An early memory of the Sears bike is me backpedaling furiously approaching a sturdy mailbox. Ten-speed bikes don't have coaster brakes. I've still got a scar to prove it.
That would have been around 1978. Taking inflation into account, that bike would cost about $400 today. Sure, it was possible then to pay much…
Of all the genius-level musical talent to come from Louisiana, few have had more far-reaching influence outside their niche than the singer, songwriter, and marvelous chromatic piano key accordionist Clifton Chenier. A native of Leonville, Louisiana, and the son of a diatonic accordion player, Chenier, who died in 1987, has become a towering…
Pro-Ject, the renowned Austrian audio manufacturer, made a striking impact with its static display at High End Munich 2025. Its new products, though silently presented, conveyed a powerful message.
Jakob Dirnberger, representing Pro-Ject, showcased a vast array of turntables, a compact portable system, a record flattener, and legacy products—creating a compelling and sometimes humorous presentation.
The RPM 1 Pro turntable ($TBA) is an all-new design with a 9" tonearm, Central Mass Point with new adjustable platter bearing, balanced 5-pin outputs…
I must have been 11 or 12 when my father took me to my first audio show, at a swank hotel somewhere in San Francisco in the late 1960s. The memories are still vivid: going from room to room, collecting brochures in a white plastic TDK promotional bag, and listening to demos as the salesfolk explained their latest products.
That TDK bag wasn't a safe hiding place for those hi-fi brochures for months afterward, as I shuffled through the pile to read about the H.H. Scott or Harman/Kardon receivers one more time. Experiencing that show and endlessly…
Nothing says "Let's fall in love" like a few roses and a card for no reason. Nothing says "I drink too much" like a scab on the forehead. And nothing says "Let's start a fight" quite like a list.
I don't actually like to fight, but I do like lists. Maybe it's because I'm superficial by nature, or because, at age 50, I have too much useless information littering my brainpan—and so I'm forever on the lookout for ways…
The ten greatest amplifiers ever made
1) Naim NAP250
2) Fi 2A3
3) Conrad-Johnson Premier One
4) EAR 509
5) Audio Note Ongaku
6) Rankin Baby Ongaku
7) Quad II
8) Krell KSA-50
9) DNM PA3ΔS
10) Lamm ML2.1
What I mean by greatest is a product that sounds wonderful, is well made, and has an influence, one way or another, on the rest of the…
Description: Remote-controlled solid-state integrated amplifier with J-FET input devices, MOSFET output devices, five line-level inputs (one audio input bypasses the gain stage), plus tape out and preamp out. Power output: 70Wpc into 8 ohms (18.5dBW), 110Wpc into 4 ohms (17.4dBW). Frequency response: 10Hz-70kHz, +0/-3dB. THD: 0.1% (20Hz-20kHz at 1W). Damping factor: >200. Voltage gain: 30dB. Dynamic headroom: 6dB. Maximum current: 16A peak, 9A continuous. Signal/noise (ref. full output): 97dB. Input impedance: 14k ohms. Input sensitivity: 300mV-3.0V RMS.…