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High-Performance Audio & Music Industry News Essential high-end audio news you need to know. Stay up-to-date on the latest audiophile and music industry news.

High-Performance Audio & Music Industry News
Essential high-end audio news you need to know.
Stay up-to-date on the latest audiophile and music industry news.

 

 

Freely Giving: Innovations, Partnerships, And Celebrating Audiophile Culture Journey over three decades celebrating pioneering online audio journalism, groundbreaking industry firsts, and influential partnerships that helped shaped the modern high-fidelity audio landscape.

Freely Giving: Innovations, Partnerships, And Celebrating Audiophile Culture
Journey over three decades celebrating pioneering online audio journalism, groundbreaking industry firsts, and influential partnerships that helped shaped the modern high-fidelity audio landscape.
Editorial By Steven R. Rochlin
First, please allow me the honor to humbly thanks the many thousands of music lovers who have helped us shape today's high-fidelity audio landscape. We freely, at no cost, promoted many other (partner) publications, as my feelings are that a bundle of wood is stronger than a single twig. Yes all boats rise in high tide. From day 1, Enjoy the Music.com was launched online during 1995 as a way to easily answer the many questions I was receiving from other music lovers and hi-fi enthusiasts online. Answering the same basic questions from various people during the very early days of the Internet, when at that time information was scarce, I felt having various common questions and answers on a website was the logical action (to save me time from answering the same questions over and over again). This was before Google, and we worked alongside Yahoo in the 1990s in getting them to 'find' audiophile websites. As I recall, it was Lucio Cadeddu who started a 'Hi-Fi Circle' or some such, which means we different online guys worked together to promote one another.
---> Freely Giving: Innovations, Partnerships, And Celebrating Audiophile Culture.

 

 

Musick Hath Charms
How good sound affects the body, the brain, and the beating heart.
Editorial By Roger Skoff
"Musick hath charms to soothe the savage breast." William Congreve wrote that in 1697, and although the spelling has been modernized and the sentiment has been misquoted for centuries, the underlying truth hasn't budged. Music—real music, heard with attention and reproduced with fidelity—still reaches places inside us that nothing else can. It calms, it stirs, it organizes the mind, and it can even nudge the body toward better health. In an age when so many people listen through plastic earbuds that cost less than a cheap lunch, the idea that sound quality still matters may seem quaint, but it isn't; It's biology. We are, after all, resonant creatures. Our hearts beat rhythmically, our lungs cycle, our brains fire in waves. We are built on oscillation. When we encounter external rhythms—melody, harmony, pulse—we don't just hear them; we physically align with them. Our nervous system syncs. Our endocrine system adjusts. Blood pressure shifts. That's not poetry. It's measurable physiology.
---> Musick Hath Charms.

 

 

audioXpress August 2026 -- No Going Back: AI is accelerating our tools and development processes.

No Going Back
AI is accelerating our tools and development processes.
Editorial By J. Martins
This should be the Acoustics Focus issue of audioXpress. Back in April this year, it became very clear to us that we would need to continue to follow up on what was happening in other fronts, catch up, and move on. Not that we didn't have enough interesting news in acoustics, but there are articles we wanted to get published that had been waiting for too long—not a nice problem to have. Part of that pressure has to do with the 2026 Audio Engineering Society (AES) Automotive Audio Conference that takes place in Detroit, MI, July 29-31. audioXpress started working on the content related to this important biennial conference earlier on and dedicated its June issue as scheduled to the topic. As this issue is the last one to get distributed before the event, we are pleased to include an important Market Update written by Roger Shively, who is also the Chair of the conference. The 6th AES International Conference on Automotive Audio will take place at the Huntington Place convention center—in the heart of the American automotive industry. 
---> No Going Back.

