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For thoughts about cables generally and reviewing methodology, see Martin Colloms's essay "Colloms on Cables."

Ray Kimber founded his enterprise (footnote 1) in the late 1970s, and for the last half-century has withstood the ravages of this difficult market. He first got involved in cable technology while addressing the problems of induced interference in audio connections where high-power installation lighting was involved, especially early thyristor-controlled systems.

He found that standard braided shielding was effective with regards to induced…

Describing the next phase of Manley Labs as the Manley 3.0 era, Manley wrote, "I look forward to some well-earned rest and relief from the responsibility of running a multimillion-dollar company. I plan to spend more time with my family and friends (and Riley and Bailey). I can't wait to get my head into a more creative space to be able to create my own art…

By my estimation, this year's High End hi-fi show—the last in Munich before the world's largest audio show moves to Vienna—was a major success, perhaps the first I've attended since the pandemic that managed to completely escape that shadow. Every day but Sunday it was very busy—sometimes too busy; on the busiest days, the hallways at the MOC convention center reminded me of NYC's Fifth Avenue on Black Friday, an experience I've had once and hope to never have…

Each time I approach a new recording, the music always comes first. In that spirit, with thoughts of savoring the abundant beauties in six of the eight Sonatas for Violin Solo that Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber dedicated to Maximilian Gandolf Graf von Kuenburg, the Archbishop of Salzburg, in 1681, I cued up Channel Classics' latest offering, Just Biber.…