The Part-Time Audiophile guide to the best hi-fi gear of 2017
Picking the best audio component of the year is kind of like pondering your ultimate list of girls to ask to the high school prom. There are many very attractive choices, but probably a much smaller...
View ArticleRMAF 2015: End of Line and Best in Show
Every year, I plan to wrap RMAF coverage up early. Every year, it goes later and later. It’s because I’m cursed. But this year, we were able to pile it pretty high and deep. 90 (nine-zero) show reports...
View ArticleBest of 2015 and Product of the Year
2015 is over, much to my shock and chagrin. Honestly, I’m not quite sure how it happened. No. Seriously. I kinda feel like I’m Rick Grimes; I just woke up, everyone is gone, and WTF is the deal with...
View ArticleDeVore Fidelity announces Orangutan collaboration
I had a chance to speak with John DeVore before Christmas regarding his new collaboration with the Orangutan Foundation International that will see DeVore Fidelity sponsor the care of an orphaned...
View ArticleDeVore Orangutan Reference at RMAF 2018
Part-Time Audiophile DeVore Fidelity took a giant leap upmarket at RMAF with the debut of their still-to-be-priced Orangutan Reference loudspeakers. Here’s what we know. Bandwidth: 16Hz-45kHz...
View ArticleRMAF 2018: A Critical Eye
Part-Time Audiophile Photography by Paul Elliott I have completely bought into the music reproduction industry ever since I heard the difference between lamp cord as speaker wire and Monster brand wire...
View ArticleDeVore Orangutan Reference | High End 2019
Part-Time Audiophile DeVore Fidelity‘s new reference speakers were one of the main reasons for me hitting the show in Munich. This, and drinking beer while eating crispy pork knuckles. Never met with...
View ArticleCES 2017: Day One – new Chord Hugo 2, DeVore Fidelity, PS Audio speakers,...
The Venetian Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada The elevator doors slid open and everyone looked at me with revulsion. I was used to it by now, it had happened twice already. It was because there were already...
View ArticleCES 2017 video: DeVore Fidelity to unleash $20,000+ flagship Orangutan...
I got lucky in Vegas. No, no… not the way you think. I got lucky with news from John DeVore of DeVore Fidelity. He’s working on his new flagship Orangutan-series loudspeaker. A lot of time, and effort...
View ArticleCES 2017: Sun setting on Vegas for high fidelity?
This CES was my first. Thing is, it just might be my last. Consensus among fellow journalists, hi-fi manufacturers, distributors, and bricks & mortar owners is that it’s no longer a good fit for...
View ArticlePass Labs and DeVore Fidelity arrive for review
Some equipment just speaks your language. Pass Labs designs have always been a favourite of mine on the audio-show circuit. They construct incredibly musical components with real sonic muscle that...
View ArticleRMAF 2017: Must See Rooms
Friday, Day One by Eric Franklin Shook Considering my late head start, I want to point out a few brands, dealers, and vendors you might want to put on your short list of MUST SEE ROOMS. This should...
View ArticleThe Best Floorstanding Speakers | Buyers Guide 2021
The Best Floorstanding Speakers [Editor’s note: Welcome to the Part-Time Audiophile Buyers Guide for 2021! This year we decided to mix it up a little by breaking up the Buyers Guide into sections,...
View ArticleSound Kaos Vox 3a Loudspeaker | REVIEW
The Sound Kaos Vox 3a is probably a speaker many of you have not heard of before. I certainly had not heard of it until Soo In of Enleum and Bakoon fame offered me a [...]
View ArticlePass Labs and DeVore Fidelity arrive for review
Pass Labs XP-10 preamplifier. Some equipment just speaks your language. Pass Labs designs have always been a favourite of mine on the audio-show circuit. They construct incredibly musical components...
View ArticleRMAF 2017: Must See Rooms
Friday, Day One by Eric Franklin Shook Considering my late head start, I want to point out a few brands, dealers, and vendors you might want to put on your short list of MUST SEE ROOMS. This should...
View ArticleThe DeVore Fidelity O/93 loudspeaker long-term review
DeVore's designs are some of the most beautiful speakers I've ever seen. There's something about John DeVore's loudspeakers that intrinsically connect me to the music. Jazz, blues, EDM, folk, rock, or...
View ArticleThe Part-Time Audiophile guide to the best hi-fi gear of 2017
Photo Credit: Jason Tang Picking the best audio component of the year is kind of like pondering your ultimate list of girls to ask to the high school prom. There are many very attractive choices, but...
View ArticleDeVore Orangutan Reference at RMAF 2018
DeVore Fidelity took a giant leap upmarket at RMAF with the debut of their still-to-be-priced Orangutan Reference loudspeakers. Here's what we know. Bandwidth: 16Hz-45kHz Sensitivity: 98dB Impedance:...
View ArticleRMAF 2018: A Critical Eye
Photography by Paul Elliott I have completely bought into the music reproduction industry ever since I heard the difference between lamp cord as speaker wire and Monster brand wire oh so many years...
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