Future Audiophile

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 »

Reading Time: 9 minutesAn old-time audiophile with a background in pro audio once told me that the fastest way to make your system sound better quickly (and often easily) was to add a subwoofer. That long-ago-given advice has never been more relevant than when talking about the MartinLogan Abyss 8 subwoofer, as it, like its other MartinLogan audiophile Read More »

Reading Time: 10 minutesMytek Audio has been high performance DACs as well as analog to digital converters in New York City since 1992, when Mytek was established by the founder and president Michal Jurewicz, working then at the Hit Factory and Skyline recording studios. For the first 18 years Mytek built mastering digital converters for recording studios, and has participated in major hi-res audio  R&D projects, including a Read More »

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 »

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 »

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 »