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Earlier in the month, I named Jazzmeia Horn’s album “A Social Call” one of my Favorite Jazz albums of 2017, so I was really happy to see her performing as part of the Grammy festivities
Q Acoustics may not be well known in the states, but anyone in the know regarding Hi-Fi knows the name. This British Speaker company has planted its flag in the U.S., and it’s 3020 bookshelf
Jazz Grammy winners don’t get enough love in my opinion, so I would like to give a shout out to all the Grammy winning Jazz albums! Here is a list of all the winners this
Onkyo’s latest entry in the competitive luxury DAP market , the PD-S10, offers quite a bit for a sub $500 music player, including dual ESS Sabre DACs, MQA and Native DSD playback along with support
This weeks music feature is a little bit out of my wheelhouse, as I usually listen to Jazz, Blues, Soul, repeat…but ultimately I like any music that is well recorded and sounds good. This new
Check out our updated list of 10 Best Budget Headphones for 2019 here. With a headphone under $100, one cannot expect world class sonics, but nowadays at this price point, you can get several models
This week for Watch It Wednesday, I have a great video from Paul McGowan of PS Audio, talking about the drawbacks and benefits of Class D Amps. In my travels around the web, I hear
A couple of weeks ago, I posted a $90 deal on these highly rated Sennheiser Headphones, and if you missed out on that one, then here’s another deal that’s only $10 more, which is still
Pretty much anyone I know who has listened to the Kef LS50 mini-monitor for any amount of time, usually ends up with their jaw dropped to the floor as they encounter sound the magnitude of
British Hi-Fi firm Monitor Audio, announced a new addition to their numerous speaker product ranges, this one simply called the Monitor Series. The line utilizes the same C-CAM dome tweeter from their entry-level Bronze Series
Klipsch’s Reference Premiere speaker, which falls in the middle of their current speaker line between the standard Reference and Heritage Classic lines, is getting some cosmetic and technical upgrades for 2018. On the cosmetic side,
This past week I read and watched quite a bit of interesting hi-fi stuff….check it out: Here’s a nice feature from What Hi-Fi breaking down what Hi-Res Music is, and how to integrate it into
Our music pick this Friday is Chick Corea’s new album “Chinese Butterfly”. On this album he shares top billing with his former band-mate Steve Gadd, who was a drummer in Corea’s Core 70’s Jazz-Fusion group
Chord Electronics posted a cool new video on their YouTube channel yesterday promoting the highly regarded Hugo 2 DAC, the upgraded version of the original Hugo DAC, which was already considered to be one of
The Wharfedale Diamond Series speaker is legendary for it’s high performance at a very reasonable price point. The Diamond 10.1 version also adds a very nice fit and finish, along with many technical enhancements one
Check out our updated 2020 list: Outstanding! The Best Bookshelf Speakers Under $500 (2020) Looking to build a budget or starter hi-fi system? Here are some great speakers to start with! All of these speakers scale
Want to check out a Jazz concert in Switzerland? Well thanks to Moods Jazzclub in Switzerland, and Sennheiser AMBEO 3D Audio technology, you can watch a video while listening with any set of headphones and
(Update: The Tidal Android App now supports Tidal Masters (MQA) streaming on the LG V30…check out my post about it here.) DSD, FLAC, MQA, OH MY! Those were my first thoughts last August when I
I feel like it doesn’t get any more funky than a soulful guitar lick and wailing Hammond B-3 organ, and this new album from jazz great Dr. Lonnie Smith and his trio, surely confirms this
Arcam makes some of the best audio gear out there, so i’m excited to hear about their new HDA range they are showing at CES this year. The line is made up of 2 new