Greetings friends, I hope you are well, and enjoying the Holiday Season!  If you haven't seen them yet, the Positive Feedback 2024 Writers' Choice Awards have been published (HERE).  Here's my contribution to the 2024 Writers' Choice Awards: The Writers' Choice Awards are always a special time of year in that I'm able to reflect back on... Read More »

Greetings friends, I hope you are well! The Holiday Season in the USA is marching in with full force with Thanksgiving arriving tomorrow - Happy Thanksgiving to all! This year I'm cooking a traditional Thanksgiving meal of turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes & gravy, maybe a veggie side dish or two, and I ordered a sweet... Read More »

Greeting friends, I hope you are doing great, and your lives are filled with joy!  When the temperature falls below freezing, my cherished outdoors activities of cycling and motorbiking scale way back, signaling the official start of the "Hi-Fi" and "Audio-Visual" Seasons here at my place.  Last week a couple of pals and I got... Read More »

I'm not completely sure how it happened. A few listens to 78s here and there. Peter Qvortrup sharing his enthusiasm for 78s with me. The Audio Note (UK) vacuum tube CD players being in residence here during their reviews. Slowly but surely I've slipped into the reverie of enjoying 78 records from the acoustic and... Read More »

Greetings friends, I hope you are doing well! Here in the Pacific Northwest cool Fall weather has finally descended upon us, reducing the number of opportunities for bicycle & motorbike adventures in the great outdoors. I put on my cool weather bicycling attire and went out for an increasingly rare bicycle ride a few days... Read More »

As is my custom, I like to provide readers of Jeff's Place a preview of upcoming feature articles for Positive Feedback, which in this case is the Audio Note (UK) M6 RIAA phono preamplifier. Update: The full feature article has now been published at Positive Feedback HERE.    Enjoy!  Greetings, friends, I hope you are... Read More »

When I'm not at home playing audio & music games, and writing about them for my fellow audio travelers, I like to get out and about on 2 wheels - either bicycling or motorcycling - to go exploring. I've been enjoying bicycling now for almost 63 years, motorcycling for about 55 years, with my interest... Read More »

The Pacific Audio Fest for 2024 is a wrap! Kudos to Lou Hinkley and Gary Gill, for putting on an excellent Pacific Audio Fest - the "Best Fest in the West" -  that included exhibitors of high-performance audio equipment in 25 rooms, two nights of live music in Maxis Nightclub, daily seminars from industry leaders,... Read More »

I'm not quite sure how Audio Note (UK) accomplishes it, exactly. It is particularly noticeable with their Level 4 components like the Tomei 211 SET integrated amp, and the M6 RIAA phono preamplifier that is the primary subject of this post.   Here's what I hear: These components are incredibly resolving, making it easy to... Read More »

Greetings friends! I hope you are doing well and enjoying life.  My primary focus at the moment is listening to the Audio Note (UK) M6 RIAA phono stage, and playing tons of records to top-off its bedding in time of 100 hours.  From the Audio Note (UK) website: "The M6 RIAA phono stage requires around... Read More »

Every once in a while something magnificent happens that gets me all excited about audio at a level that only a child waiting for Christmas to arrive understands completely.  Good ol' Saint Nicholas is coming and he's bringing something special for you and me! In this case Saint Nicholas is Gary Fischer (Gary Fischer Speakers),... Read More »

If you look up the definition of "geezer" it will say something like this: "An old person, especially an eccentric old man." (American Heritage Dictionary) I'd say "geezer" pretty much describes me: I'm getting old and I'm eccentric.  My Geezer Chronicles are a new 'food for thought' column here at Jeff's Place for us older blokes, and... Read More »

Greetings friends, I hope you are doing well! I just got the latest email update on the Pacific Audio Fest for 2024, and here's the scoop: A Month Away! Pacific Audio Fest - Sept. 6-8, 2024. This is the last week to book discounted sleeping rooms at the Hilton Sea-Tac so Book Now for a... Read More »

Music and audio are grand hobbies that bring a lot of joy into our lives.  If you are looking for a little more entertainment and enjoyment to incorporate into your music & audio hobby, let me share some variations of the “listening games” I engage in that add to my enjoyment of the hobby, and... Read More »

Peter Qvortrup (Audio Note (UK)) has been talking with me for a number of years about the need for a revised audio reviewing vocabulary, one that better captures the full span of performance that occurs with *some* high-performance audio components. I say *some* because until the arrival of Peter's Audio Note (UK) Tomei 211 SET... Read More »

I hope you had a chance to read my feature article for Positive Feedback about the M3 RIAA phono preamp in combination with the Tomei 211 SET integrated amplifier (HERE).  I was totally stunned by the level of performance the M3 RIAA phono stage and Tomei 211 SET integrated amplifier combination offered, to the extent... Read More »

The Acoustic Revive Chronicles, Chapter 15, is now live at Positive Feedback HERE. In Chapter 15 of the Acoustic Revive Chronicles I covered the RTS-30 turntable mat, RHS-1 headshell, RHR-21 Helmholtz resonator, and the updated versions of the CS-3K outlet stabilizer, RCI-3HK cable lifts, and RGC-24K ground conditioner. You can see a list of the... Read More »

Pacific Audio Fest 2024 News! If you attended Pacific Audio Fest 2023 you know that the live music in Maxi's Nightclub was one of the highlights of the fest. The Pacific Audio Fest intends to keep those musical highlights coming in 2024! If you haven't seen the live music lineup for PAF 2024 yet be... Read More »

Greetings friends, I hope you are doing well! 🙂  I love getting out on two wheels for a little exercise (bicycles) and a little exploring (motorbikes). The Spring weather up until now has been kind of erratic with rain, wind, cold, and heat, but I've been able to get in enough two wheel action on... Read More »

The full review of the Audio Note (UK) Tomei 211 SET integrated amplifier and M3 RIAA phono stage has now been published at Positive Feedback HERE. Enjoy! As is my custom, I like to provide readers of Jeff's Place a preview of upcoming feature articles for Positive Feedback, which in this case is the combination... Read More »

Greetings friends, I hope you are doing great!  Life just seems to keep getting busier, but in good ways.  As I transition into the Winter months my activities tend to shift from outside to inside. I go full INFJ with my writing, reading books, music, audio, weight lifting for exercise, and just generally enjoying a... Read More »

The Acoustic Revive RHR-21 Acoustic Resolution Exciters are based upon the principle of Helmholtz resonance (HERE).  I was not familiar with Helmholtz resonators and their applications, so I decided to look into them a little more before doing any more listening with the RHR-21 Helmholtz resonator room tuning devices - I wanted to understand how... Read More »

Greetings friends, I hope you are doing well! Today's listening report is about the exotic Audio Note (UK) Tomei 211 integrated amplifier & M3 RIAA phono preamplifier combination.  If you are a regular reader, you know I am a huge fan of integrated amplifiers. I believe they are a great choice for most audio enthusiasts... Read More »