It’s been a hot minute hasn’t it. Truth be told, I have been fairly busy with real life things and with other hobbies. It isn’t that the music ever stopped, only the time wasn’t available to write about it. So, what has the last few months been like? First, I’m preparing to exhibit at the […]
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I haven’t mentioned it much, but I’ve been fighting my Osiris in the last few weeks. Yes, it’s still a tremendous amplifier and will continue to be my solid state reference. That said, it had developed a 180hz hum (via the speakers) that I haven’t been able to resolve regardless of internet suggested solutions. I
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After sitting on the shelf for the majority of the year (thank you Summer), I felt it was time to bring out one of my favorite pre-amps. I have long held Triode Lab in high regard for the beauty and simplicity (in design) of their equipment. When I first heard one of their integrated amps,
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It’s not often these days that I hear (or see) an electronic component whose sound characteristics blow me away on first listen. And when they do, it’s usually a vacuum tube component like the Luxman SQ-N150. Whether or not that says something about solid state components is yet to be determined. I have an appreciation
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New in the system is the successor to my reference Audial S4 D/A Converter, aptly named the S5. While I never had a doubt that a newer model would, eventually, be released, I often considered the S4 as my reference converter and the last that I’d ever buy. Here I am though, listening to the
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The last few months have been quite challenging for me. As it turns out, moving into a new house is a lot of work and getting projects done has taken quite a bit of time away from this wonderful hobby. But here I am with a list of things I want to write about but
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It’s been an exciting last month or so. Some would think that an international pandemic (in the form of COVID) would slow down the release of new products, but instead it seems to have had the opposite effect. On the same front, I can easily say that the next few months will be incredibly exciting
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Hey there fellas. It’s been a while, I’ll admit. The last couple weeks have been unexpectedly busy. I was flown out to Australia last minute for work, and spent a good deal of time working with colleagues to figure out the future of our division. It was my first time to Australia, so I had
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As I start to get into a cadence of reviewing gear, I thought it’d be nice to post the current “state of the system”. As items enter and leave, I’ll post updates. This serves two great purposes. First, it lets everybody know what’s going on. As I go deeper down the rabbit hole of reviews,
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