 

 

Hi-Fi+ July 2026 -- High-End Vienna 2026: A Successful New Era For Europe's Premier Audio Show

High-End Vienna 2026: A Successful New Era For Europe's Premier Audio Show
From Eurovision delays to packed demo rooms, HIGH END Vienna's first event delivers a confident new chapter.
Editorial By Alan Sircom
Mid-way through the schedule of this issue, we had a true bellweather audio event. High-End Vienna, 2026 - the first show from the High-End Society at its new venue took place over the first weekend of June. While the Munich High-End show it replaces typically took place a couple of weeks earlier, the fledgling show suffered an unexpected delay because Austria won the Eurovision Song Contest and was hosting it in Vienna. That's one heck of a clash! This delay was the straw that broke the camel's back in the eyes of the naysayers. "It's doomed!" they said. "No one's going to go to Vienna... it's not a hub airport like Munich" was the grumble. "There aren't enough rooms!" and "The rooms are all wrong!" went the cries from the audio industry. Well... no! The show was a success. Far from the dramatic fall in attendance, numbers were up across the board. OK, so they weren't 'significantly' up compared to Munich 2025, but this comes after several years of at best stagnation and occasionally mild decline in attendance at Munich. The 'no one will show' fear was unfounded, especially on the trade days and Saturday. The Sunday was the Feast of Corpus Christi, which the Viennese evidently take quite seriously.
---> High-End Vienna 2026: A Successful New Era.

 

 

Southwest Audio Fest 2026 Ignites Dallas With Luxury High-End Sound Systems

Southwest Audio Fest 2026 Ignites Dallas With Luxury High-End Sound Systems
Three days of reference-level listening, product launches, seminars, and vinyl / CD marketplace for serious audiophiles and music lovers.
Southwest Audio Fest 2026 returns to Dallas from July 23rd through 25th with a sharpened three-day schedule designed to maximize energy, attendance, and high-end listening opportunities. Organizers have officially dropped the traditional Sunday session in favor of a Thu-to-Sat format, responding to longstanding industry feedback about slow final day traffic. The new structure opens Thursday from 2 pm to 8 pm, followed by full days Friday and Saturday from 10 am to 6 pm, creating a more focused and efficient show experience for exhibitors and attendees alike. Hosted at the Sheraton Convention Center in downtown Dallas, the 2026 edition offers expansive demo rooms, proximity to the Arts and Historic Districts, and easy access to restaurants, museums, and cultural attractions. Exhibitors will include major manufacturers, boutique builders, dealers, and independent designers presenting everything from floorstanding loudspeakers and reference turntables to cutting-edge DACs, streamers, and room treatment solutions.
---> Southwest Audio Fest 2026 Show Report.

 

 

Esoteric S-05XE Amplifier Review — A Magical Amp That Transports You Deep Into The Music Recreating music performances with uncanny realism, emotional depth, and soul-stirring performance.

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Esoteric S-05XE Amplifier Review — A Magical Amp That Transports You Deep Into The Music
Recreating music performances with uncanny realism, emotional depth, and soul-stirring performance.
Review By Tom Lyle
The Esoteric S-05XE Class A stereo, bridgeable power amplifier is the first Esoteric component I've reviewed for Enjoy the Music.com. Formed in 1987, Esoteric is the TEAC Corporation's "ultra-premium" high-end consumer audio equipment brand. Esoteric designs and builds amplifiers, digital converters, and disc transports. They are all handcrafted in Tokyo, Japan. The Esoteric S-05XE is a power amplifier rated at 30 Watts per channel into 8 Ohms. Its most noteworthy feature is its Class A circuit design. For those not familiar with solid-state Class A power amplifiers, the main difference between them and more conventional Class AB or D amps is that a Class A amplifier's transistors are biased to always remain fully "on". In most other amplifier types, they turn on and off in response to the musical signal. Class A power amps offer sonic benefits because their transistors operate continuously. This eliminates crossover distortion and helps reproduce sound without the harsh frequency peaks, unnatural edginess, or listening fatigue sometimes associated with more customary Class AB or Class D amplifiers.
---> Esoteric S-05XE Amplifier Review — A Magical Amp That Transports You Deep Into The Music.

