It’s possible that you don’t know who the smiling gent is, pictured here, holding the leash on his flagship product, the $599 Alpha Dog. This product has two interesting distinctions: one, it’s widely acclaimed as […]
I kinda let the cat out of the bag with the pre-show teaser, but you have to admit, pairing 110dB horn speakers with kilowatt Class-D amplification is something of a head-scratcher. Seriously. Who does that? […]
It seems like I’ve covered the Daedalus/ModWright pairing at audio shows for longer than I have been going to audio shows. Impossible, sure, but it’s worth underlining the point — these guys have been teaming […]
Honestly, Focal is one of those brands that doesn’t really need the coverage by those of us in the un-mainline “press”. But I’ve been exploring the world of consumer headphones lately, here they were at […]
Robert Lee was not happy with the system’s sound on Friday. Everything just felt a little off. And by a “little off”, I mean you’d need an oscilloscope to have any idea what he was […]
I felt like I was walking into a Monty Python segue — “And now for something completely different”. I guess that was what the Madison Fielding folks were going for, showing at AXPONA with a […]
Roger DuNaier of Performance Devices, the US distributor for King Sound, was all too happy to model the sleek new H3 headphones. Electrostats in the headphone arena have been completely dominated by legendary Stax lineup, […]
Okay, so maybe the VPI Nomad wasn’t exactly a surprise. Announced late last year, the “turntable solution” is just now heading out to greedy consumers — Music Direct‘s Bes Flores sold the first one while […]
Part-Time Audiophile contributor Mal Kenney was a big fan of Endeavor Audio when he caught them at the California Audio Show last year. Big fan. I mean, there was the whole dial-it-up-to-eleven after hours next […]
The night before an opening day is that blissful moment of stillness before the wheels come completely off the bus. Last minute panic about the room and the stuff that’s supposed to be in it […]
I got in a day early. I could say that I do this because it’s a great way to catch up with friends and get some sneak peeks at stuff, but that’s not it. Or, […]
I’m heading out to AXPONA this Thursday. Robert Harley, the Editor of The Absolute Sound has asked me to forge his signature for his book signing while he makes his directorial debut for a new Masterpiece Mystery episode being filmed […]
You’ve probably heard of Pono by now, right? Or maybe visited (or perhaps even invested in) the Kickstarter campaign for the project that musician Neil Young (yes, that Neil Young) has been raving about for the last year or so? […]
Going to AXPONA this year? If you’re considering it, I think you ought to underline that a couple of times. Last year was a blast! This year, there’s more seminars, more hi-fi, and more headphone/personal […]
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