RMAF 2017
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 […]
Month: September 2017
Announcements
PS Audio launches massive P20 Power Regenerator
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
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
“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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 […]