Seeking: A lasting relationship with a loudspeaker for under a grand. Familiar? It’s a recurring goal among enthusiasts pursuing performance but also looking to tap the brakes on the budget. Typically there are two choices. ...

The following is a press release issued by Magico. December 13, 2017 - Machined into the metal of every Magico loudspeaker is a subtle, yet permanent, “M”. Our symbol is a simple reminder to the ...

Rega Planar 6 $1595 w/o cart, $1995 w/ Exact mm, $2195 w/Ania mc Rega’s Planar 6 offers the same phenolic-resin “double brace” found in the Planar 3, the same RB303 ’arm, and a whole lot ...

Sennheiser HD 800 $1599 The HD 800s derive their claim to excellence from good bass/treble balance and a rock-solid delivery of musical fundamentals. Bass is deep and articulate, while the lower midrange is clean, with ...

Some of the most interesting music I hear these days is by female jazz singers. Often they project a deep appreciation of the jazz vocal tradition as well as a keen sense of how to ...

Those of you who are familiar with my review of the German Physiks Unlimited II, the HRS-130’s little brother, may recall my esteem for Lincoln Walsh’s revolutionary bending-wave transducer, developed in the early 1960s and ...

Something is definitely afoot in the Japanese audio industry. For a country whose culture encourages cautious evolution, there have been a whole lot of big changes in a short time. The first was in 2011, ...

1) Building the lowest-noise enclosures has always been a prime Magico goal. You started with flat-topped, boat-tail-curved birch ply and aluminum boxes with the Minis, migrated to more traditionally squared-off damped aluminum enclosures with the ...

I’m going to start this blog by repeating some of what I wrote about Magico’s limited-edition, tenth-anniversary M Project loudspeaker, since Magico’s new M Series flagship, the M6, wouldn’t exist without it. After this, I ...

Mention the name Helmut Brinkmann to an audiophile and the first thing that comes to mind is probably the German designer’s superb turntables. But Brinkmann began his audio career more than 35 years ago making ...

Compiling a list of good soundtracks is a more complicated proposition than it might at first seem. This is because it involves some mediation among competing factors. For example, often a brilliant score accompanies a ...

Legrand Jazz sold well after its release in 1959. Part of its success had to do with brand loyalty, as the leader of the album, who handpicked the musicians for three different recording sessions and ...

The following is a press release issued by Göbel Audio. November 30, 2017 – Göbel Audio proudly announces the appointment of Bending Wave USA, Inc. as the exclusive distributor for the Unites States for our ...

Elac Debut B5 $229 It’s little; it’s vinyl clad; it’s dirt cheap; and it sounds terrific. The B5 compact represents the first effort in what should be a long and fruitful collaboration between Elac and ...

When I recently mentioned to a longtime friend that I was reviewing the Conrad-Johnson GAT Series 2 preamplifier, he responded, “Back to your youth!” Well, yes. As it happens, I began my audio odyssey with ...