March 2015
“A long time ago, there were ‘radios,'” writes Oliver Masciarotte in opening his review of the Audioengine B2 Bluetooth speaker, a genre he considers the “modern equivalent of a hi-fi clock radio, without the clock.” A step up from battery-powered portables, most of which fail to meet his expectations, Oliver considers the B2 “a tough one to beat.”
“Setting up a turntable is not always the simplest of tasks… ” Patrick Dillon challenges his fingers, eyesight, and patience installing the Furutech La Source 101 headshell leads and auditioning with multiple cartridges, and concludes: “The La Source 101 leads brought obvious improvements in all areas of reproduction… Unhesitatingly recommended.”
Richard Thompson proposes that we take a rational approach to high-fidelity sound reproduction: “My argument is that we should simply ditch every arbitrary distortion of the signal if we can” and not continue to “dress up traditional compromises with exotic materials and pointless over-engineering.” He tests the concept with an active system based on low-cost components and linear-phase crossovers implemented in PC software.
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