Raphael Pasche doesn’t mess around when it comes to designing high-fidelity audiophile components. He’s got laser-beam intensity when you ask him about the products he helps design at Swiss high-end audio manufacturer CH Precision, and you […]
Every time I enter Vinnie Rossi’s suite at a show he is smiling. AXPONA was no different. It doesn’t matter who he is talking to, what music is playing over the system, or how crowded the […]
For an audio manufacturer that has worked long and hard to craft equipment that sounds great under most normal listening conditions, taking that gear to an audio show can be as frightening as entering a […]
Noble X So, chances are, you missed the massive Massdrop release of Noble Audio’s least expensive in-ear monitor this past Winter. And as a result, you are a sad person. But no longer! Ha ha! Today, your […]
As I stood mutely at the front of the crowded room I couldn’t help but wonder if I’d stumbled into some kind of church, or worship service by accident. There was powerful keyboard music with thunderous […]
A photojournal by Eric Franklin Shook “Success is 5% perspiration and 95% getting your name out there.” -Albert Einstein Often the reason I get from dealers and manufacturers who have already “arrived” at their place […]
Various room-correction devices have been developed in the past few decades to address the one big variable in hi-fi reproduction — where you listen. Even the best rigs can sound radically different depending on the […]
I have a lot of respect for Andrew Jones. Every show he has something new and it always sounds very good. This year’s AXPONA had something I had been pressing Andrew on for a while… “when […]
Late Night Listening and Brotherhood A photojournal by Eric Franklin Shook Audio show coverage has been missing something, and that is the human element. There is a lot of hard work that goes into the […]
It’s gotten to where you can’t swing the proverbial dead cat without hitting a VPI table at an audio show. Mat and team’s products were everywhere. Mat setup a majority of 22 (!) working tables and […]
Magic shows. Who doesn’t like magic shows? As a child I was always impressed with anybody who could pull-off something even remotely magical: Pulling a quarter out of my ear? Check. Naming the card I […]
Kyomi Audio and On a Higher Note combined the old and the new to produce alluring sound — and spooky time travel — in their demo room at AXPONA. First off, in the old category, […]
George and Carolyn Counnas are two of the nicest people in the high-end. A visit to the couple’s exhibit room at a show always results in interesting conversations about the tubed gear they produce under […]
A good Dr. should never insist on having his patients pushing themselves to the limit but this is audio and the limit of what is possible is a good thing with only one major hiccup, […]
Part-Time Audiophile and Audio-Head have partnered with SVS to give away a SB-2000 subwoofer (valued at $699) to one lucky person this month! From SVS: The SVS SB-2000 Subwoofer combines power, quickness, intelligent processing, and innovative […]
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