Loudspeakers
Daedalus Audio Pan: An Unreview
Scott Dalzell of Viva Hifi, out in NoVA, was very kind to accommodate my schedule and invited me to visit with a pair Lou Hinkley’s new speakers, the Daedalus Audio Pan. And by “visit with”, […]
Year: 2013
Audio-Life
LH Labs and a Geek Update: Pulse Breaks $300,000 Mark
Looks like the LH Labs kids have broken another milestone, this one marking $300,000 in pledges on their Indiegogo crowd-funding campaign. Holy cow. Some news on that front — there’s now a “fully balanced” version […]
Digital
ALO Audio and The Island
Part One: Sinking into the Sounds of the ALO Island by Michael Mercer ALO Audio carved out a healthy slice of the high-end portable audio market years ago through their continued innovation, consistency in sonic […]
RMAF 2013
RMAF 2013: This is the End
Wow. What a show! Before anything else, a doff of the cap to the fine folks that put this paroxysm of audio joy together. Marjorie, what a way to celebrate 10 years! In case you […]
Audio-Life
Fall 2013 New York Head-Fi Meet
by Frank Iacone New York Head-Fi members gathered together for their Fall 2013 headphone meet at the Adria Hotel in Bayside NY this past Saturday, November 9th. The event was well attended, the room completely […]
RMAF 2013
RMAF 2013: Mal’s Best In Show
This should hit a solid month after RMAF, and this time I wanted to say something about the “Best in Show.” Unfortunately, I didn’t see the whole show. The best I can do is talk […]
Digital
Astell&Kern AK120 Roundtable at Audio360
by Warren Chi, Scot Hull, Michael Liang and Michael Mercer The Astell & Kern AK120. It may not be the flavor-of-the-month anymore, and the hype might finally be dying down. Good! Now we can get […]
RMAF 2013
RMAF 2013: Wrapping it up, Kirsten’s Best In Show
I don’t habitually do a “best in show” thing, especially when I know I haven’t actually had opportunity to listen to everything available. But RMAF is so dauntingly huge that I really want to take […]
Digital
Geek Pulse goes Blue(tooth)
Some news from the LH Labs crew on the forthcoming Geek Pulse, a desktop headphone DAC/amplifier that may well (now) include the kitchen sink when it comes to features. What’s new? A new look, variable […]
RMAF 2013
RMAF 2013: JH Audio
In a case of absolutely brilliant positioning, the JH Audio booth at CanJam, sitting directly astride the entry, was easily one of the busiest destinations at RMAF — all weekend long. I passed this booth […]
RMAF 2013
RMAF 2013: Audio Arts presents Zellaton, CH Precision
Audio Arts‘ Gideon Schwartz had a room full of state of the art gear — as I reported live from RMAF last month. Here, I just wanted to share some of the … ahem … […]
RMAF 2013
RMAF 2013: Auralic
Auralic was tucked into a corner at CanJam, and I nearly missed the table. Glad I didn’t! The Gemini series is a new desktop-friendly DAC/can-amp combo that features “trickle-down” tech from the excellent Vega product […]
RMAF 2013
RMAF 2013: iFi Audio
Darren Censullo of Avatar Acoustics was showing off a whole suite of nifty widgets from budget-minded iFi Audio. He had the entire lineup, stacked, which made for a rather interesting presentation — but the sound […]
RMAF 2013
RMAF 2013: HiFi Man
HiFi Man HiFi Man had the awesomest corner at CanJam — it was totally like walking into a candy store. I’ll have one of those and one of those and one of those …. I […]
RMAF 2013
RMAF 2013: High Fidelity Services presents Neat, Audia Flight
High Fidelity Services of Braintree, Mass. imports a ton of stuff. So much stuff, in fact, that they had two rooms set up to display everything. Their larger room, filled with Audia Flight electronics and […]
RMAF 2013
RMAF 2013: GR Research, Dodd Audio, Triode Wire Labs, dB Labs
The GR Research LS-X loudspeakers ($39,000) offered big, beautiful sound, and the included integrated subwoofer towers insured that there was no lack of bass. The dB Labs Evolution DAC ($2,395) and dB Audio Revolution media […]
RMAF 2013
RMAF 2013: Odyssey
I covered the Odyssey Audio room for The Absolute Sound, so I won’t repeat here other than to say “I’m flabbergasted at how good this room sounded.” Full system, including cables, for $6,700. This is […]
RMAF 2013
RMAF 2013: Astell&Kern
Astell&Kern makes some damn fine “digital audio players”, aka DAPs. This is a weird little corner-case of a market niche, in a way, what with the dominance of Apple’s iDevices pretty much blotting out the […]
RMAF 2013
RMAF 2013: Prana, Manger/Lindemann, Mojo, Vanatoo
Welcome to another grab bag post, the second in my continuing effort to save the people who wouldn’t remember me if they stepped on me the indignity of having to take anything I say seriously.
RMAF 2013
RMAF 2013: Acoustic Signature, Funk Firm, Trigon Elektronik, Audio Physic
Reinhard Goerner, who represents Acoustic Signature, Trigon Elektronik, the Funk Firm, and Audio Physic was riding herd on two rooms in the Atrium. My favorite of the two featured products from every one of those […]