These British electrostatic speakers basically defined the category for many audiophiles. Top speaker engineers are known to own Quad ESL 63s as part of their personal reference systems. Their warm ...

Even a casual review of the usual audiophile websites, trade magazines, consumer electronic equipment ads, professional organizations (think: NARAS or the CTA), or content providers like HDTracks, ...

As a neophyte audiophile, I have read hundreds of articles on the internet and magazines about the importance of listening rooms. Long ago I could build me a room for stereo audio and home theater, ...

The new Super Deluxe Edition of Fragile, Yes’ landmark 1971 smash hit album is a wonderful celebration of the band’s ground breaking and majestic fourth release, home to its Top 20 U.S. hit single ...

A few weeks ago, I took a very quick trip to Denver (at the special invitation of the Illuminati based at the Denver Airport) to shake some hands and hear some good audio at the regional Rocky ...

Cable discussions can turn normally rational audiophiles into nut-cases. I know. I’ve been reading and watching the discussions since I wired up my first stereo system. Recently I decided to ask two ...

Tape-scrape induced wow and flutter are intrinsic to the tape recording process. But you don’t have to listen to piano with vibrato on its decay. Jamie Howarth has a transfer process that vastly ...

If there are any consistencies in the audiophile hobby it is that there are almost no unilateral agreements. Differing opinions exist on almost everything audio related. We have any number of amp and ...

High End Audio In The 1940’s, 1950’s and 1960’s: The seeds of specialty and high-end audio began at the end of World War Two and gained momentum with the end of the Korean War. Many veterans took ...

Jerry Del Colliano, publisher of Home Theater Review, Audiophile Review’s parent site, sat down with Karen Sumner, the head of Transparent Audio, for a conversation about the company and its ...

Cello had a unique philosophy as high end audiophile company. They operated differently than traditional brands and it worked. It worked very well. This is an exploration as to why it did. In 1994 I ...

Since I began ripping CDs into my computer’s music library I rarely use the original CDs. Wouldn’t it be great if I could just sell ’em? Sure, as long as you don’t mind risking a hefty fine or worse.