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The Shanling CR60 is a small but effective audiophile component.

Shanling CR60 Compact Disc Transport and Ripper Reviewed

Reading Time: 7 minutesOne of the more challenging questions for many audiophiles who own a physical media collection is how to both play your Compact Discs and get them ripped to your network server or wherever you like to keep your music files. Apple still sells an Optical Disc drive. but this under-$100 component isn’t very audiophile, nor Read More »



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ArgentPur DUO Stereo Amplifier Reviewed

Reading Time: 8 minutesArgentPur is a company that is fairly new to me as a long-time audiophile, and this review is the first time I had any of their products in my house. I will tell you I was just a bit skeptical, as I knew the company as a manufacturer of upscale silver cables rather than as Read More »


The Advance Paris MyConnect 250

Advance Paris MyConnect 250 Audiophile All in One Integrated Amp Reviewed

Reading Time: 9 minutesAdvance Paris is not a household name in the United States for one simple reason: they never exported their product to the U.S. market until just recently. Advance Paris, based in France outside of Paris, as the name would suggest, started in 1995 as Advance Acoustic. Their name changed to Advance Paris in 2013. The Advance Read More »


Studio Electric M4 as a pair

Studio Electric M4 Speakers Reviewed

Reading Time: 9 minutesStudio Electric is a boutique loudspeaker brand offering a selection of stand-mounted and floorstanding loudspeakers. The Studio Electric M4 loudspeaker is their entry-level two-way stand-mount design, featuring a proprietary 6.5-inch copolymer midrange/woofer and a one-inch soft dome tweeter. The sturdy cabinet is constructed of a combination of HDF (high-density fiberboard) for the front face and MDF Read More »


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Many kids today have Spotify on their iPhone but many are switching now to Qobuz.

Qobuz Subscribers After Gen-Y Revolts on Social Media Over Spotify Taking Ad Money From ICE

Reading Time: 5 minutesQobuz will be the first to tell you that they had literally no role in having their weekly subscriber base unexpectedly grow 500 percent in just a few days. The people responsible for this sea change in premium HD music subscriptions is due in part tondustry leader Spotify taking ad money from Donald Trump’s ICE (the acronym for Immigration Read More »



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Meze Liric wired headphones from Romania.

Meze Audio Liric Closed-Back Headphones Reviewed

Reading Time: 7 minutesBias is a funny thing sometimes. When I was told that there was a set of headphones coming to me from Romania, I was skeptical at first. I have only met a few people in my life from the Eastern European country, and I really had never thought of it as a place where you Read More »

Having adjustable shelves and/or racks can really help you grow and expand your system over the years.

Are Equipment Racks A Beneficial Part of Your Audiophile System?

Reading Time: 9 minutesAfter cutting the grass and raking the leaves at almost every one of the neighbors’ homes surrounding my Mom and Dad’s house, I had finally saved the requisite sum of money to purchase my first audiophile stereo system. My Mom, ever the kind soul, took me to the stereo store to purchase my beloved system. Read More »

Location, location, location is as relevant for retail as it is for real estate

How Stereo Stores Can Successfully Sell To the Next Generation of Audiophiles

Reading Time: 8 minutesCan you imagine how bad things must have gotten at General Motors back in the day when they realized that their highest end, most iconic car brand, Cadillac, was fully positioned to The Greatest Generation at a time when they were long-past the age when they needed new cars. The early 1990’s pivot to making a luxury, large-format SUV called Read More »

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