A match to unify the WWE and NXT Women’s Tag Team titles will take place in two week's time. WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Ronda Rousey and Shayna Baszler and NXT Women’s Tag Team Champions Isla Dawn and Alba Fyre will meet on the June 23 edition of SmackDown to unify both sets of titles. … Continue reading "WWE announces Women’s Tag Team title unification match"

Former WWE Women's Tag Team Champion and Impact Knockouts Tag Team Champion Jessica McKay announced Thursday that she and her partner are expecting their first child. McKay, the former Billie Kay in WWE, revealed the news on Instagram that she is expecting in December. McKay will join longtime tag team partner Cassie Lee (formerly Peyton … Continue reading "Jessica McKay/Billie Kay announces pregnancy"

The wrestling world has lost a legend.  Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri, better known to wrestling fans as The Iron Sheik, has passed away. He was 81 years old.  Sheik's official Twitter account revealed the news on Wednesday, writing:  Remembering The Iron Sheik Today, we gather with heavy hearts to bid farewell to a true legend, … Continue reading "WWE Hall of Famer The Iron Sheik passes away at 81"

With so many megabuck rooms fattening the floors of CAF 2019, it’s easy to miss the smallish, sub-$10,000 systems making absolutely first rate sound. One such room was manned by MoFi’s Jon Derda: the Tenacious Sound/MoFi/Quad room. After leaving Greg Roberts’ superb Volti Audio room, a Stevie Ray Vaughan guitar solo pulled me into Tenacious … Continue reading "MoFi Turntable, Cartridge and Phono Stage, Rogue Integrated Amplifier, Heed DAC, Wharfedale speakers, Audience cabling"

Becky Lynch and Zoey Stark have qualified for the Women’s Money in the Bank ladder match. On Raw Monday, Lynch defeated Sonya Deville to qualify. During the match, Trish Stratus and Zoey Stark came out and watched the match from the entranceway. Despite Chelsea Green’s involvement, Lynch scored the win after hitting the manhandle slam … Continue reading "Becky Lynch & Zoey Stark qualify for WWE Money in the Bank"

I saved the Overture room for last because for me and my taste, this room had the best sound at CAF 2019. It had the best sound because Technic’s US rep Bill Voss, has evolved into a master DJ and product elucidator. Bill was showcasing Technics’ new SL-1000RE-S turntable to brilliant effect. The word-on-the-street is, … Continue reading "Overture Room: Technics’ SL-1000RE-S turntable, Van Den Hul Master Signature Cartridge and Grail SB Phono Preamp, Magico M2 Loudspeakers, Esoteric Grandioso C1 Preamplifier and Grandioso M1 Amplifiers, Shunyata Cables, HRS Racks, Artnovation Room Tuning"

This past week’s WWE Main Event was taped at the MVP Arena in Albany, New York, before Monday’s Raw. Dexter Lumis defeated Akira Tozawa (4:11) As always, Tozawa and Lumis were good together with Lumis getting the win and a handshake. Lumis is certainly due a storyline having worked Main Event a lot over the … Continue reading "WWE Main Event results: Candice LeRae vs. Tegan Nox"

The GoldenEar Triton One.R is the successor to the original Triton One (footnote 1), improving on that model in both appearance and function, with features that first appeared in the Triton Reference. Externally, the Triton One.R is a 54″ tall by 8″ wide by 16.65″ deep tower that appears even slimmer than those dimensions suggest. … Continue reading "GoldenEar Technology Triton One.R loudspeaker"

AEW World Champion MJF will be on this Wednesday's AEW Dynamite in his first live promo since last Sunday's Double or Nothing. MJF successfully defended the title at the PPV in a four-way over "Jungle Boy" Jack Perry, Darby Allin and Sammy Guevara, and appeared in a taped promo last Wednesday. Speaking of Perry, he … Continue reading "MJF promo, Texas Tornado match announced for AEW Dynamite"

Subjectivist audiophiles have long maintained that long-term listening is necessary to assess the quality and character of an audio component. Scientific testing methodologies such as ABX, which require quick and conscious evaluation of a change in the sound, have long struck many of us as insufficient, seeming to miss much that affects our enjoyment of … Continue reading "Slow Listening"