OK, I grant you that it has been a couple of months since the end of T.H.E. Show in Newport Beach. So, what the heck is your motley Part-Time Audiophile crew doing still writing about […]
I don’t know how Michael Fremer does it. The Analog Planet scribe, guru of all things vinyl, lugs around a bag full of rare wax to test equipment at shows. Me, I have a hard […]
Every show has a couple of rooms that generate a particular buzz. After the first day at T.H.E. Show in Newport, the scoop being passed from audiophile to audiophile was “MSB and YG Acoustics — […]
Trying to wrap up coverage of an audio show weeks after you’ve left is always a bittersweet proposition for me, and Newport 2016 was no exception. New friends were made, and old ones warmly greeted. […]
Linear Tube Audio has only been around for a year, but its founder, Mark Schneider, had a long career as an engineer. One of the products he developed was the world’s fastest document scanner, before […]
It’s typical these days at the major audio shows for manufacturer rooms to vastly outnumber exhibits by retail equipment shops. It takes a big commitment, both in time and money, to send most of your […]
Back in the 1990s, a good number of stereo firms began branching out into the burgeoning home theater market. Many undoubtedly were attracted by the loads of cash consumers were starting to sink into custom […]
I’m a sucker for reel-to-reel tape machines. Although I don’t own one — yet — I am absolutely fascinated when I see one. It seems tape is the next ancient technology, after vinyl, to be […]
The ENIGMAcoustics room, paired with Questyle at AXPONA garnered best sound from me in Chicago for its incredible impact, so I was looking forward to hearing that relationship grow in California at T.H.E. Show in […]
There’s something to be said for 240 lbs of digital-active loudspeakers (analog gain & filtering featuring proprietary Meridian Class-A discrete amplification – 600 watts/speaker) with built-in DSP, and DACs, that can pretty much be put […]
Texas based Believe High Fidelity has been hittin’ the gym recently. They were pumping some iron, as they loaded the beautiful Aries Cerat Kassandra MK II Dac (60kg), Aries Cerat Diana Forte Stereo amp (132kg) […]
Ampsandsound may be missing a few spaces in its name, but a visit to its room at T.H.E. Show in Newport revealed the company wasn’t lacking much else. Indeed, the business founded by medical social […]
Any time, any Transfiguration Low Output Moving Coil (LOMC) cartridge is perched on the end of a tonearm, and dragging it’s nail head through a filthy trough of vinyl grooves, I get a little excited. […]
Melania Trump isn’t the only Slovenian export drawing attention this year. It turns out the country also is home to a high-end firm that makes speakers so beautiful they could share the runway with real […]
You ever get the feeling you’ve stumbled into the wrong room, or taken a wrong turn, and ended up somewhere unintended? You find yourself peering around slowly, skeptically, taking things in as you attempt to […]
Resurrection can be defined as something living coming back from the dead, and to me that is exactly what Gordon Burwell Sr., and his sons have done with their vintage Altec-based speaker designs. This is […]
I occasionally have friends say to me, “Hey, you write for an audio magazine. How can I get a good hi-fi system without spending as much as you have?” These are the folks who are […]
Bryston may be best known for two things: its fine-sounding, high-power amplifiers and its unmatched 20-year product warranty. But a trip to its room at T.H.E. Show in Newport proved the company has much more […]
The unassuming, and slightly rumpled dude in the corner of a Colleen Cardas Imports room at Newport Beach looked aloof, smart, and slightly bored as he scrolled through the screen on his smartphone. I immediately […]
Sparks, Nevada-based Perla Audio has come a long way in a short time. Founded only in 2012, the family-owned company has increasingly been generating attention at the major shows. Newport 2016 was a continuation of […]
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