Like many an impassioned singer/songwriter before her, Joan Osborne loves to confront injustice head-on with her music. To that end, all ten songs on Trouble and Strife (Womanly Hips/Thirty Tigers), her tenth studio album, tackle ...

Lauren Daigle Look Up Child Jason Ingram & Paul Mabury, producers Centricity Music Music: 4 Sound:4 Lauren Daigle, the Louisiana-bred, 29 year-old singer-songwriter sings her own spirited and thoughtful brand of youth-oriented Christian music. Her ...

Like me, you’re probably running short of outlets in your listening room. Where’d they all go? Looking back it was a lot simpler when source components were limited to a turntable or CD player. A ...

About a year ago, I first heard the Nordost QKore system—a passive approach to grounding that proved to be extremely effective. Even though my stereo system was running off an Equitech transformer and special Cardas ...

Sonus faber's Minima Amator, designed for use as either a bookshelf or stand-mounted loudspeaker, debuted back in 1992. Early in 2020, an updated version joined the company's Heritage line with a "II" appended to its ...

Joseph Audio seriously caught my attention a few years ago at AXPONA 2017 when I entered the room with a direct copy of Crazy Joe’s The Doctor Is In! 15ips mastertape (thanks Joe!) and another ...

Skanderborg, Denmark | November, 2020 - Dynaudio has launched its new, limited-edition Heritage Special passive stand-mount loudspeakers – handmade from top to bottom, inside and out, at its headquarters in Denmark. Started as an ‘off-the-radar’ ...

In the past 50 years, I can’t think of another power triode that has garnered a greater reverent following than the Western Electric (WE) 300B, to the point of being regarded in some audiophile circles ...

High Resolution Technologies Stage IV Loudspeaker/Amplifier System $7000 (as reviewed) And now for something else entirely different from ordinary speakers. The modular HRT Stage IV review system consisted of twelve mid/bass drivers (each channel!) arranged ...

It’s a ritual that plays out every time loudspeakers arrive here for review. After they’ve been unboxed, roughly positioned, and are breaking in with Flim & the BB’s set to infinite repeat, I’ll ask my ...

The following is a press release issued by Clarus. November 2020 — Clarus® is excited to announce the release of CODA, a new USB DAC with Headphone Amplifier that includes an MQA renderer. The CODA ...

The following is a press release issued by Underwood HiFi and LSA. November 2020 - Walter Liederman and Underwood Hifi announces an Incredible Full-Featured High Res DAC with remote controlled Preamp and Headphone Amp that ...

In March, 1978, a friend took me to the campus of UCLA. He pointed to Royce Hall, where the LA Philharmonic made its recordings. Eager to look inside, I hustled across the quadrangle and walked ...

An important part of every magazine editor’s job is to choose the writers who appear in the magazine, and to decide which articles to publish and which to reject. The collective result of these judgment ...

The following is a press release issued by DALI. November 2020 - Introducing OPTICON MK2 – DALI does not leave the legacy in the lurch but strengthens its roots and sustains its DNA. Its predecessor ...