My husband’s crush on PTE‘s Phoenix SG powered speakers ($9,500) is well-documented. I figure it’s time for me to go on record and make it clear that I, too, think these are all that and […]
Hi, everybody. My name is Mal, and I have a Tannoy problem. I have it mostly under control these days. I accept that there may be other speaker brands. I can even say nice things […]
Both of these companies each deserve their own post. It might be completely self serving of me to lump them together. On the other hand, here we have two new speaker companies making affordable products. […]
Getting a chance to write-up the MBL show presence is always a treat. Whether it’s completely superb, mind-blowingly good, or a hot mess of shrieking pain, MBL always, always, always leaves you with something to […]
This is going to be a bit redundant with the giant CanJam expose from my Audio360 brethren, so I’ll do two things here. One, post my awesome pics. Two, try and cover the “other things” […]
There was something remarkably relaxing about this room. When you’ve grown accustomed to the clutter of normal audiophile life, there’s sometimes something a bit enticing about one-box solutions. Imagine your entire system consisting of a […]
Pressure to cover more of the show forced me to miss the big Wilson room in the Hyatt (canned demos are always a tough sell for me), but fortunately I was still able to hear […]
Lawrence Audio produces some of the most striking speakers I’ve encountered in recent years, both visually and in auditory terms. Over the past year I’ve had the pleasure of hearing their lovely Cello speakers, as […]
Here’s just about the most damning bit from Kirsten’s show notes: “The room seems noisy.” Here’s just about the most complimentary bit from my notes: “Thank CHRIST he had the air conditioner on max.” If […]
The Antelope Audio room helmed by Marcel James is usually one of my first stops. At this year’s RMAF, I think we managed to get there about an hour before show closing on Sunday. I […]
Woo Audio had a couple of displays here at RMAF, including a table at CanJam and a room up in the Atrium. Down at CanJam, Simon showed me an absolutely fascinating upgrade to the WA7 […]
The magic genie of the internet, Madisound, delivers DIY parts to your door. I’d be amazed if there is a single garage hero who hasn’t waited by the door for his package of goodies to […]
Audeze was nestled deep into CanJam show floor, showing off their two new headphones, the LCD-XC closed-back headphones ($1,799) and their open-back brethren, the LCD-X ($1,699). I’m on record as being a fan of Audeze and have […]
At the urging of Audio-Head’s Brian Hunter, I thought CanJam would be a most excellent place to explore the world of custom In-Ear Monitors. IEMs are popular with all manner of folks, especially folks that […]
The internet made its share of noise about Sony’s slew of late-summer press releases. Sony was back, they claimed. “What? Again?” asked everyone who ever bought a Sony product. Which, let’s face it, is pretty […]
One of the problems with RMAF is that it’s just too big. The basic effect of the size is to turn me into that four-year old kid in the ice cream parlor who just can’t […]
by Stan Ahn, Warren Chi, Michael Liang and Michael Mercer For personal and portable high-fidelity enthusiasts all around the country, there is one very special time of year where we congregate en masse. It is […]
Let’s keep this one short. Serious Stereo went hog-wild a while back, and they basically perfected a big, mass-loaded transmission line for Altec Duplex descendants. It’s called the “Serious Stereo Speaker,” and it’s about $14,000 […]
This is embarrassing. I’m friendly with Emia‘s Dave Slagle. I ate dinner with him on Friday night. I spent more hours in this room than in any other. And yet I have no pictures to share. […]
I haven’t made any secret of the fact that the rooms that Benchmark Media has shared with Studio Electric over the past year have been among my favorites. The combination of the Benchmark DAC2 ($2000 […]
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