Herb Reichert

Audio Reviews and News

Audio Reviews and News

Audio Reviews and News

Audio Reviews and News

Audio Reviews and News

Since the 1980s, I’ve been asking every speaker designer I meet, “What amplifier do you recommend using with your speakers?” Annoyingly, they always say, “My speakers are easy to drive. Any amp will do.” Whereupon I’d whine, “Aww, come on man, don’t feed me that. What amp did you use when you were designing the speaker?” The closest any manufacturer came to providing a real answer was Wendell Diller of Magnepan, who, when I reviewed his .7 quasi-ribbon speaker, said, “We used an amp of our own d…

Audio Reviews and News

As an upstart journalist-flâneur, my basic urge is to step on the gas and let my ’54 Buick careen down the freeway, crashing into guardrails on both sides. Old Buicks were built for that, and I would love to take readers on one of those kinds of rides. But when I write this monthly column, I find myself aiming for a different feel, more like driving cross-country in a ’70s Ford station wagon, documenting motels and gas stations. A trip where it’s fun to roll easy, take in the views, and stop at…

Gramophone Dreams #67: Grado Platinum3 and Goldring Eroica H ... - Stereophile Magazine

If I hear it, is it real? If your ears see, And your eyes hear, Not a doubt you’ll cherish—How naturally the rain drips From the eyes!—Bujutsu Sosho The more audio gear I review, the more fascinated I become by the fact that as I listen to recorded music, I can close my eyes and see musicians on the…