Lawrence Audio produces some of the most striking speakers I’ve encountered in recent years, both visually and in auditory terms. Over the past year I’ve had the pleasure of hearing their lovely Cello speakers, as […]
Here’s just about the most damning bit from Kirsten’s show notes: “The room seems noisy.” Here’s just about the most complimentary bit from my notes: “Thank CHRIST he had the air conditioner on max.” If […]
The Antelope Audio room helmed by Marcel James is usually one of my first stops. At this year’s RMAF, I think we managed to get there about an hour before show closing on Sunday. I […]
This is all a little fascinating, isn’t it? You can almost watch, in real time, a company tap into a market need and provide something of high-value. That’s not something you see every day, kids. […]
Woo Audio had a couple of displays here at RMAF, including a table at CanJam and a room up in the Atrium. Down at CanJam, Simon showed me an absolutely fascinating upgrade to the WA7 […]
The magic genie of the internet, Madisound, delivers DIY parts to your door. I’d be amazed if there is a single garage hero who hasn’t waited by the door for his package of goodies to […]
Audeze was nestled deep into CanJam show floor, showing off their two new headphones, the LCD-XC closed-back headphones ($1,799) and their open-back brethren, the LCD-X ($1,699). I’m on record as being a fan of Audeze and have […]
It’s a good day to be Gavin Fish, the VP of Sales and Marketing at Light Harmonic. Back in August, Light Harmonic launched their campaign to bring out the Geek Out, a USB-powered headphone amplifier […]
At the urging of Audio-Head’s Brian Hunter, I thought CanJam would be a most excellent place to explore the world of custom In-Ear Monitors. IEMs are popular with all manner of folks, especially folks that […]
The internet made its share of noise about Sony’s slew of late-summer press releases. Sony was back, they claimed. “What? Again?” asked everyone who ever bought a Sony product. Which, let’s face it, is pretty […]
One of the problems with RMAF is that it’s just too big. The basic effect of the size is to turn me into that four-year old kid in the ice cream parlor who just can’t […]
Light Harmonic, maker of state-of-the-art digital audio products, is proud to introduce “Geek Pulse” through a campaign on crowdfunding site Indiegogo.com . “Geek Pulse” is a desktop DAC and amplifier that connects to a computer, music server […]
by Stan Ahn, Warren Chi, Michael Liang and Michael Mercer For personal and portable high-fidelity enthusiasts all around the country, there is one very special time of year where we congregate en masse. It is […]
Let’s keep this one short. Serious Stereo went hog-wild a while back, and they basically perfected a big, mass-loaded transmission line for Altec Duplex descendants. It’s called the “Serious Stereo Speaker,” and it’s about $14,000 […]
This is embarrassing. I’m friendly with Emia‘s Dave Slagle. I ate dinner with him on Friday night. I spent more hours in this room than in any other. And yet I have no pictures to share. […]
by Bill Caraher “If you are one of those people like me who likes ‘good sound,’ you need good speakers, a good stereo, and (as an artist) your price of recording goes up, because you […]
I haven’t made any secret of the fact that the rooms that Benchmark Media has shared with Studio Electric over the past year have been among my favorites. The combination of the Benchmark DAC2 ($2000 […]
George Widman always presents a room that makes you wonder why he hasn’t taken over the world. The answer, of course, is probably lazy, disorganized show reporters. Take me, for example. On Friday afternoon, I […]
It’s difficult to describe the mood and scene over in the Hyatt. I suppose that the biggest obstacles standing in the way of any description would be the tumbleweeds. This year, in what can only […]
This is our third show report in five months, which means that Kirsten and I have started to develop some regular habits. The most obvious habit is that we play a familiar game when we […]
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