Florida 2024
Woo Audio | FLAX 2024
Right before Brian Hunter and I walked into the Woo Audio room at the 2024 Florida International Audio Expo, I turned to him and said, “Of course we should go in–after all, I used to […]
Month: February 2024
Florida 2024
Triangle and Electrocompaniet | FLAX 2024
It happens more often than you’d think. I’m at a high-end audio show and I walk into a room with the same exact gear as I have currently set-up in my review system. It’s not […]
Announcements
Audio Ultra Becomes the Latest TIDAL Audio Dealer | Announcements
If you know TIDAL Audio, you’ll know that they are very selective about their dealers. For many years, Doug White and The Voice That Is was the ultimate resource for these ultra high-end audio products […]
Florida 2024
Jeff Joseph Understands | FLAX 2024
If you’ve been following my high-end audio show reports over the years, you know I always reserve time for the Joseph Audio, Doshi Audio, Cardas, Aurender, J. Sikora and Berkeley Audio Design room. It’s a […]
Florida 2024
Margules Orpheo Century Overtura | FLAX 2024
For the last few high-end audio shows, Margules Audio has been using a pair of big Raidhos to show off their fabulous tube amplifiers and other components. Not that I have anything against Raidho, but […]
Florida 2024
Technical Audio Devices, aka The Big Room Full of TAD | FLAX 2024
Talk about synchronicity. Brian Hunter and I were awaiting a private demo in the big Technical Audio Devices (TAD) room at the 2024 Florida International Audio Fest, and I received an email notification from PTA […]
Florida 2024
Fine Sounds America | FLAX 2024
Remember when Pro-Ject came out with that Metallica turntable a couple of years ago? It was super cool, of course, but I heard a voice in my head that said, “If I only I liked […]
Florida 2024
Focal Aria Evo X and the Art of the Finish | FLAX 2024
Ebene blanc and moss green. Those are the names of the two amazing speaker finishes displayed in the Focal and Naim room at the 2024 Florida International Audio Expo, and I have to admit they […]
Florida 2024
Mytek | FLAX 2024
One of the biggest pleasures of “getting into digital” is that I can now go back and explore some of the companies that intrigued me years ago and figure out what the heck they are […]
Florida 2024
Lansche Audio 5.2 from High End by Oz | FLAX 2024
Here’s another room getting a ton of coverage on social media–the High End by Oz room. Remember when I talked about dealer rooms, and how exhibit systems are built to feature every single brand that’s […]
Florida 2024
The Genius of Axxess | FLAX 2024
I’ve been talking for some time about the genius of Axxess, and it’s probably time I explained what I mean. For the last couple of years I’ve been championing the products of Audio Group Denmark. […]
Florida 2024
Aretai Contra 200F | FLAX 2024
Of course I headed straight for the Aretai room at the 2024 Florida International Audio Expo–after I reviewed the $9K/pair Aretai Contra 100 monitors a few months ago, I’m determined to keep track of this […]
Florida 2024
Gershman Black Swan 30th Anniversary | FLAX 2024
I’ve been browsing through my social media feeds since I returned from the 2024 Florida International Audio Expo, and I keep catching something out of the corner or my eye, a large white monolith in […]
Florida 2024
Volti Lucera | FLAX 2024
Volti Audio debuted the new Volti Lucera loudspeaker at the 2024 Florida International Audio Expo, and while it looks like a slightly larger version of the RAZZ, I heard new levels of refinement added to […]
Florida 2024
Wynn Wong of Wynn Audio | FLAX 2024
One of my favorite systems at the 2024 Florida International Audio Expo came from Wynn Wong of Wynn Audio, who is the distributor for Vimberg Loudspeakers among other brands. If you don’t know, Vimberg is […]
Florida 2024
Perfect8 | FLAX 2024
Once every few years I get to listen to these amazing little glass enclosure speakers from Perfect8, known as The Cube. The first time I heard these Swedish monitors, many years ago, I couldn’t believe […]
Florida 2024
Falcon M Series | FLAX 2024
The presence of yet another “super” LS3/5a in the Falcon Acoustics room might have over-shadowed the system that was playing, which included more of the new Falcon M Series line of loudspeakers. A few months […]
Florida 2024
Charney and ToolShed | FLAX 2024
I call the Charney and ToolShed room at the 2024 Florida International Audio Expo the John Richardson room, because John reviewed both brands for PTA over the last year. We’re talking single full-range high-efficiency drivers, […]
Florida 2024
MC Audiotech TL-8 | FLAX 2024
When I reviewed the MC Audiotech Forty-10 loudspeaker arrays a couple of year ago, I ultimate felt they were too much transducer for my smallish room back in Portland. I wanted to give Mark Conti […]
Florida 2024
Warwick Acoustics | FLAX 2024
There’s an unwritten rule in high-end audio about avoiding the B word–“best”–because this hobby is more about preferences than any standardization of greatness. (I know, we’re the ones who title the pages of our bi-annual […]