The new wireless in-ears employ hybrid planar technology.
Ed Stone of Executive Stereo has led an interesting life, particularly from an audio perspective. Letโs start with that nameโEd Stone. It sounds rock โnโ roll verging on bad-ass, like a made-up rock star alias. Except it isnโt, as Ed confirmed with me during our interview over the phone, in which he jokingly added, โAt…
“I certainly prefer the weight and presenceโฆ musicality, of the Stream-XR”
The Steyning Research Establishment, inaugurated by John Bowers in 1981, was not merely a research facility but the cornerstone of Bowers & Wilkinsโ commitment to pioneering audio technology. Bowers envisioned SRE as a crucible for innovation, where theoretical acoustics and practical engineering would converge to push the boundaries of sound reproduction. This establishment was tasked…
When a beautiful new Craft Records reissue of Thelonious Monkโs landmark Brilliant Corners album arrived recently, curiosity led me to see how many different pressings of this essential jazz masterpiece existed. Amongst the over 100 versions out since its 1957 release, I noticed a mass of public domain reissue labels had jumped into the fray.…
“Holy ‘Groove Echo’, Batman!”
A room acoustics expert tells us all we need to know about the subject, starting with this first installment in the Room Acoustics Series.
“In some ways, audio is a microcosm of life. Before you get it right, youโre going to make lots of mistakes.”
These amplifiers offer extraordinarily high current, low distortion, a MOSFET output stage, and state-of-the-art topologies. And they’re on special for a limited time.
The MXN10 provides the technical prowess of Cambridgeโs StreamMagic streaming platform, while the DacMagic 200M adds powerful headphone amplification and an exceptional digital-to-analogue converter.
This article first appeared inย PS Audioโsย Copper Magazine. When I was a teenager, I told my girlfriend that I loved her so much that I would die for her. She replied that if I died, her life would no longer be worth living. So if I lost my life pushing her out of the way of…
The award-winning Px8 is now available in sumptuous Royal Burgundy Nappa leather finish with gold detailing, and better sound.
Agnes Obel is now at the very top of my private list of performers, leaving the competition far behind.
The Zu Audio Soul 6 Loudspeaker is taken for a spin with Doug Moore.
An evolution of its award-winning wireless headphone with even better performance.