Gordon Burwell, president and founder of San Francisco-based Burwell & Sons, recently saved a load of vintage burl walnut from becoming firewood. Instead, the material [...]
I roam the halls looking for that next big innovation, that highly complex DSP controlled newfangled way of doing things. Sometimes I find it. Sometimes it’s good. However [...]
If you’ve hit a recent audio show, chances are you’ve had an opportunity to hear Burwell & Sons loudspeakers. The bespoke, vintage Altec driver designs are [...]
Gordon Burwell Sr. is one mellow dude. He’s always kicked back in his room at hi-fi shows, usually with his glasses tipped up on his head, a smile on his face, and some [...]
The day started off with a visit to Noble Audio to shoot video with co-owner Brannan Mason, and a listen to one of his flagship in-ear monitors, the Katana (a first for me). [...]
There’s something about stepping off an elevator to a blare of funk music that makes you suddenly feel a bit like you’re in a Quentin Tarantino movie. Or maybe [...]
The Story Three times this year I’ve been compelled to linger in hotel room exhibits orchestrated by Burwell & Sons and Rogers High Fidelity. The first time being [...]
Some may snicker at the suggestion that what I do for a living is work, but most have never been to a large audiophile trade show, and do not understand the level of physical [...]
The Venetian Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada The elevator doors slid open and everyone looked at me with revulsion. I was used to it by now, it had happened twice already. It [...]
Gordon Burwell Sr. isn’t sure he wants me to take his portrait Saturday morning at the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest. “My eyes might be a little bit red from last night,” [...]