When trudging down the hallways of a hotel packed with $200K+ systems, finding an exhibit making great sound at a more affordable level is almost as refreshing as encountering a room with an enabled air-conditioner. […]
I had my glasses down at the end of my nose and my severely myopic eyes were about an inch from the screen of my Nikon D5300 as I attempted a Rafe Arnott-esque extreme close-up […]
Bricasti Designs is on a roll with two new products at Rocky Mountain Audio Fest this year: The M15 Stereo Amplifier ($18,000 USD), and the M12 Dual Mono Source Controller ($15,995). Co-founder, and company president […]
By Darryl Lindberg In the Dynamic Sound Associates (DSA) room, the ebullient David Sckolnick presided over a fine sounding system that featured DSA’s solid state electronics: the well-regarded Phono II ($13.5K) and Pre 1 ($16.5K), […]
Listen Up did something unexpected at the Rocky Mountain Audiofest. Unexpected, you say? Well, yes — unexpected, for me. I think many readers are familiar with brands like Bowers & Wilkins, Simaudio and AudioQuest. These are established brands. The “big […]
I have a confession: I started an emotional affair with the Vivid Audio Giya G3 after meeting her and her twin at several recent audio shows. But like most new girlfriends, I was attracted by […]
I was in the middle of the mezzanine at the Denver Marriot Tech Center, about to break for lunch Saturday at the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest, when I heard a familiar tune wafting from a […]
Peter Madnick, founder of Audio Alchemy, dropped a news bomb on me as we stood chatting outside his room at the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest. I had just heard his compact, affordable electronics making a fine […]
I didn’t know what was going on in the room. The music sounded amazing, there was a cool-looking turntable, there were amps, and speakers I’ve never seen, Spanish was being spoken, there was a flash […]
The majority of manufacturers in the high-end concentrate on a limited number of product categories. Some focus on just one. Others, though, seek to run the gamut from speakers and electronics to wire and […]
Many two-channel audio firms have abandoned efforts to develop products for the home-theater crowd, but one venerable manufacturer is doing much more than keeping a toe in those waters. New York-based manufacturer McIntosh Laboratory Inc. […]
The PS Audio suite at any hi-fi show I’ve attended is always something to behold. The Boulder, Colorado-based company always goes big, and RMAF 2016 was no exception. Massive gleaming silver boxes of PS Audio […]
Sometimes you hear something, or see something, and you’re instantly intrigued – like a good mystery novel. A switch is flipped in your mind, and once flipped, you can’t just turn it off. So it […]
Robert Stein of Ultra Systems and The Cable Company, stopped me mid-dash, to ask me if I’d heard about the new the WA-Quantum Cubed Room Animator ($299 each). I paused, probably because I’d never heard those words […]
In terms of pure fun, the one room I always look forward to at the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest is a mezzanine-level space shared by Zu Audio and Peachtree Audio. From appearances by rock-n-roll legends […]
High-efficiency speakers and tubes, that’s what you’re supposed to do, it’s what we’re taught. I should know, that’s my jam. Jonathan Halpern of Tone Imports, and John DeVore of DeVore Fidelity are like the peanut […]
OPPO Digital may have made its name with its famed disc-spinning products, but today the company has a fast-growing catalog of diverse gear. Many of those units were on display at the Rocky Mountain Audio […]
Wilson Benesch, a British manufacturer known for its elegant line of loudspeakers, has had an on-and-off presence in the U.S. market. During the times when its products were available here, the company’s “house sound” of […]
By John Stancavage Roger Sanders doesn’t attend many audio shows these days. For an industry pioneer and company CEO, he’s remarkably low-key. But if you catch him in the right mood outside the door of […]
There must be no shortage of coffee pots at Wyred 4 Sound’s Atascadero, Calif., offices. I’m imagining an entire team of heavily perspiring executives, engineers and marketing people rushing around, gulping caffeine in prodigious amounts, […]
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