 

 

Merrill Audio Element 116MX Review: High-End Monoblock Power Amplifiers With Exceptional Clarity & Dynamics

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Merrill Audio Element 116MX Review: High-End Monoblock Power Amplifiers With Exceptional Clarity & Dynamics
Our exclusive In-depth listening tests reveals the 116MX's exceptionally low noise floor, expansive immersive soundscape, and reference-level transparency.
Review By Tom Lyle
In this review, I will describe and sonically examine Merrill Audio's Element 116MX monoblock power amplifiers. Given the number of Merrill Audio reviews I have written over the past decade, I suppose some may accuse me of favoritism. I'm often chosen to review their components simply because I live close to their factory. As a bonus, they can deliver their products personally and then help me set them up, rather than simply shipping them to me. The Element 116MX is Merrill Audio's newest component, and the most powerful and most pricey amplifier I've reviewed from them. It is a significant upgrade over their earlier Element 116 (sans MX), which Dr. Michael Bump reviewed in the summer of 2019 in Enjoy the Music.com. In this very positive review, he remarked that the Element 116 "delivers some of the best amplification anywhere." Merrill Audio claims that the Element 116MX "offers greater clarity, detail, and dynamic range."
---> Merrill Audio Element 116MX Review: High-End Monoblock Power Amplifiers With Exceptional Clarity & Dynamics.

 

 

Perfect8 Cube-S With Sub Review —  Reference-Grade Musical High-Fidelity Loudspeakers With Real-World Transparency A deep dive into Perfect8's glass-enclosed omnidirectional loudspeaker sound system that delivers endless musical pleasures for both casual and serious listeners.

PERFECT8 Cube-S With Sub Review — Reference-Grade Musical High-Fidelity Loudspeakers With Real-World Transparency
A deep dive into PERFECT8's glass-enclosed omnidirectional loudspeaker sound system that delivers endless musical pleasures for both casual and serious listeners.
Review By Dr. Matthew Clott
OK. Let's get the elephant in the room out of the way... Yes, they are glass speakers, and yes, they sound "transparent." OK. Phew. Glad we got that over with! At a high-end audio show in 2015, I met Jonas from Sweden for the first time in a big room on the first floor. All Ypsilon electronics and their The Point speakers. All glass, open baffle design, dual dipole midrange, and a ribbon tweeter, each sitting on a sealed two-driver subwoofer. As the name implied, they were the closest thing to a point source I had ever heard. Tonally spectacular, they threw a massive sound stage forward, backward, sideward, upward, downward, and every other way there is; and absolutely vanished into that big room. I went back time and time again, and decided that I needed to get to know Jonas better and make sure I heard his room at every show I went to. I also remember the speakers were very expensive, so owning them was not going to happen back then; not without a divorce, and although I loved the speakers, I love my wife too much for that option....
---> PERFECT8 Cube-S With Sub Review — Reference-Grade Musical High-Fidelity Loudspeakers With Real-World Transparency.

 

 

SVS Pinnacle Loudspeaker Review: The Flagship Full-Range Towers That Transformed My Listening Room The towers that walked into my listening room as a loaner and never left (maybe).

SVS Pinnacle Loudspeaker Review: The Flagship Full-Range Towers That Transformed My Listening Room
The towers that walked into my listening room as a loaner and never left (maybe).
Review By Dwayne Carter
A few weeks ago, I buried a pair of speakers. Not literally. They are still sitting in the corner of my listening room, draped in a moving blanket, waiting for me to make a decision I keep avoiding. But for all practical purposes, my Martin Logan Summits are gone. Fifteen years of service, a panel that crackled and then went silent mid-song, and a hole in my room where my reference speakers used to live. If you read my Lyngdorf TDAI-2210 review, you already know the story. The Logans died during that review, one day in, with a glass of bourbon in my hand and The Cure cut off at the knees. What I had on hand that day, sitting in their crates and not broken in, was a pair of new, SVS Ultra Evolution Pinnacles. They were supposed to be a short visit. A review loaner. Speakers I would write up, box back up, and ship back to the dealer with a polite thank-you note. That might not be what happens. Today, I have the pleasure of reviewing the SVS Ultra Evolution Pinnacle, the flagship floor-standing speakers from a company most people still think of as a subwoofer outfit.
---> SVS Pinnacle Loudspeaker Review: The Flagship Full-Range Towers That Transformed My Listening Room.

