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Euro news: IBEX AUDIO acquires MasterBuilt Audio distribution for Austria,...
A little something from our email inbox this morning for you: Damon Von Schweikert of – you guessed it – Von Schweikert Audio passed along some information that their distributor IBEX AUDIO, who also...
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CH Precision at Montreal Audio Fest: Video with Raphael Pasche
Some rooms at audio shows catch your attention before you even go into them – which isn’t easy due to the fact that you’ve got music pouring forth from just about every door you pass by – because they...
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AXPONA 2017: Tidal Audio, Pass Labs, McIntosh, CH Precision, Burwell & Sons…...
Some may snicker at the suggestion that what I do for a living is work, but most have never been to a large audiophile trade show, and do not understand the level of physical commitment it requires to...
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AXPONA 2017: CH Precision North American debut of I1 Universal integrated...
Raphael Pasche doesn’t mess around when it comes to designing high-fidelity audiophile components. He’s got laser-beam intensity when you ask him about the products he helps design at Swiss high-end...
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High End 2017: True high end from Gobel, CH Precision and Kronos
True high end stands for silly prices, feel free to move along if you have issues with that. For those who care this was a rather interesting and must admit well sounding room. I have never been a huge...
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High End 2017: TechDAS impresses in the Vivid – CH room
The TechDAS demo was among the salient moments of the entire show. You were in Munich but you’ve skipped it? You can turn off your browser now, you won’t enjoy finding out what you missed. Center...
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High End 2017: WAY Cables…. slip them on
Coming to Munich was an opportunity to find things that we don’t see stateside in the USA. WAY Cables was one my discoveries at the High End 2017 show. WAY Cables based in Belgrade, Serbia has been...
View ArticleReview: CH Precision L1 Dual Monaural Line Preamplifier, and M1 Reference...
Complaints. I had many complaints with this system. Not from me, from my neighbours. You see, this was one of those systems that just begged to be played ridiculously loud. It was the sense of scale,...
View ArticleRMAF 2017: Xact Audio, CH Precison, Zu Audio, and Frank Schröder
This was not exactly your father’s stereo system… no wood veneer here, but that’s what drew me into the room: the look of all that gleaming CH Precision gear, (A1 amplifier, L1 preamplifier, X1 Power...
View ArticleTAVES 2016: Audio by Mark Jones
By Richard H. Mak Mark Jones has been in the audio business for over 30 years, and a few years ago he went independent, starting his personal brick and mortar shop, Audio by Mark Jones. To those who...
View ArticleThe Part-Time Audiophile guide to the best hi-fi gear of 2017
Picking the best audio component of the year is kind of like pondering your ultimate list of girls to ask to the high school prom. There are many very attractive choices, but probably a much smaller...
View ArticleVivid Audio Giya G1 Series 2 demo event at Element Acoustics – UPDATE
February 27, UPDATE: This event has been rescheduled for Saturday March 3, at 1 p.m., 2:30 p.m., and 4 p.m. February 23, UPDATE: Due to blizzard-like conditions today in Vancouver, and more snow...
View ArticleAXPONA 2018: Thursday night bleeds through to Friday
The giant big-box stores, and insurance company headquarters were planted bleakly all around my horizon, and slid past the car windows like Soviet-era monoliths under the grey sky as the Uber I was...
View ArticleAXPONA 2018: Göbel Debuts the Aeon with Bending Wave Technology
One of the best sounding rooms at AXPONA was from a totally unfamiliar brand called Göbel. Now my friend Elliot Goldman had been making a little noise on facebook about their cables and his becoming...
View ArticleZYX UNIverse Optimum 1Ω MC Cartridge | Review
Part-Time Audiophile Astonishment, personified US $16,995.00. There, I’ve said it, in bold. That’s nearly seventeen thousand dollars for a phono cartridge. I still remember the first turntable I bought...
View ArticleRMAF 2018: Göbel Audio and CH Precision
Part-Time Audiophile What a system this was! Clarity, huge dynamics, genuinely involving sound. I hit this room three times. It was that good. Elliot Goldman had brought all his top gear. Okay,...
View ArticleRMAF 2018: Lee’s Parting Thoughts and Best Of Show
Part-Time Audiophile I’ve been coming to RMAF almost from the beginning. Some 14 years later, the show news is that they are moving to the giant Gaylord resort near the Denver airport. This should be...
View ArticleCH Precision, Goebel and TechDAS | AXPONA 2019
Part-Time Audiophile Let’s set the stage for this second show report from Axpona; this show was fantastic and overwhelming at the same time. Indeed, Part-Time Audiophile had five (!) writers there and...
View ArticleIntroducing the Estelon Forza | High End 2019
Part-Time Audiophile I still recall the first time I bumped upon Estelon speakers. Among the most outlandish cabinets in the market. They have nothing in common with a typical cabinet, neither as a...
View ArticleSaturday’s Highlights | T.H.E. Show 2019
Part-Time Audiophile Saturday at T.H.E. Show 2019 in Long Beach was a little more of a blur than Friday–more attendees, more energy and more rooms. Much of my day was dominated by two local Southern...
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