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Manley Labs Steelhead RC Phono Preamp Review

CAH — Thu, 11 Sep 2025 16:23:33 +0000

SMR Cable Technologies Vanish 334 Speaker Cable Review

CAH — Sun, 07 Sep 2025 16:56:08 +0000

You know you’re in for something serious when a set of speaker cables arrives with serialized documentation and a signed, certified performance report from the manufacturer. Not a vague promise of “reference sound,” not a generic factory checklist, but actual measured metrics signed off by a licensed Professional Engineer (P.E). The cables I’ve been living […]

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Spica TC‑50 Review: What $350 Can Still Buy You in High-End Audio

CAH — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 16:55:07 +0000

There are certain products in the audiophile world that seem to defy time, designs that, despite their original MSRP, age or modest appearance, still punch way above their weight and occasionally leave you wondering why the industry ever moved on. Or wondering, has it really moved on that much? The Spica TC‑50 is exactly that […]

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Vintage Linestages That Still Compete: Four Tube Preamps Worth Hearing in 2025

CAH — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 15:45:43 +0000

There’s great value in the vintage market. Not long ago, buying a vintage linestage meant resigning yourself to dusty old relics — gear that looked like lab equipment and often sounded like it too. You were wading through clunky circuits, high noise floors, and enough drift to need a compass. Models like the Dynaco PAS […]

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REL Carbon Special Review: High Expectations – Poor Results.

CAH — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 21:05:43 +0000

I’ve spent 18 months with the REL Carbon Special subwoofers, and while I wanted to love them, I find myself more frustrated than impressed. For a subwoofer at this price point (MSRP: $4,499 each), there are design flaws that make setup and fine-tuning unnecessarily difficult—flaws that shouldn’t exist in a product marketed as a high-end […]

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Tube vs. Solid-State Preamps: Magic, Myth, or Just Distortion?

CAH — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 19:57:01 +0000

Mick, from Downunder, just published a YouTube video on the channel – Tube Preamps Versus Solid State. It seems to be a bit controversial judging by some of the comments on YouTube. I don’t know why, obviously tube preamps are better. But here it is – click the image to watch the video on YouTube, […]

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Ditching Your Linestage and Going Source-Direct

CAH — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 17:54:24 +0000

Don Sachs D2 Linestage Review

CAH — Thu, 19 Dec 2024 19:37:52 +0000

Note: While Don Sachs has recently retired, his legacy lives on in the Don Sachs D2 Linestage. While Don isn’t actively building new products, he has, to some extent, passed along the baton to the speaker builder Spaitial Audio, who are producing Don Sachs’ designs, presumably under some form of licensing agreement with Don, and […]

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Ayre Codex DAC / Headphone Amplifier Review

CAH — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 18:37:40 +0000

I’ve been spending a lot more time listening to the second system this past few weeks, rolling through some low-cost retro gear that I think really flies under the typical audiophile’s radar. By ‘retro’, I mean it’s no longer in production but still very much viable via the used equipment markets. The Ayre Codex first […]

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All New Altec Lansing Speakers and Amps Revealed at Capital Audiofest 2024

CAH — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 21:49:42 +0000

Day One CAF 2024 – Altec Lansing Iconic Series Speakers / 300b Monoblocks From AL Press Release: Iconic Series This category will combine classic methods and materials with new technology to build a bridge from the past to the future. The lineup will be built with some of the qualities that made Altec’s classic sound […]

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