CES 2015
CES 2015: A wee dram at Music Hall, with Creek and Epos
I really ought to leave the Music Hall rooms for later in any given day. It’s not that I can’t take it first-thing. Not at all. The sound of a Music Hall system is almost […]
Month: January 2015
CES 2015
CES 2015, The Personal Audio Perspective: New Sennheisers
by Warren Chi If personal audio was a religion (and believe me there are those who act as if it is), then one of the faith’s most enduring prophecies is that the mighty Orpheus shall […]
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Review: Rogue Audio Sphinx Integrated Amplifier
by John Richardson Late last summer I was invited to a cookout at the home of an audio buddy of mine, Bill Magerman. I couldn’t refuse, as Bill is an excellent cook and a man […]
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CES 2015, The Personal Audio Perspective: Sennheiser Orpheus
by Warren Chi I begin my annual pilgrimage at the Las Vegas Convention Center’s South Hall. For personal audiophiles the world over, this is our Mecca. Dutifully, I faced east within South Hall and headed […]
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CES 2015: High Water Sound brings a Flood the City of Sin
Okay, I’ll confess. I might have gone a bit bananas in the High Water Sound room, shooting the new Ortofon A95 cartridge. Whoops. The A90, which was discontinued some years ago, was an incredible feat […]
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CES 2015, The Personal Audio Perspective: Introduction
by Warren Chi By day I’m a mild-mannered consumer electronics developer. By night, I’m a rabid personal audio enthusiast. And for 360 days a year, I have no problems switching hats at a moment’s notice […]
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CES 2015: RHA and their marvelous silver bullet
I often wonder why $30 for Apple EarPods is perfectly acceptable as a purchase, but that anything more is absurd. Maybe it’s because Apple gives them away with their iPhone, or something, so the only people […]
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CES 2015: Colleen Cardas imports Unison Research, and we’re very glad she does
I wish I was rich. Stinking, filthy, Scrooge McDuck rich. That would be awesome. The fact that such vast wealth would have issues and problems of its own, I happily and cheerfully wave away like […]
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CES 2015: Astell&Kern sees more Sirens singing over at JH Audio
Founder Jerry Harvey of JH Audio may have been somewhere at CES, but I never caught up with him. I did, however, find President Andy Regan — and boy was I happy I did. Not […]
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CES 2015: Estelon, with grace
Living in Estonia, designer Alfred Vassilkov and business-partner Alissa Vassilkova of Estelon don’t do a lot of North American shows. If you haven’t met them, they’re a charming story, this father-daughter pair, and a delightful exemplar […]
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CES 2015: HiFiMAN takes things to 1000 and blows my doors clean off
I might have been hallucinating. It’s possible. But I had to stop, bat country or no. There was just no way I was going to pass up on this chance. If you thought I might have […]
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CES 2015: Brilliant Corners from Manley
Manley Labs was not showing any new products at CES this year, and instead of a “live” display, opted for something a bit more off-the-wall. That is, they hung all their gear. Like art. With […]
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CES 2015: E.A.R. and Hansen at Wes Bender Studios
There are more than few vendors that are quite content to let me know where I stand on the evolutionary scale, though Wes Bender is one of the very few that tends to make me laugh […]
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CES 2015: Nordost goes Pro with Ax Angel
Meredith Gabor and Rune Skov were on hand to talk about the new wire coming from legendary wire company Nordost, the Pro Audio line called Ax Angel. Following the notion that the best performance usually […]
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CES 2015: Getting ready for Vegas
International CES is a weird, weird audio show. But only if you judge it by any other audio show. The reason for that, I think, is that it’s not an audio show — at least, not by any current […]