Author: Frank Alles

FritzSpeakers REV 5 Loudspeakers

April 29, 2011

FritzSpeakers REV 5 Loudspeakers Flyweight Mini Packs a Mighty Punch   April 2011   I’ve been corresponding with John “Fritz” Heiler for some time now. I first saw an ad for his speakers on Audiogon a [Read More]

Wyred 4 Sound DAC-2 Digital to Analog Converter

October 14, 2010

Wyred 4 Sound DAC-2 Digital to Analog Converter Full Featured DAC Provides First-Rate Performance    October 2010   As some of you may know, not too long ago I reviewed Wyred 4 Sound’s STI-500 integrated [Read More]

ZYX 4D-G/SB2 Low Output Moving Coil Cartridge

June 7, 2010

ZYX 4D-G/SB2 Low Output Moving Coil Cartridge Putting the Smooth in the Groove    June 2010       Over the years, reading the highly favorable reviews for the various ZYX cartridge models, I finally became [Read More]

NuForce Magic Cube

April 26, 2010

NuForce Magic Cube The Spintronic Thaumaturge    April 2010        Okay, I know how this looks, i.e., here we have yet another “magic-box” type of product purported to magically improve the sound of our audio [Read More]

Wyred 4 Sound STI-500 Integrated Amplifier

February 9, 2010

Wyred 4 Sound STI-500 Integrated Amplifier More Pop for the Peso!    February 2010     Wyred 4 Sound began life after its owner EJ Sarmento rose up through the ranks at Cullen Circuits and [Read More]

HiFiMAN HE-400 & HE-500 Headphones and EF-5 Amplifier: High-End Cans that Can and Do

January 10, 2010

      Dec, 2012 I’d been wanting to hear designer Dr. Fang Bian’s HiFiMAN planar-magnetic headphones ever since reading many positive things about them on the internet for the past year or so. HiFiMAN was [Read More]

Ohm MicroWalsh Tall Signature Edition

September 24, 2009

Ohm MicroWalsh Tall Signature Edition Compact Ohm Omni Struts its Stuff     September 2009          Okay, I’ll admit it. I was delighted when the President of Ohm Acoustics Corporation, John Strohbeen, consented to send me [Read More]

NSR Sonic Research D3 Sonata Speaker

November 3, 2008

NSR Sonic Research D3 Sonata Speaker New Technology Gets Results!   November 2008   NSR Sonic Research is a promising new company that has developed, tested, and refined its novel design techniques over the last couple [Read More]

PrimaLuna DiaLogue Two Integrated Tube Amplifier

June 18, 2008

PrimaLuna DiaLogue Two Integrated Tube Amplifier A Strong Case for Tubes   June 2008      Okay, I admit it—I read Jim Hannon’s review of the PrimaLuna DiaLogue Two integrated tube amplifier in the October 2007 [Read More]

NuForce Reference 9 V2 SE Amplifiers

February 8, 2008

NuForce Reference 9 V2 SE Amplifiers A Nu Voice Speaks with Authority   February 2008             Ever since I was smitten by the sound of the NuForce Reference 8 amplifiers back in the summer [Read More]

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