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TAS Goes To Munich 2024 Hi-Fi Show
The Munich Hi-Fi Show is considered the biggest and best on the planet. The Absolute Sound visits so we don’t have to make the trip. Let’s see what they have found for us. That’s why they attend, right? Don’t they want to point us in the right direction? Speakers The first pair they discuss are Martens for $190k. Wow. What a start….
Atoll CD Transports
Please take a moment to read through my Silver Discs entry. The topic discusses how a reviewer thinks CDs used to suck, but now they’re finally REALLY GOOD. He says it took 40 years to get good. Nope. He missed the boat. He was lost at sea for 40 years. He was evaluating the medium with poorly built, lousy sounding players. Would…
Killer Near Field System
Speakers: Bryston Tiny A $990 Per Pair (13.5h, 8.5w, 8.2d, 8 ohms) Listening to a system in the NEAR FIELD can be a treat. If you want to hear a singer, singing TO YOU, in an intimate space, a near field system is tough to beat. Especially, if you are chained to your computer a fair amount of the day, take some…
Are You An Audiophile?
What exactly is an audiophile? When we read about this topic, the term is typically skewed negative. The implication is that audio hobbyists who spend foolishly- are audiophiles. Nope. That isn’t an accurate definition. Target missed. An audiophile is someone who loves music, first and foremost. When he listens to his system, he pays 100% of his attention to how it sounds….
Hi-Fi In NYC
Lyric Hi-Fi in NYC has closed. Perhaps you read the article written on p.122 of the May 2021 Stereophile? The writer was a former employee. He comments on the store selling MIT speaker cable for $12k in 1998. A month later they brought in NBS which sold for $22k. The writer says he learned to sell hi-fi by saying, “this is good,…
Why You Might Listen To Us
There’s no shortage of opinions on the topic of how to put together a great sounding hi-fi system. Why should you listen to us? We Make It Work Our gear has to sound good and be reliable. We have to support the sales we make. This differentiates us from magazine guys or forum contributors. When you have to make something work right,…
MoFi Super Heavyweight
MoFi Super Heavyweight $200 For everyone who would like to squeeze a little more information off their vinyl, MoFi has just introduced its Super Heavyweight. Super Heavyweight is a puck, or “clamp” that sits atop your record. It is not threaded and will work on almost any turntable. Super Heavyweight is not entirely appropriately named. MoFi didn’t ask me before they named…