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Part Time Audiophile Magazine provides HiFi News, gear reviews, and interviews since 2009. Find information on amplifiers, loudspeakers, vinyl, tubes, DAC, music, audio shows. We're an odd collection of writers touring audio's high-end. Part-Time Audiophile is a premium web destination for discriminating consumers, folks with high standards and fine taste.
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4h ago
Welcome to my Saturday AXPONA highlights. (If you want to see the Friday highlights, click here.) Is it time to start talking about awards for AXPONA 2024? If so, then I nominate this Garrard 401 ..read more
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4h ago
I was a little nervous about attending AXPONA 2024–last year’s high-end audio show in Chicago was a huge, successful show, but the PTA team had a difficult time in covering all of it. As the ..read more
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5d ago
The PTA crew will get a chance to hear the BAT VK-85 preamplifier and REX 300 power amplifier at AXPONA this weekend, in Suite 348. Here’s the official press release from MoFi: BAT introduces the BAT ..read more
Part Time Audiophile Magazine
1w ago
Of all the high-end audio shows I covered in 2023, the toughest was undoubtedly AXPONA. Why? Because this Chicago-based show has become huge post-pandemic, so much so that most people in the industry now consider ..read more
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1w ago
The PTA staff has known about the development of the Qln Reference 9 for the last year or two, and we’ve been eagerly anticipating its debut in the US. The Qln Reference 9 is the ..read more
Part Time Audiophile Magazine
1w ago
During my time listening to high-end audio products, AURALiC has become one of my favorite brands. Their products are reasonably priced (in the world of high end audio, at least), have unmatched build quality, and ..read more
Part Time Audiophile Magazine
1w ago
NY-based Mytek Audio has done some design work on the pro side, but founder Michal Jurewicz has really been pushing the envelope on the HiFi side of things as well. A son of scientists, Michal ..read more
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1w ago
The arrival of Lyn Stanley‘s latest album, Black Dress Ballads, just so happened to coincide with the arrival of an impressive new vinyl rig–the J. Sikora Initial Max turntable with two 12″ tonearms. Whenever I ..read more
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2w ago
I needed a DAC. Yeah, I know, I’ve started off more than one review with this declaration and it’s a constant reminder that I need to rectify that situation. But I’ve also toyed with the ..read more
Part Time Audiophile Magazine
2w ago
Do I need MoFi in my hi-fi? MoFi expanded beyond their vinyl offerings and their importing and distribution division, and now they’re venturing now into the electronics game–the music giant is shaking the audiophile tree ..read more