 

 

Tiglon Audio Cables Review We explore four models, including a World Premier digital cable.

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Tiglon Audio Cables Review
We explore four models, including a World Premier digital cable.
Review By Rick Becker
Tiglon? I had never heard of the company. Bernard Li of Charisma Audio invited me to look over this new line from Japan at the Toronto Audiofest in October 2025. I knew Bernard had a keen ear and a strong sense of value. His turntable, tonearm, and a couple of the phono cartridges he also manufactures have been in my rig for years. I gladly examined the table full of diverse products from Tiglon, including cables, equipment racks, vibration absorbing shelves and footers, and some speaker stands. While everything was of high quality, the cables seemed most likely to put Tiglon on the map in North America. By the time I was ready to bring in the cables for review, Tiglon had already set up U.S. distribution with John Victor in Windsor, California, an hour and a quarter north of San Francisco on US 101. John has been in the High End arena since 2010, and he has a good handle on communication with the company in Japan.
---> Tiglon Audio Cables Review.

 

 

Charney Audio Kit-1 300B Vacuum Tube Amplifier & Maestro XL Loudspeakers: World-Class 300B SET Power Meets Voxativ Precision To Deliver Extraordinary Musical Realism

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Charney Audio Kit-1 300B Vacuum Tube Amplifier & Maestro XL Loudspeakers: World-Class 300B SET Power Meets Voxativ Precision To Deliver Extraordinary Musical Realism
A deep-dive listening review of Charney's new 300B amplifier and Maestro XL musical loudspeakers featuring Voxativ AC-2.6 drivers.
Review By Paul Schumann
When I first walked into the Charney Audio room at Southwest Audio Fest 2025, I was greeted by this charming song by Victor Wooten. It was being projected into the room by a pair of Lumica VI loud speakers. Despite being a single-driver design, the Lumica VIs were pressurizing the room with their enormous rear-loaded horns. I was intrigued. The room was super busy at the time, so I snapped a few pics, moved on, and made a note to myself to swing back later. When I came back a couple of days later, "The Loneliest Monk" was once again playing, which I thought was an odd bit of synchronicity. I sat and listened to the Lumica VI speakers and was impressed by how they filled the room with just a pair of Voxativ AC-2.6 drivers. After taking some notes, I talked to Brian Charney about reviewing a pair of speakers. After describing my listening room to him, we decided that none of his speakers would perform their best there.
---> Charney Audio Kit-1 300B Vacuum Tube Amplifier & Maestro XL Loudspeakers Review.

 

 

Mojo Audio Mystique Z Quantum DAC — High End R 2R DAC For Hi Res & Lossless Audio Music Lovers And Purists  Our in-depth exclusive audiophile review of Mojo's latest NOS design, engineered for natural tone, transparency, and uncompromised high-fidelity home stereo playback.

Mojo Audio Mystique Z Quantum DAC — High End R 2R DAC For Hi Res & Lossless Audio Music Lovers And Purists
Our in-depth exclusive audiophile review of Mojo's latest NOS design, engineered for natural tone, transparency, and uncompromised high-fidelity home stereo playback.
Review By Dr. Matthew Clott
I have now reviewed several Mojo DAC's: the B4B, the Mystique X SE, and now the Mystique Z Quantum. Benjamin Zwickel is the brainchild behind Mojo and believes in advancement through evolution. He believes in the power of the R-2R design and has essentially spent his professional life improving upon what can be achieved. So when Ben emailed and asked if I'd be interested in reviewing his latest component, I expected a little bit better and a little bit more expensive. To jump to the end, what I got was a little bit more expensive and a whole lot better! The Mojo aesthetic of the component is as simple as one can achieve. It's essentially a black box with buttons on the front and all the necessary (and nothing unnecessary) jacks on the back. Input selection buttons for USB Type-B, S/PDIF coaxial, and TosLink optical are on the front (Ben is very proud of these buttons and their ability to work without issue until our Moon slips from the grip of Earth's gravity!), with matching input jacks on the back.
---> Mojo Audio Mystique Z Quantum DAC — High End R 2R DAC For Hi Res & Lossless Audio Music Lovers And Purists.

