Brian Kahn

Thousand Oaks

Senior Staff Writer at Home Theater Review

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Articles

Vincent Audio SA-T7 Audiophile Preamp Reviewed

3 weeks ago | futureaudiophile.com | Brian Kahn

Reading Time: 8 minutesI have enjoyed tubed audiophile preamplifiers for decades, but had never spent any time with gear from Vincent Audio until just recently, when my publisher asked me if I would be interested in reviewing a tubed preamplifier from Vincent Audio. I quickly agreed, and the Vincent Audio SA-T7 Diamond arrived shortly thereafter.
Bowers & Wilkins 702 S3 Signature Loudspeakers Reviewed

1 month ago | futureaudiophile.com | Brian Kahn

Reading Time: 9 minutesIt is not every day, or even every year, that Bowers & Wilkins launches a new Signature line. I remember going into audio stores in the early 1990s and seeing the unique-looking Silver Signature speakers, with their crossed silver bars protecting the drivers. The salesperson was starting a demonstration for someone else and went into great detail about what made the Silver Signature different from the other speakers in the Bowers & Wilkins lineup.
McIntosh MQ112 Environmental EQ Reviewed

Jan 13, 2025 | futureaudiophile.com | Brian Kahn

Reading Time: 8 minutesI bought my first stereo system in my early teens. It was a Vector Research system that my friend Keith Marshall hooked me up with, and one of the things I remember about it was being enthralled by the graphic equalizer. Around the same time, I would go into the local HiFi shops and see McIntosh gear, with the iconic glass faceplates and blue glowing meters, that was way out of my price range.
T+A A 200 Power Amplifier Reviewed $5,860

Nov 3, 2024 | futureaudiophile.com | Brian Kahn

Reading Time: 8 minutesThis is the last in a series of T+A reviews in which we already looked at their MP 200 music player and DAC 200 Preamplifier/DAC (read my reviews). The A 200 Amplifier we discuss below may be the most flexible in that, while it is designed to complement the 200 series, it can easily be integrated into other systems without any loss of functionality other than power trigger.
JBL Stage 2 Speakers and MA AV Receivers Line Introduction

Aug 23, 2024 | futureaudiophile.com | Brian Kahn

Reading Time: 5 minutesI was at JBL a year or two ago for a media event, possibly a pre-CEDIA preview and part of the day was spent in a conference room listening about how Harman has been spending lots of time and money doing in depth marketing studies. The focus was on human engineering and learning about the routines, needs and preferences of a wide variety of people from across various age groups, socio-economic backgrounds and from different parts of the world.
An audiophile's guide to using Roon Music Management Software

Jul 30, 2024 | futureaudiophile.com | Brian Kahn

Reading Time: 9 minutesFor audiophiles looking to take their streaming and local music management to the next level, Roon is a music management and organization system that works with both music from your library and some streaming systems. You may think that this sounds like a multitude of other playback software systems, including notable options from the likes of JRiver and Audirvana, and you would be right.
T+A DAC 200 Preamp/DAC Reviewed

Jul 2, 2024 | futureaudiophile.com | Brian Kahn

Reading Time: 7 minutesIn my last T+A review we discussed how the source component performs the critical job of injecting the audio you want to listen to into your system while keeping it pristine. I would argue that this next component has an even bigger impact on the sound quality of what you listen to. The T+A DAC 200 is a combination digital to analog converter and stereo preamplifier in one chassis. There are a sizable number of DACs with a variable level analog output.
T+A MP200 CD Player & Audiophile Streamer Reviewed

Jun 4, 2024 | futureaudiophile.com | Brian Kahn

Reading Time: 8 minutesThe first component in your audio system playback chain is your source component, and it’s arguably the most critical in your system. Your source component needs to be able to play your media and get it to the rest of your system.
RBH Sound SFTR Partially Active Modular Speaker System

Apr 22, 2024 | futureaudiophile.com | Brian Kahn

Reading Time: 8 minutesLast year, I reviewed RBH Sound’s SVTR fully active speaker system. They are a monster in terms of performance, size and is pretty expensive at approximately $40,000 per pair, depending on configuration. While I was working on that review, I learned about a new, smaller and less expensive speaker system that was touted as being the spiritual “little brother” to the RBH SVTR.
Jay’s Audio CDT3 MK3 Compact Disc Transport Reviewed

Feb 6, 2024 | futureaudiophile.com | Brian Kahn

Reading Time: 9 minutesStreaming music is all the rage for audiophile of all ages and at any level of progress in the hobby. Vinyl has had an unlikely comeback with today’s youth, perhaps as an anti-technology statement to their often-too-connected or too-much-blue-light world that we live in today. Inside the audiophile hobby, there are still people who love playing silver discs.