The cartridge’s designer, Noriyuki Miyajima, says he likes the sound produced by adding weight at the headshell, but he found that adding it to the cartridge itself produces a more effective sonic result. He suggests that the extra weight better damps “the extra sound generated by the needle point.” On the Miyajima Labs website, the…
Richard, venu présenter un fauteuil-oeuf aux acheteurs d'Affaire conclue, a préféré repartir avec son objet pour une raison bien précise. Cela n’arrive pas si souvent, et pourtant, lundi 4 décembre 2023, un vendeur d’Affaire conclue est reparti de l’émission, non pas des billets en poche, mais son objet sous le bras. Richard, 62 ans, était…
The amiable and loquacious Jason Zidle is a product manager at Lenbrook, the Canadian company behind NAD and Bluesound. Lenbrook also imports Denmark’s storied DALI speakers. At the Renaissance hotel in Schaumburg, the star performers in the Lenbrook space are a handsome pair of just-launched DALI Epikore 11 floorstanders ($60,000/pair). The Epikores were flanked by…
Morgiane, l'actuelle Maestro de N'oubliez pas les paroles, a confié à Nagui dans quoi elle comptait investir sa cagnotte… et c'est inattendu ! Beau début de parcours pour Morgiane dans N’oubliez pas les paroles, le jeu musical de France 2. La jeune femme, qui travaille dans une clinique dentaire, est la nouvelle Maestro de l’émission…
ILLINOIS — Though summer is finally here, many of the visiting cicadas are not quite ready to say goodbye to spring, continuing to create a buzz throughout the state. The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum, located in Milwaukee, announced Friday it is producing the first-ever cicada bobblehead. “We’re excited to create this bobblehead…
GENEVA, IL — Perhaps the oldest tiny house community in the United States before “tiny houses” became a thing, Good Templar Park in Geneva will be offering guided tours of six cottages or “stugas,” this Saturday and Sunday, June 22 and June 21. Click Here: The small group tours will be happening from 10 a.m….
Ever since the announcement some two weeks ago, I’ve been eager to hear the SVS Ultra Evolution Pinnacle loudspeakers, which, at $2499 each—or, you guessed it, $4998/pair—are cheap in high-end terms but quite expensive for SVS. Coming from such a high-value company, I’m thinking, this could be a serious assault on audio’s high-end. Stereophile has…
Click:Bubble ChandeliersToujours remontée contre Roméo après sa participation à L'amour est dans le pré, Sophie confie avoir eu du mal à gérer les conséquences de la diffusion de l'émission dans laquelle est s'est sentie "humiliée et dénigrée". Un mois après la fin de la saison 18 de L’amour est dans le pré, Sophie en a…
Affable speaker designer Andrew Jones held court in room 334, explaining the details behind his new SourcePoint 888 floorstanding speakers ($4999/pair), an AXPONA world premiere (review forthcoming). Unfortunately, he couldn’t play his speakers due to the hotel’s intermittent Wi-Fi, which plagued many rooms. MoFi’s System 1, in this hotel suite, included a HiFi Rose RS150B…
With every passing season, a new audiophile-grade network switch hits the market. These products, which can cost hundreds or thousands of dollars, do the same basic thing as network switches bought at Best Buy for $30 or so (except, in some cases, slower), but their manufacturers claim they are built to a higher standard to…
