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Laufer Teknik Grand Note Speaker System Reviewed
By Paul Wilson
Posted on: June 23, 2025
Reading Time: 11 minutesQuantum physicist and audio component designer Mark Porzilli’s first loudspeaker system was called Pipedreams. Introduced in 1991, Pipedreams received multiple awards and one respected audiophile reviewer at the time called it the finest speaker system on Earth. Porzilli’s next offering was the original Scaena, first introduced in roughly 2000, which was a tall line array Read More »
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Parasound JC2BP Stereo Preamp Reviewed
Reading Time: 9 minutesParasound was established in 1981 in the Northern California Bay Area, and has been respected by enthusiast audiophiles, as well as in the professional audio and video world, ever since. Their longtime founder, Richard Schram, recently sold the company to a new audio enthusiast owner, who has since moved the operation from the Bay Area Read More »
Schiit Skoll F Phonostage Reviewed
Reading Time: 8 minutesIf you’re not familiar with Schiit, they are much more than just audiophile double entendre. Schiit offers a high-value direct consumer audiophile brand, designing and building all of their products in the United States. The Skoll F is Schiit Audio’s mid-level phonostage priced at $399. This balanced phono preamplifier (actually balanced, not just with balanced Read More »
Bluesound Node Icon Streamer/DAC Reviewed
Reading Time: 14 minutesRecently, I completed a review of the fourth-generation (2024) Bluesound Node Nano (read my review), their entry-level streamer DAC out of three within their streamer DAC category. The middle model, the Node 2024, was reviewed earlier this year by our editor, Jerry Del Colliano. Today, we will review the top-dog model, the Bluesound Node Icon. This elevated level of Read More »
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Why Are Audiophiles Treating New School Class D Amps Like EV Cars?
By Jerry Del Colliano
Posted on: June 18, 2025
Reading Time: 11 minutesElectric cars are a quantum leap forward in automotive design. Even mid-priced battery powered or EV cars are simply faster than nearly every uber-exotic car on the market. A new Rivian pickup truck (2.5 seconds) with the quad motor can actually win in a 0 to 60 race with a Lamborghini Gallardo (3.4 to 3.7 Read More »
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Bowers & Wilkins Offers 140 Pairs of Abbey Road Edition Speakers for $70,000 a Pair
Reading Time: 5 minutesSince opening its doors in 1931, Abbey Road Studios has been instrumental in shaping the landscape of popular music. Its unique spaces have inspired generations of artists and composers to create era-defining work, while its skilled engineering team have reinvented the way music is created and heard, from the ground-breaking invention of stereo and Artificial Double Read More »
Want a Better Relationship with Your Local Audiophile Store? Slap Some Leather!
Reading Time: 6 minutesYou can take all of the publisher and CEO titles and forget them when they come to me because I am sticking with the descriptor that is more comfortable for me, and that is stereo salesman. I was good at it back in the day, and I am still pretty effective today, even if I Read More »
Former Cello Retailer to Open a Gryphon Audiophile Showroom in West Hollywood’s Pacific Design Center
Reading Time: 3 minutesJoe Cali was my boss when I had possibly the greatest college job ever, which was selling the world’s most expensive audiophile systems with Joe and his then-partner, Mark Levinson, at the Cello Music and Film Showroom in West Hollywood. The Cello Showroom is still ultra-famous in Los Angeles audiophile circles, as it was located Read More »
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