By John Stancavage When packing to attend an audio show, the last thing I usually do is pick three or four CDs to take with me for demoing equipment. Two will be long-term references I’ve […]
By John Stancavage Normally, if I said to you, “Man, those tweeters are on fire!” you probably wouldn’t interpret it as a good thing. In the case of Germany’s Lansche Audio, though, it would mean […]
By John Stancavage Sometimes I wonder if much of the appeal of the high-end is building an altar of gleaming equipment at which we can send prayers for better sound to our audio gods. There’s […]
By John Stancavage Everyone usually can remember exactly where they were on a particularly noteworthy day. For me, the event was the best sound I’d ever heard, and the date and place was Monrovia, California, […]
Or, an Introvert Goes to Denver I’ve attended a few audio shows in the last 5 years. Okay, that’s not true. I’ve attended a lot of shows in the last 5 years. Every one of them is […]
You’d think that attending so many audio shows so very, very regularly would start to do some pretty serious damage to anyone’s enthusiasm. How exciting can it be to repeatedly trudge through crowded hallways for […]
Kirsten’s Final Thoughts and Gold Stars For the past few years, I’ve attended two big audio shows: T.H.E. Show in Newport Beach, and Rocky Mountain Audio Fest. Whichever one I’m attending at the time tends […]
Or, How to Avoid the Utter Humiliation of Being Thrown Out of a Hotel Room by Your Favorite Audio Icon By Marc Phillips “The customer is always right.” I spent 18 years in retail and […]
If you follow The Audio Traveler, you’ll note that the Bricasti and TIDAL Audio system on display this year at RMAF mirrored the system that Scot had opportunity to hear at AXPONA earlier this year. So […]
For those of you not in the know, Hegel was one of the greatest philosophers to take pen to paper. And boy-howdy, did he. One of the most prolific writers of his time, Hegel was […]
Spatial Audio has been knocking it out of the park at each of the show demos I’ve encountered, and the show at RMAF was yet another “win” on that string. The “why” of that, though, […]
STAX electrostatic headphones — or “earspeakers,” as they call them — are near-legendary. I’ve been hearing about them since I first started to get into this hobby, as one of the most venerable and grail-like […]
The bar had closed on Thursday night for reasons that still remain somewhat obscure, so when Mal and I ran into Marc Phillips of Colleen Cardas Imports and Brad Serhan of Axis, it took about […]
As is his wont, Steve Norber of PranaFidelity was once again cheerfully and seemingly effortlessly bringing great sound to the RMAF Atrium. This year, he elected to demonstrate his Fifty90 stand mount loudspeakers ($3,950). Preamplification […]
There’s only one place to go to finish room coverage of a show like RMAF, and that’s the room presented by the (modestly named) Your Final System — a company with no sense of hubris […]
One of my contenders for “Niftiest Tech” goes to Ultimate Ears for their new 3-D scanning/printing service. The way this works is pretty clever — you get an impression of your ear taken, as normal. […]
Armed with a George Warren turntable (about $4,200) with Ortofon Cadenza Bronze cartridge ($2,300), Snake River Audio cables, and Vienna Acoustics speakers, the folks from Rogers High Fidelity were well-prepared to demonstrate just what their […]
Jim Harrell’s Jumping Cactus Loudspeakers returned to RMAF this year after a long absence. The 2000’s had Jim regularly showing off his sealed, aluminum enclosures stuffed with high-efficiency drivers and matched to active crossovers. Back […]
Danish company GamuT Audio brought a little bit of Denmark with them to the show, with their blue-skied backdrop and a live recording of the Danish blues act Shades of Blue. 2014’s been a good […]
I found David McPhee of Denver’s Audiohouse in two different rooms, each featuring speakers from Joseph Audio. I love Joseph Audio. I’m pretty sure I’m on record about that. Just wanted to get that out […]
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