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Best of Show | New York 2019
With rush hour approaching, we decided to skip a few rooms and head back to Grand Central to catch the Metro North train back home. Walking down Madison Avenue, we were mobbed with the exodus […]
With rush hour approaching, we decided to skip a few rooms and head back to Grand Central to catch the Metro North train back home. Walking down Madison Avenue, we were mobbed with the exodus […]
Andy Singer of Sound By Singer, as a longstanding New York City stereo business, is a loyal exhibitor at this show and often has two rooms with high-quality systems. Certainly, the lineup of equipment brands […]
Sunny Lo, the proprietor of Orinda Acoustics, has been showing at the NY Audio Show for some years now. This year, he brought a speaker model, the 8″ 2-Way N (New), that was nicely sized […]
I don’t recall seeing Polk Audio speakers being demo’ed at a show before, so I felt somehow compelled to give them a listen. I don’t know anyone in my audiophile circle who owns Polk speakers, […]
As an owner of open baffle speakers, I must compliment Pure Audio Project (PAP) on their modular / flat-pack shipping business model. They have overcome most of the major obstacles to marketing such speakers, including […]
Sam Laufer was still trying to get everything working together when I entered his room. The gentleman on the left in the photo was Edgar Choueiri, professor of Physics at Princeton University. On short notice, […]
The Russian-born tag team of Alex Chorine (Alexus Audio) and Greg Belman (Bache Audio) were paired up again to put together a no-nonsense system that they seem to do reliably at every show. I have […]
I was surprised to see a new production Sota Saphire turntable ($3,600) as the main source in this room, not having seen a Sota turntable at a show in many years. Mounted on it was […]
This room was getting pretty crowded and when we entered the room, we were temporarily stuck in the narrow entryway hall. We were hammered with bass, which was probably being amplified by the Helmholtz resonance […]
Always a favorite of mine, Voxativ was taking a slightly different tack at this show, exhibiting what must be considered as an affordable taste of the high purity, single driver technology championed by them. Coming […]
Moving to the top floor of the show, a number of the rooms were still not open for the early press opening time of 11:00 am. Vinnie Rossi was open for business and had a […]
The opening day (Friday) of the New York Audio Show 2019 looked to be a tough travel day with snow and unseasonably cold temperatures in the forecast. Thankfully, the snow never materialized, and my fellow […]
NEW YORK (PTA) — It’s the biggest news coming out of Qobuz USA since their launch in February 2019. Qobuz USA Managing Director Dan Mackta, Qobuz USA Chief Hi-Res Music Evangelist David Solomon, and the […]
The Monkeyhaus is something of an urban legend. It’s usually discussed in hushed tones. Photographs are always blurred. No one ever seems to go and be willing to talk about the experience. Until now. Bwaahahahahahahahaaaa! […]
Legend tells of a legendary designer whose kung fu skills were the stuff of legend. I said that line to two, three dozen industry big wigs at the New York show. They all laughed. Some […]
Bill and Victoria Duddleston of Legacy Audio were demoing a new pair of their on-wall loudspeakers, the Silhouette ($3,960/pair). The new Silhouettes are similar in most respects to the old models, adding some size and […]
Koby Koranteng of Hi-Fi Logic, Zu Audio’s East Coast Diplomat, didn’t quite bolt as soon as I pulled out the camera, but he did maintain a suspicious distance and as soon as I asked a much-subdued Jon Derda of […]
KEF knows how to throw a party. First, you invite the coolest kids on the block. Or in this case, an entire block of your fancy loudspeakers — check that wall! That’s a Muon! Oooh, […]
I remember when the only thing I knew about Gingko Audio had to do with squishy balls. Sure, they still make the Cloud Isolators, but these days I’ve been entranced by their ClaraVu MK III […]
It’s pretty much impossible to not love Arnold Martinez of Tweak Studio of Chicago. Look up the word “irrepressible”, and Arnold will be the guy looking over your shoulder laughing with you. He’s always laughing. […]
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