Audio Pro Link 2 Network Streamer – Quick Look All Image Credit: Audio Pro Audio Pro has announced a second-generation Link network streamer, the Link 2, replacing their earlier circular Link 1. Yet another entry-level streaming contender. Data connectivity includes wired Ethernet, internal 802.11 b/g/n 2.4 and 5GHz wi-fi, Bluetooth […]

Audio Pro Link 2 Network Streamer – Quick Look

Nagra Reference MC Cartridge – Coming Soon All Image Credit: Nagra The following is from Nagra’s September News Letter release. Nagra has introduced its first ever phono cartridge at the Munich show 2022. The first units will be delivered mid-November! The Nagra Reference cartridge is the product of a number […]

Nagra Reference MC Cartridge – Coming Soon

McIntosh MI502 Class D Amplifier – Quick Look All Image Credit: McIntosh The new McIntosh MI502 2-Channel Digital Amplifier joins their comprehensive range of CI products offering 500 watts of Class D power to your home cinema or installed audio. The MI502 is said by McIntosh to use; “high-tech closed […]

McIntosh MI502 Class D Amplifier – Quick Look

SVS PB2000 Subwoofer Upgrade My current sub configuration is composed of two front SVS PB12-NSD’s and two rear SVS SB2000’s. So when I was given the opportunity to “upgrade” my front NSD’s to a pair of the newer PB2000’s subs I though that the new combination might give me a […]

SVS PB2000 Subwoofer Upgrade

HiFi Rose RA180 GaNFET Power Amplifier All Image Credit: HiFi Rose Clearly Class D amplifiers are starting to take hold in the audiophile community. Power amplifiers have developed from Class A to B to AB and now Class D. Class D amplifiers have very high efficiencies so create little heat, […]

HiFi Rose RA180 GaNFET Power Amplifier

Capital Audiofest 2022 Image Credit: Capital Audiofest Washington DC’s Premier High-End Audio Festival will hit DC again between November 11th – 13th, 2022 at the Twinbrook Hilton in Maryland. From the Capital Audiofest website: “Welcome to the Capital Audiofest, the East Coast’s Favorite Audio Show! CAF started out in 2010 […]

Capital Audiofest 2022

GaN Systems OL200DS And CL200M Class D Audio Amps Leading the World in GaN (Gallium Nitride) Power Semiconductors GaN Systems Extends its Lead in Class D Audio According to GaN Systems “Todays silicon has reached its limits and GaN technology is the clear and undisputed solution for today and tomorrow.” […]

GaN Systems OL200DS And CL200M Class D Audio Amps

Musical Fidelity M6x 250.7 Now Available All Image Credit: Musical Fidelity. Musical Fidelity’s first home theatre multi-channel amp delivers some serious power. This seven channel Class A/B amplifier can simultaneously deliver seven channels of up to 250 watts into speaker loads of 4 ohms. With sound becoming such an integral […]

Musical Fidelity M6x 250.7 Now Available

New Faster Apple TV 4K Supports HDR10+ All Image Credit: Apple Coming November 4th Apple plans to release its third generation Apple TV 4K. An upgrade that is barely apparent from its outward appearance and arriving with little fanfare from Apple. Costing less than its predecessors and looking virtually identical […]

New Faster Apple TV 4K Supports HDR10+

Thor: Love and Thunder – 4K Review This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here.         Disney/Buena Vista | 2022 PG13 | 1hrs 58 min | Fantasy | Sc-Fi | Comic Book | Action | Adventure HD | 1080P | DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 Native 4K […]

Thor: Love and Thunder – 4K Review

Pro-Ject Power Box RS2 Phono – Quick Look All Image Credit: Pro-Ject The Power Box RS2 Phono is a good quality linear power supply for both Pro-Ject turntables and phono preamps. I have shown in various posts that the quality and noise performance of a power supply contributes significantly to […]

Pro-Ject Power Box RS2 Phono – Quick Look

DVD & Blu-ray Sales For Week Ended 10/1/22 While music revenues and volumes for vinyl and streaming continue to grow, the same cannot be said of DVD and Blu-ray discs whose unit sales, so far this year, falling by approximately 33%. With DVD unit sales falling from 1.85 million to […]

DVD & Blu-ray Sales For Week Ended 10/1/22

Technics Grand Class SL-G700M2 – Quick Look   All Image Credit: Technics With the imminent release of a MK2 version of its Grand Class SL-G700 it looks like Technics is not giving up on that silver plastic disc just yet. This second generation hybrid machine is said by Technics to […]

Technics Grand Class SL-G700M2 – Quick Look

Audio Advice – Free HT Room Setup Tools All Image Credit: Audio Advice Audio Advice is a Raleigh, NC based home technology specialist and integrator retailer that has created a pair of free tools to help with the positioning of many of your home theater components. Both tools are based […]

Audio Advice – Free HT Room Setup Tools

The DC Record Fair Returns To The Eaton DC With A Special Capital Audio Fest On-Site Preview DC’s twice yearly record dig is back in its 13th year. The DC Record Fair comes to Washington’s vinyl and community centric Eaton Hotel on Sunday, October 16, 2022. There will be 40+ […]

DC Record Fair 10/16/22