The Russell K Red 100 (£1950) were released back in 2014. Remember those simple happy days? We’ve all aged more than a little since then. I’ve been drawn to the Red 100 since they came out basically. First, I love how they look. Albeit not the weird red and grey version, but the one now […]
The Moonriver 404 (€3000) is an integrated amplifier. Made in Sweden. With a modular design structure that lets us upgrade the modules instead of the entire amp as technology progresses. Modules let us pick the functionality we want instead of cramming superfluous stuff down our throats: why pay for a phono stage if we don’t […]
No speaker is perfect, but I’ll tell you what I love about a speaker that can go up against the wall: placement versatility. We don’t all have the option of placing our speakers one or two meters into the room. Often the optimal placement for a speaker is suboptimal for how the rest of our […]
Modularity is one of the ways to take hi-fi closer to sustainability. Modularity is what Schiit and Moonriver (review soon) do. Another way is to make a product that comfortably out-performs anything in its price-range. We lose our superficial need to upgrade if we are forced to spend significantly more to get an insignificant increase […]
Did you know that PS Audio with the affable Paul McGowan at the helm has a trade-in program when you purchase from the PS Audio website? I know what you’re thinking: this is a way for customers to trade-in their nice PS Audio gear for some new and even nicer PS Audio gear. While that’s […]
This is part 2 of my review/comparison of the two DAC modules in the Schiit Gungnir (you can find part 1 here). So which sounds better, the Delta Sigma or the Multibit? And is modular architecture a way to make hi-fi greener? What does modularity do for a product. This site views modularity as upgradability. […]
This review/comparison of the Bowers & Wilkins PX7 and the Sony WH-1000XM3 almost reads like a piece of self-help literature. But, as the images illustrate, that’s what you get when you combine scenic landscapes and superb wireless headphones. Wireless active noise cancelling headphones do two things that normal headphones don’t: they ditch the cable and […]
Chord Electronics make some of the best sounding DACs in the world. But digital is not why we’re here today. Below you’ll find our review of the Chord Huei. It sounds as clean as it looks. Listening to the Chord Huei made me think about the cursory way we distinquish between vinyl and digital. Vinyl […]
This is the first of a two-part review of the Schiit Gungnir. I will test what modularity can do for a DAC. Delta Sigma vs. Multibit: here we go… Why two parts? I review gear with an eye to sustainability. As a luxury commodity hi-fi will never really be sustainable, but maybe we can find […]
Under review is the Schiit Asgard 3. This is the least expensive modular headphone/pre-amp from Schiit and it is a doozy. Do you remember when gourmet food was all about foie gras, caviar, and lobster flown in from who knows where? Now, as haute cuisine has become ubiquitous, food is all about how local the […]