Author: David Abramson
Return of Enleum; High-Efficiency Addition by David Abramson
September 4, 2023
The return of Enleum. The revenge? No. No need; it never lost and wasn’t wronged. It was more like regret. Yes. Regret of Enleum. I told designer extraordinaire Soo In and dealer/distributor extraordinaire Rob Fritz I [Read More]
The Aurorasound HFSA-01 EL84 Integrated Amplifier by David Abramson
August 9, 2023
Depending on whom you ask, our hobby either needs more oscilloscopes (objectivists), fewer designs-by-ear (also objectivists), more record players (people with too much time and/or money on their hands), or more young people (older people). [Read More]
Silent Angel Munich M1T streamer, Bonn N8 network switch, and Forester LPS by David Abramson
April 21, 2023
A stream(er) of conscious poesy I told Silent Angel dealer Rob Fritz, the man who graciously facilitated this review of these here Silent Angel units, that I thought it would be difficult to wax [Read More]
Acelec Model One Loudspeakers by David Abramson
April 4, 2023
“Man these things are heavy!” was my first thought when the UPS guy delivered them. He agreed. “Gotta be good speakers, right?” My UPS guy knows. In audio, everyone knows heavy=good. I felt reassured. There [Read More]
Enleum Amp-23R stereo amplifier by David Abramson
December 1, 2022
One of those (exalted) boxes… The Enleum Amp-23R is one of those boxes that come along every now and again, tumbling in headlong upon a wave of 5-star reviews and heady praise from seemingly all [Read More]
Network Acoustics Muon Streaming System
October 12, 2022
You should know there is no ‘Russ’ at Network Acoustics; only a Rich and a Rob. Well.. there may be a ‘Russ’ now. Sort of. But that’s a story for later. See, lacking a yacht [Read More]
Unison Research Unico 150 integrated by David Abramson
September 20, 2021
The solid-state/tube hybrid Unison Research Unico 150 is the most challenging amplifier I’ve ever reviewed. I’m talking physically. I work out, eat right, follow celebrity Tiktok advice for the best collagen powder protein [Read More]
Quad S2 Monitor Loudspeakers
June 16, 2021
Quad save the queen! For me, no matter who owns the brand, ‘Quad’ will always be up there with Wimbledon, Churchill, and Hogwarts. Quad is leather brogues in the rain and Burberry and London [Read More]
The Dali Oberon 5 loudspeakers; Oberon Kenobi! by David Abramson
February 11, 2021
Denied but undeterred… Over the years no one at Dali (short for Danish Audio Loudspeaker Industries, a company founded by Peter Lyngdorf in 1983) has responded to a single request from me [Read More]
Lejonklou Boazu integrated amplifier by David Abramson
September 18, 2020
Me, you… Boazu!! I was once given a test by a professor to determine broadly whether I viewed the world in abstract or was more detail-oriented. I was shown pictures in which there were myriad [Read More]
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