 

 

Video Feature: Kostas Metaxas On Purist Recording — Inside 300+ Analog Tape Concert Captures A deep dive into Metaxas' lecture, his analog tape philosophy, and the artistry behind recording jazz, opera, and classical performances.

Video Feature: Kostas Metaxas On Purist Recording — Inside 300+ Analog Tape Concert Captures
A deep dive into Metaxas' lecture, his analog tape philosophy, and the artistry behind recording jazz, opera, and classical performances.
During the Munich HIGH END Show years ago Kostas Metaxas, an award winning artist-designer as well as an electrical and recording engineer, was asked to lecture on purist analog tape recording techniques. Below is an edit including some recording excerpts. One of Kostas' biggest pleasures in life is recording music. It is an indescribable pleasure — bliss. Particularly when all the planets are aligned — when the musician is "in the zone", the audience is on the edge of their seats... you literally get "lost in the music". "Sadly," says Kostas, "I wasn't able to release lots of this music, only use excerpts for Broadcast TV interviews, but the pure pleasure was worth it. From 2003 to 2008, I recorded over 300 concerts including covering two Melbourne Jazz Festivals, two Bangalow Classical Music Festivals, over 50 Opera Australia Operas, The Asia-Pacific Chamber Music competition, and many others. In 2005 I was sponsored by BMW to record a series of concerts at the Federation Square "Edge" Concert Hall. This gorgeous glass/wood/steel venue was one of my favourite venues."
---> Kostas Metaxas On Purist Recording — Inside 300+ Analog Tape Concert Captures.

 

 

Mastered By Bob Ludwig — Inside The Art & Science Of Elite Music Mastering

Mastered By Bob Ludwig — Inside The Art & Science Of Elite Music Mastering
A revealing look at Bob Ludwig's legendary mastering process, his award-earning career, and the techniques behind the world's most acclaimed recordings.
Bob Ludwig is the owner of Gateway Mastering and a 11-time Grammy award winning mastering engineer. Gateway Mastering Studios goal is to produce the very best sounding masters for their clients – both creatively and technically perfect. Their exceptional team accomplishes this by challenging the edge of audio performance while exceeding our customers' expectations with excellent service. As an 8-year-old child in South Salem, New York, Bob Ludwig was so fascinated with his first tape recorder he used to make recordings of whatever was on the radio. Ludwig is a classical musician by training, having obtained his bachelor's and master's degrees from the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester, New York, where he was also involved in the sound department and played Principal Trumpet with the Utica Symphony Orchestra. Inspired by Phil Ramone when he came to the school to teach a summer recording workshop, he ended up working as his assistant for the course. Phil asked him if he would like to work at A&R Recording.
---> Mastered By Bob Ludwig An Exploration Of His Career And Techniques.

 

 

Documentary: The History of Stereo Going from mono to stereo, and the resulting sound.

Documentary: The History Of Stereo — How Mono Evolved Into Modern Immersive Sound
A fascinating documentary journey through the origins of stereophonic audio, its 1927 invention, and the technology that shaped today's immersive listening experiences.
Stereophonic sound or, all the more regularly, stereo, is a strategy for sound multiplication that makes a figment of multi-directional perceptible viewpoint. This is normally accomplished by utilizing at least two free sound channels through a setup of at least two amplifiers (or stereo earphones) so as to make the impression of sound got notification from different bearings, as in regular hearing. In this manner the expression "stereophonic" applies to alleged "quadraphonic" and "encompass sound" frameworks and also the more regular two-channel, two-speaker frameworks. It is regularly appeared differently in relation to monophonic, or "mono" sound, where sound is heard as originating from one position, frequently focused in the sound field (practically equivalent to a visual field). In the 2000s, stereo sound is basic in diversion frameworks, for example, communicate radio and TV, recorded music and the silver screen.
---> Documentary: The History Of Stereo — How Mono Evolved Into Modern Immersive Sound.

