Long-time readers will note that I’m a big fan of OPPO and their digital disc-spinners. I think I have one of every generation they’ve released, both for my two-channel systems and for my home theater setups. […]
By Richard H. Mak Here is a room which I would not have found if it wasn’t for the majestic sound of trumpets from Wagner’s Der fliegende Hollände (The Flying Dutchman). I followed the sound […]
Escaping on the last jet out of Denver after the close of Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2016, I felt a little like the nervous spy-support staff member Faisil in the 1994 movie “True Lies.” Reporting […]
Everybody seemed to want something: More rooms, more space, bigger rooms, less tents, an area for social gatherings, a proper restaurant and bar… the list goes on, but despite the zen disruption at RMAF 2016 […]
“If you haven’t grown up by age fifty, you don’t have to.” Saying that record stores were the Mecca of my youth is an understatement. Even though I mostly bought cassette tapes when just a […]
It’s a must-stop event. Assuming you can find it. But I bet you can. Just creep along the hallway, long after the show hours have closed for the day, until you hear extraordinarily clear and […]
AURALiC has a reputation for over-performing and under-charging customers (a trend I’d like to see a lot more of), and RMAF saw no major deviation from that line of thinking. You could say that they’ve […]
Audio-show exhibitors love keeping the lights low. It creates a moody, exotic atmosphere. But for aging scribes like myself, it also presents challenges. The way I do not want to make an entrance is by […]
By Richard H. Mak The Focus Audio Master 2 BE Speakers (USD$ 45,000) may look similar to the pair which was shown in last years’ TAVES, these are in fact the next model up from […]
One of the very best, entry-level integrated amplifiers I’ve ever heard (and a personal favorite of mine) has gotten a major overhaul for 2017: The Rega Brio. It’s not a stretch to say that the […]
Noble Audio knows upside and down how to make an in-ear monitor look good and sound even better. And with the help of the audiophile retailing entrepreneurs at Massdrop, their new little marvel is available at […]
I first took closer notice of Fern & Roby earlier this year after seeing a segment on the company during one of my frequent “How It’s Made” marathons on the Discovery Channel. While the series […]
By Richard H. Mak Every time when I walk into Triangle Art’s esoterically decorated room, it reminds of me of walking into Le Cirque at Bellagio or Red Square at Mandalay Bay, the dark reddish […]
By Richard H. Mak Bernard Li of Charisma Audio has always managed to bring in new products for display year after year, and his room often looks completely different from one year to the next. […]
For those of you out there on the Internet reading this who grew up in the ’70s, you might remember a suspense thriller called The China Syndrome. It details how a series of events lead […]
Words and Photos by Eric Franklin Shook From The Bottom To The Top Poverty in the American South has many names, one of them being Laurinburg. It’s a small town in North Carolina, just north […]
New product announcement Press release from Noble Audio and Massdrop. NOBLE AUDIO’S MOST AFFORDABLE IEM AVAILABLE, EXCLUSIVELY FOR A LIMITED PERIOD ON MASSDROP Just 2,000 proprietary-driver Noble X IEMs available on this first run at $249/c.£200 […]
For a record collector like me, lacquers of classic albums are a bit of a holy grail. Lacquers are the fragile pressings that are later used to make stampers which produce the final LP. Typically […]
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