near the top, called ABC’s. It is a short list of my recommendations on how to assemble a dynamite system. It approaches the task from the beginning, with the Milwaukee credo of getting a dollar’s worth of performance for each dollar spent. Print it out. Highlight. Visit to discuss/audition! Mobile Fidelity UltraDeck+ $2000 MoFi…

1) Balanced & RCA Inputs & Outputs Yep, I might run a CD player or DAC with BALANCED outs. I WILL run a power amp that has BALANCED ins for sure. I need balanced ins & outs for sure. Further, these can’t be CONVERTED. They cannot be XLR inputs without a true, dual rail balanced design in the preamp circuitry. It’s gotta…

I’m a music lover. I want the music I want, by the performer I want. Sometimes you get the music by streaming, a silver disc, or a black vinyl disc. The format is in service to the music. An example of when I play vinyl is, a box set of Claudio Arrau playing Schumann. The Philips box set has nine discs =…

MoFi Electronics turntables stand out for their commitment to audiophile-grade performance, utilizing custom-designed parts like high-precision bearings, ultra-stable inert platters, isolated motors and custom anti-vibration feet. Engineered in collaboration with industry expert Allen Perkins of Spiral Groove who brought along decades of experience in turntable and tonearm design, our turntables provide uncompromising playback of your vinyl collection and maintain the high standards…

A superb review of our new 14B Cubed amplifier in Everything Audio magazine. The ‘STELLAR SOUND AWARD’ is not given lightly. “In our opinion, the new Bryston 14B3 Cube stereo amplifier is most certainly an Everything Audio Network Stellar Sound Award winner and a candidate for AMP OF THE YEAR.”

Just IN! Mobile Fidelity StudioDeck Turntable With StudioTracker Cartridge $1350 I’ll bet you vinyl lovers know the name Mobile Fidelity. MoFi made state of the art LPsback in the day. MoFi continues to make AND distribute the best vinyl our industry has seen. It has been a goal of MoFi to come out with its own line of turntables & cartridges. They…

Bryston, a brand synonymous with delivering high powered, heavy hitting and “tank like” construction Hi-Fi equipment which are all revered in its own right, has also produced the AC-1 Micro which was specifically built to be a center channel to complement the Mini A bookshelf speakers.

I was blown away by its amazing transparency, absolute control, and very smooth, very linear sound. In my system, its sound was nearly flawless — no matter what I listened to. I couldn’t imagine the sound being much better, at least in terms of accurate reproduction.

Yes butttttt… Audiophiles are skeptical of CUT ABOVE power cords improving the sound of their systems. That’s understandable because… the vast majority of hobbyists who have tried these cables, plug them right into the wall or a surge protector THAT DOESN’T IMPROVE YOUR SOUND. Whether that surge protector has a fancy name or is a Menards 6 banger, very few do anything…

Bryston, a venerable Canadian electronics manufacturer known for the quality and reliability of its amplifiers and preamplifiers. Stereophile. High Performance Technology. 20 Year Warranty on Analog and Loudspeakers.

Let’s consider… whose first published work is “the best?” Yes, I know this is a very subjective topic, but since I’m writing it, I get to spout off. Among music aficionados, this is a regular conversation. I haven’t seen any fist fights break out, but I’ve seen heated arguments! Being a piano man first and foremost, you can infer that instrument has…