 

 

Enjoying The Analogue World Music taps a part of the brain like dreams do. Article By Bob Grossman

Enjoying The Analogue World
Music taps a part of the brain like dreams do.
Article By Bob Grossman
Sitting on my sofa with my stereo cranked up so high the floor and walls are shaking, I hear the crash of the cymbals, blare of the brass, and thumping of the tympani in the Rondo-Finale of Mahler's Symphony Number 7. That's one of my favorite pieces and a demo I've been listening to since hearing it in high school in 1972. Over the years, I've heard Mahler performed at Carnegie Hall, Berlin Philharmonie, Vienna Musikverein, and many other internationally renowned halls. However, even at home, my mind is swept away by the music and I feel like a time traveler. My brother was visiting and asked if I can play some Doors on that big system? So I give him the choice of four versions of L.A. Woman. I have pressings from Steve Hoffman on DCC, a thick vinyl German issue on Kinney Music, and a skinny vinyl original domestic release on Elektra along with the two-CD remastered version with recording studio outtakes! Plus he had a choice of two turntables and three cartridges on different arms that each influenced the sound.
---> Enjoying The Analogue World.

 

 

Listener Magazine: The Intro

Listener Magazine: The Intro
Editorial By Art Dudley
Until eight or nine months ago, Listener Magazine rented office space U on the second floor of what used to be the Oddfellows Hall in Oneonta, New York. Our two rooms were toward the back of the building, right next to a spacious and well-equipped kitchen. judging from what we found in the building, hot meals were a key part of every Oddfellows meeting, along with a thoroughly bizarre ceremony involving elderly men dressed like David and Goliath and a skeleton in a black cardboard coffin. (And thus evaporated all mystery surrounding the group's name.) The important thing here is the kitchen, in which we kept a coffeemaker. One day it was my turn to wash it. I had been rinsing the carafe under running water for several minutes when I recognized a sound: Someone was speaking to me, and apparently had been for several minutes. I turned off the tap and there was my then-assistant, Kim Harmer, gabbing away in my direction.
---> Listener Magazine: The Intro.

 

 

Try A Screen Driven Driver Stage

Try A Screen Driven Driver Stage
Article By Rikard Berglund
From Sound Practices Issue 8
Some output tubes (211 and 845) need a very high drive voltage with low distortion. Some tube freaks have used the 300B tube as a driver but it is very expensive. Others have tried to use a triode connected EL34 but it is not linear enough. A pentode driven on the screen grid is very linear. I have tried this concept in a new driver stage, as shown on the accompanying schematic. The first two tubes V1 and V2 form an asymmetrical mu-follower. V3 is a screen grid driven pentode. Adjust the potentiometer R9 to 350V DC at the plate of V3. You can use many different tubes for V3. I made distortion measurements for some different tube types with the results given in table 2. EL36 and 5881 are the two best tubes. The linearity of these two tubes in this "enhanced" mode is even better than for a 300B tube used as a driver.
---> Try A Screen Driven Driver Stage.

 

 

The Venerable Dynaco Stereo 70 Vacuum Tube Stereo Amplifier

The Venerable Dynaco Stereo 70
Article By Dan Schmalle
Said to be the most popular tube amplifier ever made, the Dynaco  Stereo 70 has been around for over thirty-five years. Its early popularity was due to a reasonable price coupled with good quality iron and a sound seemingly liked by all. A simple circuit consisting of a then new RCA 7199 sharp cutoff pentode medium mu triode driving a pair of 6CA7/EL34's per channel, with a GZ34/5AR4 for B+ , made for an easily built, easily adjusted kit It has also been a platform for more modifications than any other piece of gear made. The mods have ranged from simple recap jobs to full redesigns ala Joe Curcio and Audio Research. Some examples of kit built mods are shown on this page. All the mods are naturally done to correct perceived deficiencies in the original circuit and so tend to group around said deficiencies A list of interesting modification articles, reviews and related info is at the end of this article. The two most common areas of attack seem to be the power supply and the driver stage.
---> The Venerable Dynaco Stereo 70.

