In the interests of transparency readers should know that the $2999 Parasound JC 3+ has been my reference phonostage since I reviewed it in Issue 245. I say this not because I’m partial to Parasound ...

In my mind I’m aware that an audio system is not flesh and blood. Yet in my heart I persist in thinking of my reference rig as a living, breathing thing that requires a certain ...

Grado Labs doesn’t rush new models to the market. The iconic Brooklyn-based firm moves at its own stately pace, befitting its rich history and high-end bona fides. Even so, it’s been nearly ten years since ...

“Don’t I know you? Haven’t we met somewhere before?” My very thoughts when I first laid eyes on the Rogue Audio RP-7 preamplifier. Then I remembered: It was the Rogue Audio RP-5 that I reviewed ...

What ignited your interest in the high end? Did it come from the music side or the electronics side? My love of the high end comes from both sides. My dad was an audiophile and ...

The much-lauded Totem Acoustic Model 1 mini-monitor was the speaker that got the ball rolling for the young Montreal-based company in 1987. For its time and price, this two-way bass-reflex design heralded a new era ...

What ignited your interest in the high end? Did it come from the music side or the electronics side? The entire story started about 30 years ago thanks to a good friend and his father, ...

Constellation electronics really need no introduction in these pages. With lofty innovative standards, exemplary construction quality, and unimpeachable sonic results, Constellation exemplifies audio at its finest. So, the idea of producing a component of modest ...

My first encounter with MarkAudio-Sota loudspeakers occurred at the LA Audio Show last June. I liked what I heard, even under the less-than-optimal show conditions, and I left with two observations. First, the models on ...

What ignited your interest in the high end? Did it come from the music side or the electronics side? The music side, for sure. I played jazz, classical, and rock guitar, and piano. I took ...

How do you put a smile on the face of an oenophile and an audiophile at the same time? Easy—just take a peek inside the wooden box bearing the name Playback Designs. Not only will ...

The mystique of the full-range single-transducer loudspeaker remains a powerful force among audiophiles. And yes, this point-source ideal is attractive for all kinds of reasons—the matchless coherence and the impeccable imaging that follows, just to ...

Terror on the 29th Floor It’s over. Or, is it? First impressions at CES 2018 told me that for all intents and purposes the high end will not be returning to Las Vegas in the ...

If you’re an audiophile of a certain age you might well remember your first look at color TV. I do. On a Sunday evening our family sat in front of a spanking-new RCA Victor console ...

The TAD ME1 (ME for Micro-Evolution) is the third stand-mounted compact loudspeaker to be rolled out by Japan’s Technical Audio Devices in recent years. Led by the Reference Series CR1, a beryllium-driver three-way of ravishing ...