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Ortofon Quintet Blue – Get More Out Of Your Record Collection

July 6, 2022July 6, 2022hifichicken Comment

Ortofon was nice enough to send over a Quintet Blue to use with the Ifi Audio Zen Phono we reviewed. We obviously had [...]

iFi Audio Zen Phono, Affordable Analog Bliss

June 21, 2022June 21, 2022hifichicken 1

IFi sent over the Zen Phono, one of the Zen line products we actually hadn’t played with yet. At $199 it fits right [...]

Pacific Audio Fest, Fast Approaching Details Below

June 15, 2022June 15, 2022hifichicken Comment

The Pacific Audio Fest is on and the hotel WILL sell out.Book your sleeping rooms now!https://book.passkey.com/go/audiofest22Avoid the lines and buy your show tickets [...]

Mixing or Matching, How Do You Get The Best Sound?

May 13, 2022May 14, 2022hifichicken Comment

If you are here, chances are you are an audiophile, meaning you want the best sound you can get within your budget. Many [...]

Announcing the MCD12000 SACD/CD Player

May 11, 2022May 11, 2022hifichicken Comment

Announcing the MCD12000 SACD/CD PlayerTwo-in-One: A Reference Level DAC and a Reference Level CD Player.Bring all your digital music to life with the [...]

Sonus Faber Sonetto V, Affordable Italian Poetry

May 10, 2022May 10, 2022hifichicken Comment

Sonus Faber sent over a pair of Sonetto V, the middle of the Sonetto floor standing line up, for review. The Sonetto V [...]

AXPONA 2022 America’s Largest Hifi Showcase

April 29, 2022April 29, 2022hifichicken Comment

Last weekend we attended AXPONA or Audio Expo North America for those who may not know. This is the first time it has [...]

AudioQuest Mythical Creature Interconnects

April 14, 2022April 14, 2022hifichicken Comment

ThunderBird, FireBird, and Dragon are AudioQuest’s best-sounding, most sonically invisible interconnects yet — category-defining products that establish new benchmarks of transparency and musical [...]

Rotel CD11 Tribute Review, High Fidelity and High Value

March 14, 2022May 13, 2022hifichicken Comment

Rotel and Ken Ishawata teamed up to design and make a competitive and high-performance CD player. The A11 and CD11 are a couple [...]

SVS 3000 Micro Review, Big Sound From a Tiny Sub

February 17, 2022February 17, 2022hifichicken Comment

SVS is known for their subwoofers, they make some massive earth-shaking subwoofers. Well, they also make a tiny, rather micro subwoofer, but is [...]

The New 8K, 16 Channel MX180 A/V Processor is now available.

February 16, 2022February 16, 2022hifichicken Comment

For the Home Theater of Today and Tomorrow.The New 8K, 16 Channel MX180 A/V Processor is now available.We are proud to announce our [...]

iFi Audio xDSD Gryphon Review

February 10, 2022May 10, 2022hifichicken Comment

The latest from iFi Audio is the xDSD Gryphon headphone DAC and Amp. This powerful yet compact DAC/Amp is a pretty impressive piece [...]

Two new Integrated Amplifiers from McIntosh

February 9, 2022February 9, 2022hifichicken Comment

New Upgraded Versions of Two of our Award-Winning Integrated AmplifiersThe New MA9500 and MA8950 Offer Additional Performance Benefits The MA8950 (left) and MA9500 [...]