Category: Home Audio
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Rocky Mountain Audio Fest Preview: Kanto Audio To Demo TUK, A New High-End Active Speaker
Bluetooth, DACs, Headphone Amps, Hi-Fi, Hi-Res Music, Home Audio, Music, News, Shows, Speakers, WirelessKanto Audio is bringing their new flagship powered speaker called TUK to RMAF (Denver/Aurora, CO Sep. 6-8) this year. The $799 TUK is the company’s first powered speaker to sell above $400, (their Budget YU Series has received a lot of love) it is also their first to use an AMT (Air Motion Transformer) tweeter…
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Album Of The Week: Sara Gazarek-“Thirsty Ghost”
This week’s Album Of The Week is a Jazz Vocal gem from an artist named Sara Gazarek. I’ve been following this LA-based Jazz vocalist since 2005 when she released a beautiful album entitled Yours. On that project, she introduced the world to her clear as a bell vocal and bewitching production, and I’ve been a…
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DALI OBERON 5 Floorstanding Speaker Review: It’s A Small Wonder!
Sometimes only a good floor-standing speaker will do. As much as I love mini-monitors, their sound doesn’t have the scale and weight of a good floorstander. The only problem is not everyone has the room or the inclination to place a hulking set of tower speakers in their space. Enter the Dali Oberon 5. It’s…
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#MusicMonday: New Music Playlist Feat. The Rembrandts + 12 Other Artists You Need To Hear!
Here’s a #MusicMonday audiophile playlist of great-sounding music you need to hear, including new music from Pop-Rock Duo The Rembrandts plus 12 other songs! (TIDAL Music Stream Below) Amazon: The Rembrandts “Via Satellite” https://tidal.com/browse/playlist/c8c8f2f8-249a-4eed-ae24-9ac9581bba6d P. CashI’m an audio writer who started as a young audio salesman/consumer electronics professional back in the late 90s. That’s where I discovered…
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#NewMusicFriday…New Record Releases You Need To Hear feat. Jazzmeia Horn +12 Other Artists!
Every #NewMusicFriday, I pick a bunch of the best sounding new albums so you can get your audiophile music fix!… As usual, it’s a very eclectic mix. (Albums are arranged with more traditional audiophile genres like Jazz and Blues at the top, and the non-traditional audiophile stuff towards the bottom) Here are my picks, including the…
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Album Of The Week: Bryony Jarman-Pinto – “Cage and Aviary”
This week’s album of the week is from another “new-to-me” artist named Bryony Jarman-Pinto. She’s a London based vocalist whose Music crosses so many genres it’s hard to say where she fits! Is it Neo-soul? Jazz? Folk? Her new album “Cage and Aviary” is probably a little bit of each, but not really any of…
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Simgot’s Flagship EK3 Three Balanced Armature IEM In The House-First Impressions And Unboxing Pics!
The first time I saw pics of SIMGOT’s new flagship IEM, the $360 EK3, I was in love. The shiny transparent resin shell, the honeycomb imprinting, the splendid gold/silver braided cable, I was hooked. The only thing left to wonder was, “Does it sound as good as it looks?” Well, fortunately, thanks to SIMGOT, I…
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#MusicMonday: New Music Playlist Feat. Snoh Aalegra+ 16 Other Artists You Need To Hear!
Here’s a #MusicMonday audiophile playlist of great-sounding music you need to hear, including new music from POP/R&B Songstress Snoh Aalegra plus 16 other songs! (TIDAL Music Stream below) BUY HERE: AMAZON- Ugh, those feels again [Explicit]- Snoh Aalegra https://tidal.com/browse/playlist/15fb03a8-a77b-4614-a1b6-ee8ce7773e95 P. CashI’m an audio writer who started as a young audio salesman/consumer electronics professional back in the late 90s. That’s…
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#NewMusicFriday…New Record Releases You Need To Hear feat. Taylor McFerrin +16 Other Artists!
Every #NewMusicFriday, I pick a bunch of the best sounding new albums so you can get your audiophile music fix!… As usual, it’s a very eclectic mix. (Albums are arranged with more traditional audiophile genres like Jazz and Blues at the top, and the non-traditional audiophile stuff towards the bottom) Here are my picks, including a…
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HELM True Wireless 5.0 Headphones Review: A Sequel Worth The Wait
Back in April, I reviewed the original HELM Audio True Wireless Headphones, a pair of TWS earphones that had both good looks and notable sound, but seemed a little behind the curve when it came to features. They didn’t have things like auto-pairing, apt-X, and Bluetooth 5.0, stuff I like to see on a TWS…
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#MusicMonday: New Music Playlist Feat. Yebba+ 20 Other Artists You Need To Hear!
