Mike Silverton - Stereo Times

Shuguang KT-120 Vacuum Tube

January 14, 2016

Since owning the three models of the Ayon Audio Triton integrated amplifier (MKI, II, and III) since 2009 I’ve been on a quest to find the best KT-88/120 tube to power my integrated amplifier. [Read More]

Acoustic Revive’s RR-888 Schumann Resonance Generator

September 15, 2014

Weird Science? The Acoustic Revive RR-888 is Ken Ishiguro’s third iteration of a diminutive, stand-alone device that, from the start, made obvious contributions to the quality of recorded sound. No larger than a [Read More]

Acoustic Revive RAF -48H Air Floating Board

December 3, 2013

A geezer’s disinclination to heft major appliances directs my comments at audio’s lightweight peripherals. I’ve covered many and heard all doing something. Yet, like certain medications, effects sometime fade to where one wonders where [Read More]

Acoustic Revive RR-777

September 14, 2012

A new Revival? I’m hardly the first to have written enthusiastically about Ken Ishiguro’s RR-77 Schumann Resonance Generator, otherwise called the RR-77 Ultra-Low Frequency Pulse Generator. As a guess, it’s probably the [Read More]

HiFi Tuning Supreme fuses

January 23, 2012

Random Noise 31 HiFi Tuning Supreme fuses Fuses? Really? Well, yes…This is a tweak report. Please, don’t sulk. Before we drift into the prelims, let’s review the term. In audio, a tweak [Read More]

SteinMusic’s H2 Harmonizers, Magic Stones and Magic Diamonds

December 2, 2011

SteinMusic’s H2 Harmonizers, Magic Stones and Magic Diamonds Call This an Unqualified Rave December, 2011 The key to canned heaven: involvement When Lee and I moved up to high-definition video, we asked ourselves why we’d [Read More]

Revisiting Acoustic Revive’s RAS-14 AC Stabilizer

December 23, 2010

Acoustic Revive’s RAS-14 A/C Stabilizer But should I doubt my ears? November, 2010 You can’t pee in the same river twice Fact: the audiophile is a fickle creature. This is especially true [Read More]

A Modest Proposal

December 9, 2010

Number 26 A Modest Proposal Dodging brickbats … Consumer Reports purchases what it covers, thereby avoiding suspicions of collusion. Elsewhere, reviewers who anger manufacturers find themselves cut off from stuff to write about. That’s [Read More]

Acoustic Revive’s RAS-14 A/C Stabilizer

November 1, 2010

Acoustic Revive’s RAS-14 A/C Stabilizer But should I doubt my ears? November, 2010 You can’t pee in the same river twice Fact: the audiophile is a fickle creature. This is especially true [Read More]

NuForce’s Reference 18 Mono Power Amplifier

October 6, 2010

NuForce’s Reference 18 Mono Power Amplifier And now, what we’ve all been waiting for… October 2010 Disclosure. Again. I work for NuForce. In keeping with my standing as a spoiled insider, my comments about [Read More]