I’ve been raving about Sanders Sound Systems’ amazing Model 10e hybrid electrostatics for so long now, I’m afraid of being accused of taking payola. Regular readers know that Part-Time Audiophile doesn’t play that game, though. […]
A photojournal by Eric Franklin Shook A truth I’ve found: the host of the room sets the mood. This cramps the monotony one might expect when attending an audio show. Let’s take a walk ….
NAD Electronics for years was best known for being the stalwart of an underserved audio niche — affordable high-end. Its receivers, integrated amps and separates didn’t offer a lot of bling or bells and whistles, […]
There was something special happening in the Fern & Roby room shared with Voxativ in Chicago, and it kept me coming back for more. The turntables that Christopher Hildebrand, and cohort Jesse Brown had brought from […]
Brian Zolner of Bricasti Design is on something of a tear. Last year at AXPONA, Zolner introduced a new stereo amplifier and a new preamp/DAC — the latter earned a Best-in-Show nod. This year, to continue […]
Raphael Pasche doesn’t mess around when it comes to designing high-fidelity audiophile components. He’s got laser-beam intensity when you ask him about the products he helps design at Swiss high-end audio manufacturer CH Precision, and you […]
Every time I enter Vinnie Rossi’s suite at a show he is smiling. AXPONA was no different. It doesn’t matter who he is talking to, what music is playing over the system, or how crowded the […]
For an audio manufacturer that has worked long and hard to craft equipment that sounds great under most normal listening conditions, taking that gear to an audio show can be as frightening as entering a […]
As I stood mutely at the front of the crowded room I couldn’t help but wonder if I’d stumbled into some kind of church, or worship service by accident. There was powerful keyboard music with thunderous […]
A photojournal by Eric Franklin Shook “Success is 5% perspiration and 95% getting your name out there.” -Albert Einstein Often the reason I get from dealers and manufacturers who have already “arrived” at their place […]
Various room-correction devices have been developed in the past few decades to address the one big variable in hi-fi reproduction — where you listen. Even the best rigs can sound radically different depending on the […]
I have a lot of respect for Andrew Jones. Every show he has something new and it always sounds very good. This year’s AXPONA had something I had been pressing Andrew on for a while… “when […]
Late Night Listening and Brotherhood A photojournal by Eric Franklin Shook Audio show coverage has been missing something, and that is the human element. There is a lot of hard work that goes into the […]
It’s gotten to where you can’t swing the proverbial dead cat without hitting a VPI table at an audio show. Mat and team’s products were everywhere. Mat setup a majority of 22 (!) working tables and […]
Magic shows. Who doesn’t like magic shows? As a child I was always impressed with anybody who could pull-off something even remotely magical: Pulling a quarter out of my ear? Check. Naming the card I […]
Kyomi Audio and On a Higher Note combined the old and the new to produce alluring sound — and spooky time travel — in their demo room at AXPONA. First off, in the old category, […]
George and Carolyn Counnas are two of the nicest people in the high-end. A visit to the couple’s exhibit room at a show always results in interesting conversations about the tubed gear they produce under […]
A photojournal by Eric Franklin Shook When you are in love, a lot of things outside of your relationship begin to fall in and out of focus. Senses become attuned your lover and often begin […]
He may not realize it but Bruno Putzeys had a VERY good show. I say this because I don’t believe Bruno was at AXPONA. But he had two intriguing systems at the show. One was […]
A photojournal by Eric Franklin Shook I have the luxury of lifestyle to live nearly alone and without neighbors. Full-range speakers, big amplifiers, a large music collections and an unhinged volume knob are not a […]
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