Walking through CanJam here at RMAF has always felt a little like walking into another world. The energy has always been a little different that what you’d find upstairs — maybe more enthusiastic, more friendly, […]
The big announcement from Nordost this year was their new Blue Heaven HDMI cable ($350/1m). What’s the big deal with HDMI, you say? The answer, my friend, depends on who you ask and what you’re […]
Just in case you were thinking that KR Audio has settled, once and for all, who has the biggest tubes in audio’s high-end, along comes Audio Power Labs. Using the monster 833c, their flagship amp […]
Single ended amplifiers and single-driver loudspeakers = purist audio. For those of us raised on solid-state amps and big multi-driver loudspeakers, this purist camp doesn’t make a lot of sense. Not at first. But, for […]
It has become clear to me that some people, like Robyn Wyatt of Robyatt, are having way too much fun at these audio shows. Yes, I know — they’re a dreadful amount of work. The […]
Kevin Hayes of VAC makes some truly remarkable gear — it just looks great and sounds even better. Sadly, this gear commands a price that respects that level of performance … and if wishes were […]
There’s this stretch of rooms that got some great photos on Day 1, but I didn’t have any time to do even a little follow up. At 174 rooms, there were definitely some gaps. Yikes. […]
Someday, I’d like to bring some deHavilland gear in to play with. I mean, I’ve always been a fan of deHavilland. The sound is outstanding, and the reviews you can find online are very enticing. […]
I first heard a Zellaton loudspeaker courtesy of Audio Arts at NYAV this past spring. Big. Black and silver. Striking — definitely striking. If you’ve ever seen (much less heard) a Zellaton loudspeaker, you’d remember […]
Prototype loudspeakers from Sony? With over/under super-tweeters? That’s cool! That’s … style? Style … Sony style. Uh oh.
I had serious problems with the Emerald Physics room. Not the sound. Not the gear. Not the affable Underwood Wally running the show. No, my problem was getting in. In short, I couldn’t.
I’ve been using Dr. Rob Robinson’s “Pure Music” software program for a couple of years now. I prefer it, one, because it works as advertised, and two, because it was vastly less expensive than its […]
Before this show, my experience with Vapor Sound was pretty much exactly nothing. Vapor, if you will. In fact, in my day job, to describe something as “vapor” would be tantamount to saying it ain’t […]
Wilson Audio’s Alexia was, arguably, the hottest news of the show. It was also, arguably, one of the best sounding rooms. All that aside, the Alexia loudspeakers in the room simply weren’t as cool as […]
I’ve had fun directing others on interesting ways to find an Avatar Acoustics show-room at audio shows before. My advice has been to “follow your nose” — Avatar’s Darren Censullo has a tendency to do […]
Burmester seems almost violently opposed to photography. So much so, that I suspect that if there was a finish that would render them invisible to cameras, they’d use it. In the meantime, their bright mirror-fronts […]
I have to be honest. I used to think about power, and the relation of power & current to audio, as something of an afterthought. Something like “air — it’s only important when you don’t […]
Okay, so the title is a little off, but whatever. My apologies. For those of you requiring something more formal, no, there no VPI products were harmed by a headline band during, before or after […]
Another of roll up post. I didn’t get to spend enough time in any of these rooms, but I was curious about each. Consider this more of a photo journalistic survey than anything else. Most […]
While not the full monty version of the Anat, the Studio Signature was far and away the better choice for this particular audio show. I’ve heard YG now at just about every audio show I’ve […]
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