The Delightful Onkyo ES-FC300 and ES-HF300

The Delightful Onkyo ES-FC300 and ES-HF300

Sep 29, 2013
This story originally appeared at InnerFidelity.com

Just another "big audio company joins the ranks of headphone makers" or something a bit more special? It's hard to get my hopes up with so many first stabs at making headphones resulting in mediocre introductions. Maybe I should just lower my expectations a bit.

No! The new Onkyo cans are quite a surprise!

Jenny Hval covers Paul Simon's "The Cool, Cool River," tours North America

Jenny Hval covers Paul Simon's "The Cool, Cool River," tours North America

Sep 27, 2013
Photo by Karl Edwin Scullin.

Released back in May, Jenny Hval's Innocence is Kinky, endures as one of my favorite records of 2013. I've played it countless times, and, in a few days, when Hval takes the stage at NYC's Mercury Lounge, I'll finally have the chance to see and hear the songs performed live.

Croft Acoustics Phono Integrated integrated amplifier

Croft Acoustics Phono Integrated integrated amplifier

Sep 27, 2013
The name sounds perfect. It fits neatly next to those of Messrs. Leak, Sugden, Walker, Grant, Lumley, and others of Britain's most rightly revered amplifier builders. In fact, when their distributor called and asked if I'd like to review the latest amplifier from Croft Acoustics, I accepted without actually knowing who they are, simply because they sounded like someone I was supposed to know—someone who's been around for 60 years or so, shellacking bell wire in an old mill with a thatched roof.
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