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Totem SKY Bookshelf Speaker Review
Totem began speaker building in 1987 in Montreal Canada, starting off with just one model, the now legendary Model-1 monitor, which eventually was upgraded to the Signature version. Founded by Vince Bruzzese, a retired high-school math [...]
Monitor Audio CP-IW460X In-Wall Loudspeaker Review
Monitor Audio CP-IW460X In-wall Speakers with the grills off Modern living environments and contemporary décor trends generally don’t embrace traditional audio/video systems with large speaker enclosures. Just flip through one of the latest home décor magazines [...]
Skogrand Cables Wagner AC Power Cable Review
When I began building my first hifi system some twenty years ago, I didn’t give much thought to cables. Cables simply served as a means of connecting all the components together. Audio magazines introduced me to [...]
Pioneer Elite SX-N30 Network Stereo Receiver Review
Founded in 1938 in Tokyo Japan, Pioneer Corporation is one of the leading electronics firms in the world. The company offers several product groups, the largest being mobile electronics, which includes car stereos, car speakers and [...]
Hafler PH50 Moving Magnet Phono Stage Review
Hafler is a division of Radial Engineering Ltd, headquartered in Port Coquitlam, BC, Canada. Radial is primarily a pro-audio company with products targeted at musicians and studios; however, in 2014, with the acquisition of Hafler, Radial [...]
Monitor Audio PL300 II Loudspeaker Review
The British have contributed mightily to the music universe. The world of music would just not be the same without the body of work of The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and The Moody Blues. On the [...]
Gold Note Giglio Turntable Review
Gold Note Giglio Turntable + B7 Tonearm + Dynavector 10X5 M/C Cartridge Review With nearly 25 years of experience in manufacturing 2-channel components, today Gold Note of Florence, Italy makes a range of turntables, cartridges, phono [...]
Nordost Valhalla 2 Cables Review – Their Place in Our Hobby
The State of the Art Valhalla is the cable that turned the cable industry upside down in the year 2001. Unconventional in appearance as in performance, Valhalla set a new standard for many, and became my [...]
VIZIO D-Series 65-inch LED TV (Model D65u-D2) Review
UHD, or 4K, TV technology is rapidly expanding its market reach as more consumers embrace higher resolution displays. Offering four times the resolution of HDTV, the added picture definition brings more life-like images into our homes [...]
Bryston BLP-1 Turntable Review
Imagine this: It’s mid-morning at Bryston’s HQ in Peterborough Ontario. James Tanner, VP of Sales, sits at his desk answering emails. He’s surrounded by boxes filled with cash- CDN dollars, US dollars, and Euros. There’s so [...]
Gold Note Valore Plus 425 Turntable and PH-7 Phono Stage Review
Gold Note’s origin dates back to 1992, near Florence Italy, when the company began manufacturing innovative audio accessories under the BlueNote brand. Throughout the 90s the company produced circuit boards for numerous high-end audio companies from [...]
Skogrand SCI Tchaikovsky Interconnect Cable Review
Established in Norway in 2011, Skogrand Cables is still a relatively young player in the hifi business, yet the company has already earned remarkable respect within the industry and made it to the top of the [...]