 

 

Defining Audio Excellence: Avantgarde Acoustic Colibri C2 Hornspeaker And C18 Subwoofer Review Experience sonic brilliance — where dreams sometimes do come true.

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Defining Audio Excellence: Avantgarde Acoustic Colibri C2 Hornspeaker And C18 Subwoofer Review
Experience sonic brilliance — where dreams sometimes do come true.
Review By Paul Schumann
Let's go back in time a few years ago. It was January 2000, so that's over 25(!) years ago. The world had survived the Y2K crisis. Having recently purchased a couple of issues of Sound Practices, then listening to an amazing DIY system, was starting to catch SET (Singe-Ended Triode) fever. I was also following an audio review website that focused quite heavily on SET gear and high-sensitivity loudspeakers to use with it. That website was, of course, Enjoy the Music.com. That January back in 2000 our Creative Director, Steven R Rochlin, posted a review of the then new Avantgarde Acoustic Uno hornspeakers. They had big blue horns and looked unlike any loudspeaker I had ever seen. You could tell from Steven's Avantgarde Acoustic Uno review that they were something very special. After reading it, I had a bad case of audio envy. However, there was also family with three young children then, so extra funds were diverted to more noble causes. Realistically, even if I had the funds, the Unos were way too big for my small living room. But we all have our silly little pipe dreams, don't we?
---> Avantgarde Acoustic Colibri C2 Hornspeaker And C18 Subwoofer Review.

 

 

Novus... Cleans, Protects, And Revitalizes Compact Discs (CDs) A great way to fix your scratched up compact discs (CDs).

Novus... Cleans, Protects, And Revitalizes Compact Discs (CDs)
A great way to fix your scratched up optical discs.
Review By Steven R. Rochlin
Since you are indeed a music lover, odds are you have hundreds, maybe even thousands of compact discs in your home. Over the years maybe a few of them have become dirty with fingerprints, or worse, have a few scratches. Could have been due to a rare mishap when the disc fell to the floor, or during that big party when drunk you and the disc fell to the floor. Regardless, many of us have tried Armor All (shame on you) or other proclaimed polishes and cleaners. Enter the professionals from NOVUS. Like Caig Laboratories who make professional contact cleaners that are used by truly professional technicians, the NOVUS plastic polish is made by professionals, for professionals. Sure i have tried "audiophile" solutions like Finyl, the excellent Optrix and also the mediocre Discwasher solution as well. While the Discwasher may clean some fingerprints, it is a yawner at best. Finyl claimed to make the music on your discs sound better.
---> Novus... Cleans, Protects and Revitalizes Compact Discs (CDs).

 

 

Backert Labs Rhumba Extreme 1.4 Preamplifier Review

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Backert Labs Rhumba Extreme 1.4 Preamplifier Review
An outstanding preamplifier with excellent connectivity for the music lover who desires more.
Review By Rick Becker
Backert Labs has seemingly come out of nowhere. Their first review appeared in 2015 and Enjoy the Music.com reviewed the 1.3 version of the Rhumba Extreme in 2019. This micro-manufacturer specializes in tube-powered preamplifiers, with a tube phono stage being a logical extension of their focus. All of their manufacturing and assembly is done in the USA. I had heard the buzz on the brand only one other time before my audio buddy, Tom, informed me that he had ordered a Rhumba 1.2 on US Audiomart that had been upgraded to a 1.3. Listening to his familiar system, I noticed an impressive improvement. When the 1.4 series was announced I contacted Andy Tebbe, the President and frontman of the company, and was promised a premiere review when the design was finalized. I waited, and waited, until finally, I met Andy at the Capital Audiofest. He explained that Bob Backert, the designer and CEO of this company kept coming up with incremental improvements that slowed final release.
---> Backert Labs Rhumba Extreme 1.4 Preamplifier Review.

 

 

 

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