Vancouver 2015
Vancouver 2015: Naim/Vienna Acoustics
By Rafe Arnott 6:45 p.m. If I’m not tapping my toes or bobbing my head with Johnny Cash cranked then I start to get a bit weirded out. So it was when I sidled into […]
Month: May 2015
Vancouver 2015
Vancouver 2015: Audio Note UK
By Rafe Arnott Burnaby, British Columbia, Friday May 8, 5:30 p.m. With no sign of beer imminent as my eyes darted about the large lobby gamely looking for a quick pint, and a terrible thirst […]
AXPONA 2015
AXPONA 2015: Sonus Faber
By John Stancavage What is tall, stealthy, prefers the cover of darkness, makes incredible sounds and is rarely seen in the wild? If you guessed a certain bipedal hominoid that’s the subject of so many […]
Analog
Review: iFi Audio Micro iPhono and iDSD
During last summer I was given the opportunity to bring the iFi nano DSD on vacation with me. Despite the moderate size this little DAC-headphone amplifier managed not only to put a smile in my […]
AXPONA 2015
AXPONA 2015: Wells Audio
By Josh Emmons Truth be told, I am not deep enough into this whole high-end audio game to reliably tease out attributes from the front-end of a system. Yet even I have two things I […]
AXPONA 2015
AXPONA 2015: Astell Kern goes Solid Steel
By Josh Emmons
AXPONA 2015
AXPONA 2015: Calyx Audio
by Joshua Emmons Calyx Audio is a South Korean manufacturer that produces an array of digital processors and amps for home audio enthusiasts. But at AXPONA, they were all about portables. Calyx M The Calyx […]
AXPONA 2015
AXPONA 2015: Noble Audio
by Joshua Emmons I don’t envy Noble Audio in their crusade to convert the world to IEMs. First, people intuitively believe big sound comes from big drivers, and unless you’re doing it wrong, IEMs will […]
AXPONA 2015
AXPONA 2015: Woo Audio
by Joshua Emmons If you walk into a room at AXPONA, and it’s noticeably 3–4 degrees warmer than the hallway, you know it’s chock full of really tasty amplifiers. So it is with Woo Audio: […]
AXPONA 2015
AXPONA 2015: MrSpeakers
by Josh Emmons If I have one goal at AXPONA, it’s to map the extremities of the law of diminishing returns as it applies to the world of hifi. When I started this journey a […]
AXPONA 2015
AXPONA 2015: Volti Audio and BorderPatrol
by Joshua Emmons This being my first audio show, the stated intention of the Part-Time Audiophile folks is to throw me into the deep end. I’d say the Volti Audio room certainly qualifies. My experience […]
AXPONA 2015
AXPONA 2015: Madisound
When it comes to show coverage, the worst ordeal isn’t the airline travel. It isn’t the lumpy hotel bed, or the long hours, the lack of sleep, or the series of crippling hangovers. The biggest […]
AXPONA 2015
AXPONA 2015: Benchmark
I spent last year being embarrassingly over-impressed with Benchmark‘s gear without ever remembering to use any of my own demo music. Fortunately, AXPONA presented me with my first chance to sit down and listen to […]
AXPONA 2015
AXPONA 2015: Sennheiser
By Josh Emmons
Digital
Review: Aurender Flow
by Amos Barnett “Have you heard the Aurender Flow yet?” “The who and what?” That was how the conversation went as we headed towards the Emilie offices in Tokyo for an evening of pizza and […]
AXPONA 2015
AXPONA 2015: On a mission from God
The AXPONA Audio Con started out as a bit of a logistical challenge for The Audio Traveler crew this year. Non-audio responsibilities kept our publisher, Scot Hull, away from the show at the same time […]