Steve's Audio Blog

I’m pleased to report that this blog now has a modest but growing presence on Instagram. Feel free to follow me @steves_audio_blog. New review posts coming soon! Steve

Paying it Forward Although much of what I post here concerns specific pieces of audio gear, from time to time I do like to call your attention to audio retailers who I feel offer standards of customer service that are above and beyond the norm, as when I discovered Vintage Tube Services several years ago … More Music in Bloom (Audio)

Every time I power up my tiny Radsone ES100, I am astonished: Astonished that it turns nearly any wired pair of earphones into wireless Bluetooth earphones, and does so with vastly improved (rather than degraded) sound quality, at least as compared to your smartphone Astonished that it retails for only US $99 (but you can … More QUICK TAKE: Small Wonder! – the amazing Radsone ES100 EarStudio Bluetooth Receiver

Almost exactly 4 years ago to the day, I posted a mini-review (not all that “mini,” to be honest) of the KEF M200 in-ear monitor. I recommend you take a moment to pause and read that post to make sense of what follows. The KEF M200 was a perennial “recommended” item on Head-fi.org’s annual equipment … More QUICK TAKE: KEF’s M200 IEM Redux

Hey, Everybody! Yet again, it’s been (as my much younger millennial friends like to say) “a minute” since my last post. This is super-frustrating, since I dearly love writing this blog, but in addition to the usual “blah blah blah” of excuses (family and work responsibilities) pretty much all of my limited audio writing time … More Where have I been, anyway?