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Home2017September

Month: September 2017

RMAF 2017

RMAF 2017: A preview (of sorts)

September 30, 2017 Eric Franklin Shook Comments Off on RMAF 2017: A preview (of sorts)

Dear Santa, All I want for Xmas is my RMAF by Eric Franklin Shook I’m not the long winded bullshit artist you might have originally thought or hoped me to be. I lean towards the […]

Announcements

PS Audio launches massive P20 Power Regenerator

September 29, 2017 Rafe Arnott 1

There’s big, and then there’s BIG. While details are still coming, and there’s nothing yet on the PS Audio website, regarding specifications or pricing, Bill Leebens, PS Audio’s Director of Marketing, intimated that the brand […]

Loudspeakers

Mini-Review: Shinola Audio Bookshelf Speakers

September 29, 2017 John Richardson 4

by John Richardson You’d almost have to be labeled an old-fashioned Evil Pinkie Communist (think Boris and Natasha from the Bullwinkle cartoons…) not to like and admire what the folks at Shinola are doing. At […]

Announcements

McIntosh MHA50 Portable Decoding Amplifier: Mc attack on the portable market

September 28, 2017 Rafe Arnott Comments Off on McIntosh MHA50 Portable Decoding Amplifier: Mc attack on the portable market

“Well I’m always on the run… alwaaaaaays on the ruuuuuuunn.” – Lenny Kravitz I can’t keep up with everything anymore. I’ve accepted it, and despite protestations from my medulla oblongata (read: lizard brain) that I must […]

Announcements

Magico to debut M6 at Tokyo International Audio Show

September 23, 2017 Rafe Arnott Comments Off on Magico to debut M6 at Tokyo International Audio Show

September 29th is creeping up faster than a distracted driver in a Tesla on a deaf dog crossing the road, and with that show’s launch will come some interesting news from inert-speaker designers extraordinaire Magico: […]

Canada

DVL Audio Album of the Month for September – Cheap Trick

September 16, 2017 Rafe Arnott 7

This is the third in a monthly series of album reviews I will be doing for DVL Audio here in Canada. I’ll be heading out to a local record store in Vancouver, digging through the bins, and […]

Announcements

Devialet & The Lost Recordings: Ella Fitzgerald Live at the Concertgebouw – 1961

September 15, 2017 Rafe Arnott Comments Off on Devialet & The Lost Recordings: Ella Fitzgerald Live at the Concertgebouw – 1961

Despite their penchant for all things digital, Devialet has a soft spot for vinyl. Witness their fifth LP release in just over a year with Ella Fitzgerald Live at the Concertgebouw – 1961. This follows […]

Announcements

McIntosh Labs announce new MAC7200 Receiver, MA7200 Integrated Amplifier

September 13, 2017 Rafe Arnott Comments Off on McIntosh Labs announce new MAC7200 Receiver, MA7200 Integrated Amplifier

McIntosh Labs is keeping busy these days, apparently they haven’t heard a fleetingly popular wail that the high fidelity industry is doomed. Or at least that’s what a bunch of people on some forums said, […]

Announcements

T.H.E. Show that wasn’t – Anaheim cancelled until 2018

September 7, 2017 Rafe Arnott 6

One of the classic North American shows – and a Left Coast high point in the audio-show circuit has been unexpectedly cancelled for 2017. In a press release sent out to exhibitors on Sept.6, 2017, […]

Announcements

Bowers & Wilkins announce new 700 Series loudspeakers at lower price

September 6, 2017 Rafe Arnott 1

Like yourself some Bowers & Wilkins 800 Diamond Series loudspeakers? A bit too pricey for your pocketbook? Relax. Exhale. I’ve got some great news for you… B&W has just announced the 700 Series of loudspeakers […]

Announcements

MQA and Deezer announce partnership

September 4, 2017 Rafe Arnott Comments Off on MQA and Deezer announce partnership

Even though it’s Labour Day around the world, and we’re all supposed to be doing our level best to avoid work like the plague, I felt compelled to bring you news that digital-music juggernaut MQA has […]

Components

Review: CH Precision L1 Dual Monaural Line Preamplifier, and M1 Reference Power Amplifier

September 3, 2017 Rafe Arnott 5

Complaints. I had many complaints with this system. Not from me, from my neighbours. You see, this was one of those systems that just begged to be played ridiculously loud. It was the sense of […]

Audio Gear Reviews

Review: Audio Research VT80 Foundation Series power amplifier

September 2, 2017 John Richardson 9

By John Richardson I miss Sam Tellig. I always read Sam’s column in Stereophile as soon as the newest edition hit my mailbox; I found him to be an entertaining and informative writer. It was great to read […]

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