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DR Acoustics Polynice Power Management/Virtual Ground System by Greg Voth
January 11, 2024
My power conditioner of choice over the two years has been the Puritan Audio PSM156. I’ve been consistently taken with how well this unit performs, so swapping the PSM156 for the Polynice [Read More]
VBH-1 Vibration Reduction Feet – Vera-Fi Audio by Greg Voth
January 11, 2024
I’ve been eagerly awaiting the arrival of the VBH-1 Vibration Reduction Feet since I was first made aware of their development through Vera-Fi Audio’s Facebook posts. It was apparent that the company’s Mark Schifter [Read More]
Audio Mirror WAVE tube preamplifier By Terry London
January 11, 2024
In 2020, I reviewed the Audio Mirror Tubadour III SE DAC (reviewed here). It was stellar in its performance, competing with DACs that cost twice as much and was exceptionally well built using very high-quality [Read More]
Lateral Audio – Arena APX Isolation Devices (Disks) by Terry London
December 15, 2023
I have heard many positive comments in the last couple of years regarding Lateral Audio, a UK audio stand manufacturer that offers excellent performance at very reasonable prices. Recently, they came out with [Read More]
JCAT USB XE with Clock by Rob Dockery
December 1, 2023
Throughout my audio journey, I have been enthralled by the impact of the source on overall sound quality. Just four short years ago, I was scouring the market for a new set of speakers since [Read More]
AARDVARK ETHERNET ISOLATOR by Ron Cook
November 27, 2023
BACKGROUND For the last several years, the changes in my system have all been attributed, in one way or another, to tweaking! I have not changed components or loudspeakers, but I have changed speaker [Read More]
Marigo Audio Lab Orpheus E3 Isolation Feet and SD-41/SD-31 SuperDots by Mike Girardi
November 21, 2023
My first experience with a Marigo Audio Lab was their CD mat in 2005 when I had the TacT Audio electronics, Escalante Design Pinyon loudspeakers, and a pair of Uinta subwoofers. The [Read More]
Adcom GFA-565SE High Current Power Amplifier by Greg Voth
November 6, 2023
Like it says in this Adcom amp’s instruction manual, read the manual first. Had I not, there was a chance, albeit small, that I’d have only heard the left channel of the new [Read More]
Aric Audio Super 6SN7 Linestage Preamplifier by Mike Wright
October 20, 2023
I had an exciting encounter at AXPONA this past April. I was going over some of the rooms I had been by and exchanging thoughts with one of my pals when a gentleman I [Read More]
The Sota Sound Inventions Quasar Turntable
September 25, 2023
Old Company, New Tricks As any regular reader of my columns knows, my 1987 Sota Star-Sapphire turntable has been at the heart of my audio system for the better part of two decades. I [Read More]
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