Review to Rivalry: The Story Behind ASR’s Contentious Clash with Tekton and Carver
The Audio Science Review (ASR) website has become a significant player in the audio equipment review landscape, where its founder Amir Majidimehr conducts rigorous tests on various audio products and publishes the results alongside his written review. The reviews then...
Tekton Speakers Reviewing Debacle And Manufacturer Bullying
What's this about? - In a nutshell, Eric Alexander, the owner of loudspeaker company 'Tekton Design, LLC', threatened 'litigation' over a published review of a pair of Tekton Design Troubadour speakers by YouTube reviewer Erin Hardison of 'Erin's Audio Corner', where...
Why You Should Never Trust A Cable Review(er)?
A look from an audiophile’s perspective on the sense of reviewing audio cables, and what you should spend…
What Is An Audiophile – How Does One Become An Audiophile?
Okay, I haven't had a rant for a while, so let's try to get to the bottom of the question of what, exactly, is an Audiophile. So, for most of you, the above dictionary definition ought to end the controversy, not that there ever really was one, you're thinking. But...
Audiophile Quality Vintage Gear Vs Modern Audio Equipment
I’ve lots of good memories from the early years of being an audiophile, and some bad ones…..here’s a rambling post from an Audiophile who has clearly lost his marbles…
Looking For A New Turntable – Where Are People?
Subtitle - The Search For A New Turntable - Origin Live / Dr. Feickert Analog / Technics / Fern & Roby - (to be continued) A couple of months ago I started with the idea of improving on my vinyl front-end. Running two tables was fun, and useful at some level, but...
Bass and Your $100 POS Plate Amp.
There's a very simple premise behind today's rant, perhaps even too simple. It goes like this: Roughly speaking, we can divide up the range of frequencies that interest us as musicphiles into 3 sections - Highs, Mids, and Lows. Or: Treble, Midrange, and Bass, if you...
PS Audio P10 Power Regenerator Review
I've listed this short review of the PS Audio P10 Power Regenerator under 'Things That Annoy Me', which, if you've been paying attention, you'll know that this category is reserved for stuff that I'd rather not have to have, but now that I've heard it, I can't live...
NHT OMG WTF?
I was out and about on Monday in rural VA when I walked past a pawn shop in downtown Franklin. In the window was an old rusty rototiller with no price tag, so, having wanted one of these for a while, to sit unused alongside my rusty old lawn tractor, I donned my...
Edge NL10.2 power amp finds a new home.
It is with a heavy heart that I must announce the departure of the Edge NL10.2 power amp. Collected yesterday by the men in brown, the Edge is now winging its way off to a new home, actually, a recording studio in Texas. The Edge is one of those truly special...
Uni-Cone Isolation Footers For Sale – Speakers, Amps, etc
