Audio-Life
CHECK IT: Inside Tokyo’s Audiophile venues…
I don’t know about any of you, but I’ve been absolutely itchy with a desire to hit the streets of Japan, and check out all things audiophile. My father traveled there in his 20s, and […]
Month: October 2016
RMAF 2016
RMAF 2016: PS Audio flexes muscles, goes HUGE with Scaena speakers
The PS Audio suite at any hi-fi show I’ve attended is always something to behold. The Boulder, Colorado-based company always goes big, and RMAF 2016 was no exception. Massive gleaming silver boxes of PS Audio […]
Digital
Review: Nagra HD DAC; or, Closing the gap between digital and analog
There is not much to be said about Nagra Audio that has not been said already. The company goes back six decades, when Stefan Kudelski, a young talented engineer born in Poland but due to […]
RMAF 2016
RMAF 2016: Linn Klimax LP12, Lejonklou amplification and JBL blow my doors off
Sometimes you hear something, or see something, and you’re instantly intrigued – like a good mystery novel. A switch is flipped in your mind, and once flipped, you can’t just turn it off. So it […]
RMAF 2016
RMAF 2016: WA-Quantum Cubed Room Animator
Robert Stein of Ultra Systems and The Cable Company, stopped me mid-dash, to ask me if I’d heard about the new the WA-Quantum Cubed Room Animator ($299 each). I paused, probably because I’d never heard those words […]
RMAF 2016
RMAF 2016: Zu, Peachtree Know How to Set the Mood
In terms of pure fun, the one room I always look forward to at the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest is a mezzanine-level space shared by Zu Audio and Peachtree Audio. From appearances by rock-n-roll legends […]
RMAF 2016
RMAF 2016: DeVore Fidelity and Tone Imports highlight Well-Tempered, Sugden’s powers of persuasion
High-efficiency speakers and tubes, that’s what you’re supposed to do, it’s what we’re taught. I should know, that’s my jam. Jonathan Halpern of Tone Imports, and John DeVore of DeVore Fidelity are like the peanut […]
RMAF 2016
RMAF 2016: OPPO Aims at the Head and the Heart
OPPO Digital may have made its name with its famed disc-spinning products, but today the company has a fast-growing catalog of diverse gear. Many of those units were on display at the Rocky Mountain Audio […]
RMAF 2016
RMAF 2016: Wilson Benesch Back on Track
Wilson Benesch, a British manufacturer known for its elegant line of loudspeakers, has had an on-and-off presence in the U.S. market. During the times when its products were available here, the company’s “house sound” of […]
RMAF 2016
RMAF 2016: Sanders Goes His Own Way
By John Stancavage Roger Sanders doesn’t attend many audio shows these days. For an industry pioneer and company CEO, he’s remarkably low-key. But if you catch him in the right mood outside the door of […]
TAVES 2016
TAVES 2016: The countdown has begun
By Richard Mak Since 2011, the TAVES Consumer Electronic Show has grown to become to become Canada’s premier electronic show for high end audio and consumer electronics. The number of exhibitors has increased steadily year […]
RMAF 2016
RMAF 2016: Wyred 4 Sound Stays Wired
There must be no shortage of coffee pots at Wyred 4 Sound’s Atascadero, Calif., offices. I’m imagining an entire team of heavily perspiring executives, engineers and marketing people rushing around, gulping caffeine in prodigious amounts, […]
RMAF 2016
RMAF 2016: Chilling With Acoustic Zen, Voss
Acoustic Zen master Robert Lee, whose quiet, humble presence and terrific-sounding speakers are a mainstay of the major stereo shows, almost didn’t attend the 2016 Rocky Mountain Audio Fest Worn out from the exhibit circuit […]
RMAF 2016
RMAF 2016: VAC, Harbeth Make the BBC Proud
I occasionally stumble across an album I haven’t played in decades, and a quick spin brings back the high school or college memories of where I was, what I was doing and which girl (or […]
RMAF 2016
RMAF 2016 VIDEO: Tidal, Zanden and The Voice That Is
I have a great job. I’ll never argue that. I go to hi-fi audio shows, and write about the gear that interests me the most, and Tidal Audio is a German high-end audio component, and […]
Announcements
Will the real DragonFly® please stand up!
Counterfeit Notice From AudioQuest: It has recently come to light that a counterfeit version of the guts of DragonFly v1.2 is inside multiple brands of Made In China small USB DACs. It is important to […]
RMAF 2016
RMAF 2016: Wavelength and Vaughn play with lots and lots of fire
Jim Jordan of Vaughn Loudspeakers has been showing with vintage plasma tweeters from DuKane for the last few years, but this $20,000 Plasma Signature is the first I can recall with them integrated into the overall […]
RMAF 2016
RMAF 2016: Wilson, VTL Punch it to Warp 10
Call it “Wilson Audio: The Next Generation.” The speaker enterprise’s soon-to-be captain, Daryl Wilson, seems poised to take his crew boldly into the future. The proof wasn’t floating in space dock or stuck in a […]
RMAF 2016
RMAF 2016: Legacy Pulls Trigger on New Calibre monitor
Legacy Audio is taking aim at the monitor market with its new Calibre stand-mounted speaker. There have been many impressive, small-box speakers over the years, but often they traded bass response and heft for pinpoint […]
Headphones
RMAF 2016 VIDEO: Noble Audio’s Brannan Mason discusses the technology behind the brand’s IEMs
Brannan Mason is the co-owner of Noble Audio, and in Denver at the Rocky Mountain Audio Festival he was able to spend some time talking with Part-Time Audiophile about Nobel’s current lineup, company philosophy, manufacturing […]