AXPONA 2014
AXPONA 2014: AIX Records drives Oppo’s new toys, sparks applause
Oppo Digital has been on my radar for at least seven years. I had to do some math there, but I moved into my house in ’07 and I brought an Oppo player with me […]
Month: April 2014
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AXPONA 2014: Hulk meets Tyler Acoustics and goes Rogue
Tyler Acoustics had a Big Green Monster on display here at AXPONA, and I’m pretty sure that color is a first for me at an audio show. I’m not going to be able to refrain […]
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AXPONA 2014: Auralic Teases
Xuanqian Wang and Richard Colburn of Auralic were on hand to show off their Gemini headphone amp/DAC combos. If you haven’t seen them, they’re rather striking — a tall, columnar headphone stand finished in lacquered […]
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AXPONA 2014: MrSpeakers brings out the Dog Pack
It’s possible that you don’t know who the smiling gent is, pictured here, holding the leash on his flagship product, the $599 Alpha Dog. This product has two interesting distinctions: one, it’s widely acclaimed as […]
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AXPONA 2014: Preconceived Notions, Sadurni Acoustics and Merrill Audio
I kinda let the cat out of the bag with the pre-show teaser, but you have to admit, pairing 110dB horn speakers with kilowatt Class-D amplification is something of a head-scratcher. Seriously. Who does that? […]
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AXPONA 2014: Daedalus and ModWright Impress
It seems like I’ve covered the Daedalus/ModWright pairing at audio shows for longer than I have been going to audio shows. Impossible, sure, but it’s worth underlining the point — these guys have been teaming […]
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AXPONA 2014: Focal has Spirit
Honestly, Focal is one of those brands that doesn’t really need the coverage by those of us in the un-mainline “press”. But I’ve been exploring the world of consumer headphones lately, here they were at […]
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AXPONA 2014: Acoustic Zen and Triode Corp make with the delicious
Robert Lee was not happy with the system’s sound on Friday. Everything just felt a little off. And by a “little off”, I mean you’d need an oscilloscope to have any idea what he was […]
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AXPONA 2014: Thanks to Madison Fielding, your patio has never sounded this good
I felt like I was walking into a Monty Python segue — “And now for something completely different”. I guess that was what the Madison Fielding folks were going for, showing at AXPONA with a […]
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AXPONA 2014: King Sound Headphones
Roger DuNaier of Performance Devices, the US distributor for King Sound, was all too happy to model the sleek new H3 headphones. Electrostats in the headphone arena have been completely dominated by legendary Stax lineup, […]
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AXPONA 2014: VPI’s Nomad hits one into the bleachers
Okay, so maybe the VPI Nomad wasn’t exactly a surprise. Announced late last year, the “turntable solution” is just now heading out to greedy consumers — Music Direct‘s Bes Flores sold the first one while […]
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AXPONA 2014: Endeavor Audio Engineering and Your Final System
Part-Time Audiophile contributor Mal Kenney was a big fan of Endeavor Audio when he caught them at the California Audio Show last year. Big fan. I mean, there was the whole dial-it-up-to-eleven after hours next […]
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AXPONA 2014, the night before it all went down
The night before an opening day is that blissful moment of stillness before the wheels come completely off the bus. Last minute panic about the room and the stuff that’s supposed to be in it […]
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AXPONA 2014 Pre-Show
I got in a day early. I could say that I do this because it’s a great way to catch up with friends and get some sneak peeks at stuff, but that’s not it. Or, […]
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AXPONA 2014 Opens on Friday
I’m heading out to AXPONA this Thursday. Robert Harley, the Editor of The Absolute Sound has asked me to forge his signature for his book signing while he makes his directorial debut for a new Masterpiece Mystery episode being filmed […]
Audio-Life
My Audio To-Do List: Digital and More
Been awhile since I’ve checked in, so thought I’d take a sec, maybe have a deep breath and open the kimono a bit … … Perv. The System As It Stands I guess you could […]
Announcements
Crowd Project Updates: Pono, Cornet3 and Geek Wave
Time for an update on three crowd-funding projects I happen to be invested in. Yep, that’s me. A sucker for novelty and slick marketing. Oh well. Pono Music Looks like Pono is officially a “go”. […]
Publishers Desk
On Experts, Reviews, and Drive By Shootings: Part 3
Recently, Roger Skoff offered up a caricature of an argument around the so-called “expert” and skewered some of the challenges that appertain thereto. Heh heh. In short, Skoff argues that experts, generally speaking, aren’t — and that’s […]
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Apple in the rumor mill again with hi-res downloads from iTunes
Have you heard the news? It’s huge! Awesome! Amazing! Life changing! Apple is ready to (finally) move on high-resolution downloads. Okay, fine. It’s not news. Apple has apparently been toying with this change to iTunes […]
Headphones
HeadAmp’s Stellar GSX Mk2 Balanced Headphone Amplifier
by Frank Iacone But is the wait worth it? HeadAmp‘s Justin Wilson has been designing and building amplifiers professionally since 2002. He has developed a cult following in the portable and headphone communities for building […]