Here’s a #MusicMonday audiophile playlist of great-sounding music you need to hear, including new music from Grammy Award Winning R&B Artist Yebba (her voice is amazing!) plus 20 other songs! (TIDAL Music Stream below) https://tidal.com/browse/playlist/b27764d7-a9c6-45e7-b86e-b034b6b298c7 P. CashI’m an audio writer who started as a young audio salesman/consumer electronics professional back in the late 90s. That’s where I discovered the…
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#NewMusicFriday…New Record Releases You Need To Hear feat. Bon Iver +16 Other Artists!
Sorry I’m late this week, but I still wanted to get out my New Music picks! So here we go! Every #NewMusicFriday, I pick a bunch of the best sounding new albums so you can get your audiophile music fix!… As usual, it’s a very eclectic mix. Here are my picks, including New Music from the Indie…
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Album Of The Week: MWENSO & THE SHAKES – “Emergence (The Process Of Coming Into Being)”
This week’s album of the week is one I can’t get enough of…It’s called “Emergence (The Process Of Coming Into Being)” which is a title so cool I knew the album would be right before I even heard it. It’s from a group called MWENSO & THE SHAKES, a global collective from just about every place…
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Audiolab 6000N Play Network Audio Player In The House-First Impressions And Unboxing Pics!
A couple of months back, I got Audiolab’s 6000A Integrated Amplifier in for review, and I loved it so much I bought the unit as a reference amp. Today I’m taking a look at the companion product to that amp, the $599 6000N Play Network Audio Player. The 6000N Play leverages the DTS Play-Fi Wireless audio…
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#MusicMonday: New Music Playlist Feat. Tess Henley + 13 Other Artists You Need To Hear!
Here’s a #MusicMonday audiophile playlist of great-sounding music you need to hear, including new music from Soul Singer Tess Henley plus 13 other songs! (TIDAL Music Stream below) Amazon: Tess Henley-“Better” https://tidal.com/browse/playlist/1f81bf72-0a1e-4bf5-a303-8877833d5259 P. CashI’m an audio writer who started as a young audio salesman/consumer electronics professional back in the late 90s. That’s where I discovered the magic…
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#NewMusicFriday…New Record Releases You Need To Hear feat. Jon Batiste +12 Other Artists!
Every #NewMusicFriday, I pick a bunch of the best sounding new albums so you can get your audiophile music fix!… As usual, it’s a very eclectic mix. Here are my picks, including a new live project from Jon Batiste (of “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” fame) + 12 more albums! (Play TIDAL streams below) AMAZON: Anatomy…
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#NewMusicFriday…New Record Releases You Need To Hear feat. Chance The Rapper +10 Other Artists!
Every #NewMusicFriday, I pick a bunch of the best sounding new albums so you can get your audiophile music fix!… As usual, it’s a very eclectic mix. Here are my picks, including the official debut project from Chicago rap star Chance The Rapper + 10 more albums! (Play TIDAL streams below) https://tidal.com/browse/album/110381348 https://tidal.com/browse/album/113316354 https://tidal.com/browse/album/112884531 …
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Album Of The Week: Ash Walker – “Aquamarine”
This week’s album of the week is a funky dub/jazz project from London’s DJ Ash Walker called “Aquamarine”…he calls his music “underwater jazz”, named as such for the slow, gurgling sound he produces, a sound that is the hallmark of the Dub genre he draws so much from. I love the production and sonics on…
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Deal: Philips Fidelio X2HR Over-Ear Hi-Res Headphones-$40 Off!
The Philips Fidelio X2HR Over-Ear Open-Air Headphone is known as one of the best entry-level audiophile headphones you can get! At it’s the regular price of $199, people rave about its bang for the buck. Well for a limited time, Amazon is selling them for $149.99 with FREE One-Day shipping for Prime members! You will save…
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Come On A Tour Around The DALI Speaker Factory in Nørager, Denmark!
Check out this video tour around the DALI Factory in Nørager, Denmark, where you are introduced to some of the key DALI engineers, developers, and employees who have been working on the new DALI reference speaker range, the EPICON series. The EPICON series starts at about $8000 per pair for the smallest standmount model, which…
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