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Recently, iFi Audio, a companion company to British ultra-high-end equipment provider Abbingdon Music Research (AMR), has made a name for itself with lines of affordable DACs, headphone amps, small music systems, and the subject of this review: the Micro iPhono2 phono stage ($499 USD). But its utility extends far beyond simply adding phono capability to an amplifier.

I’ve found that a major downside of admitting that I’m an Apple fan is that I’m so often instantly pigeonholed as an effete ideologue. Like countless other examples, what’s true about a small proportion of Apple buyers has begun to dominate their detractors’ thinking, all but ensuring that any ensuing conversation is tainted by preconceptions.

Totem Acoustic's mission is to develop loudspeakers capable of reproducing a truly musical and moving performance. The goal is to provide designs that are both affordable and real soul movers for the music lover.

Theodore Roosevelt said that comparison is the thief of joy. It’s a lesson that most of us, at some point in life, learn the hard way. Keeping up with the Joneses is expensive, and not just in terms of money. Comparing your kids, your spouse, your income .  .  . these comparisons, often constant, lead to a life in which gratitude is in short supply and contentment is always just out of reach. Comparison in audio reviews is a different story. Once you buy something, the