Engström is a small Swedish company that quietly makes some of the best audio components in the world. Our NOVO High-End contributor Khairul Faizi Mohammad takes a close look at their two-box, $48,000 US hyper-preamplifier simply [...]
Looking for a loudspeaker that offers a great bang for your buck? EgglestonWorks is a small US manufacturer that's been in the speaker business for over 20 years and our NOVO High-End contributor Trevor Doyle absolutely [...]
Surely you've seen the distinctive gold face plate of the Japanese made Accuphase components at a local audio show. Perhaps you've even had a chance to give one of the components a brief listen. When a [...]
Some people think that upgrading their A/C power bars and power cords is like asking for a wine list at an inner-city bowlerama: a pointless waste of time and money. To my ears, audiophile power cables, [...]
Swan Song Audio is a small, boutique high-end audio manufacturer located in Tulsa Oklahoma, that produces customizable, built to order components. Our sister site NOVO High-End recently decided to learn a little more about the company [...]
When thinking about bargains, the statement “hell hath no fury like a woman who misses a 50% off designer shoe sale” readily springs to mind. And just like disobedient dogs who so instinctively enjoy chewing on [...]
During a phone interview with Evan Grimm, Audeze’s Head of Product Training, he admitted that when they’d released their new “Fazor” headphone waveguide technology in 2013, they’d expected near universal praise for the sound. Such was [...]
Roksan Audio Ltd. was founded over 30 years ago in London, England. The company’s name was derived from ‘Roxana’, the daughter of Persian King Darius, as opposed to “Roxanne”, the catchy song by The Police. I [...]
Monitor Audio has consistently impressed me with the quality of their sound at the audio shows. Whether top tier or more modest gear, they have always achieved a high standard of performance that has honored the [...]
As audio goes, line stages are a dodgy undertaking. In any 2-channel audio system, a preamp is the central connecting ‘hub’ between source components and amplifiers. The sound quality (or lack thereof) of any stereo system [...]