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NYAV12: Sjöfn Hifi, Hegel
I could craft a silly word-play about it, but the fact is, I don’t really understand why it is that Sjofn Hifi’s (the clue) sounds so good. It just is. And at $999 a pair, […]
Month: April 2012
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NYAV12: High Water Sound presents Cessaro, Tron, TW Acustic
Back at RMAF 2011, I thrilled to the dynamics of the big $62,000 Affascinate SE-1 from Cessaro Horn Acoustics in the High Water Sound room. Here at the Waldorf, Jeff Catalano had his work cut […]
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NYAV12: Veloce Audio, YG
Mark Conti and Vytas Viesulas of Veloce Audio were on hand over the weekend to showcase their new, and newly refreshed, battery-powered product line. What’s new? Well, the LS-1 Linestage is new. That is, this […]
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NYAV12: The Cable Company
I’ve been a fan, and a customer, of the Cable Company for years. Online retailing at it’s very best, with great products and great service. One of the services they provide as a matter of […]
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NYAV12: Sony, Pass, EMM Labs
I overheard more than one audiophile snarking about the Sony room. “Who knew?” was the refrain that summed it up best. To be perfectly frank, I didn’t quite believe it myself, so maybe they had […]
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NYAV12: Red Wine Audio, Fidelis A/V, Kudos
Vinnie Rossi’s Red Wine Audio room has been a favorite stop since my first trip to RMAF back in 2010. Yeah, I know, why’d I wait so long? Long story! Moving on. At the New […]
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NYAV12: Robyatt, Quad, Miyajima Labs
I’m not sure what else to call a 55-year old speaker design, other than “legendary”, but the presence of a pair of “new” Quad ESL 57 in the RobyAtt room at the New York Audio […]
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NYAV12: Ciamara presents TAD, Viola, Weiss
The Ciamara room was a beautiful little corner of the show. The windows, barely cracked, let the breeze in and with it, the gentle billowing of the curtains made the entire scene somewhat surreal as […]
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NYAV12: Show Highlights
The Waldorf=Astoria is a grand ol’ dame of a hotel. The lobby has a decidedly 19th century feel to it, all old leather, Oriental carpet, dark and deeply oiled wood. Bell hops, strategically placed, are […]
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New York Audio and A/V Show 2012
You can’t distill New York City. There is no single adjective that can capture the variety, the scope, the abundance or the smell. It’s the most human city in North America, and a visit there […]
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NYAV update
So, I made it home alive. It was touch and go there, for a while. What moron drives to Manhattan? This moron. Sheesh. Getting in wasn’t a problem as I hit the city around 10pm […]
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New York, New York
The New York Audio show starts in a couple of hours in the very posh Waldorf-Astoria hotel. This is a crazy hotel. It’s the size of a city block and feels like a castle on […]
Cables & Power
A Visit to The Voice That Is
I don’t get up to Philadelphia as often as I ought to, or as often as my team would like, but hey, they really need to take that up with the travel budget people. I […]
Publishers Desk
21st Century Audio Dealer: The Consultant and the Retailer
Variety in the Constricted Market I think we can take it pretty much as read that there has been a contraction in the high-end audio market. Not so much in the manufacturing sector, exactly, which […]
Digital
LampizatOr Revisited
There are a lot of brands in the world. Some are household names. Advil. Macintosh. Polaroid. Wii. Prius. Some are more niche. Auricap (Audience’s electronics capacitors). Clarke’s (mens shoes). EOS (Canon’s cameras). Pilot Sport (Michelin […]
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New York and the fractured show
If you’re an audiophile, next weekend will be a great time to be in New York. The New York Audio Show is coming to the Waldorf Astoria. Check out the show info over at the […]
Components
New amps from Conrad-Johnson
Any Conrad-Johnson fans out there? Well, if so, this might be right up your alley. In his April 2012 column “Sam’s Space”, Stereophile’s Sam Tellig recently wrote about the fascination that Bill Conrad and Lou […]
Publishers Desk
Speaker Sensitivity, Dynamic Range, and Amplifier Output
I’m not convinced that you can have too much love, sex, money, or power. Especially amplifier power. Even if you don’t need it, exactly, it’s nice to have. But much of the time, it’s a […]
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An Audiophile Desktop from CEntrance
Michael Mercer over at CEntrance twisted my arm (ha ha!) about bringing in a new package that they’re positioning for the audiophile’s desktop, called, conveniently enough, the Audiophile Desktop. $2,000 gets you a CEntrance DACmini […]
Loudspeakers
A marvelous (clue) from Sjöfn HiFi
Sjöfn Hifi has a nifty little speaker they call (the clue). And no, the parenthetical brackets are not optional. They’re not big. They’re not imposing. They’re not expensive — at least by comparison. What they […]