Articles by Mal Kenney

Review: Audion Super Sterling 120 stereo amplifier

December 5, 2015

by Malachi Kenney True Confessions It must have been at least a decade ago when the Single-Ended bug bit me. The usual thing happened, of course. I’d heard a single-ended 50 playing through some AER drivers and stumbled away from the [...]

Newport 2015: VKMusic

July 10, 2015

It’s time to check in with VKMusic and Victor Kung, who I am convinced is actually on a mission from God. Victor and his wife once again ran the kind of simple marketplace table that would be ignored by most audio snobs. Point and laugh at [...]

Newport 2015: Rethm and Core Audio Designs

July 9, 2015

I’ll admit that I’m partial to the speakers from Rethm. If nothing else, Jacob George’s magnificent aesthetic sense has made them — to my taste — among the most attractive speakers available at any price. Fortunately, I [...]

Newport 2015: MrSpeakers

July 6, 2015

It’s not news that MrSpeakers is waving a goodbye to the hacked Fostex models that made them famous. THE Show was the final bow for the Dog Kennel, with Mad Dogs making their last appearance on the show circuit. The new hotness from Dan Clark [...]

Newport 2015: VPI

July 4, 2015

There’s something unique about T.H.E. Show. It’s a real party. It’s not just that it seems to be packed with the most out there exhibits on the US audio show circuit. It’s the fact that it’s just so much of a good time [...]

Newport 2015: Precision Transducer Engineering

July 3, 2015

I’ve been doing the arm-twisting song and dance about PTE’s speakers since before I even started the show-report gig. After getting hooked on their Statement speaker back in 2012, I changed my show addiction to their smaller, [...]

Newport 2015: Perla Audio

June 30, 2015

There aren’t many manufacturers that offer a soup-to-nuts system approach. McIntosh and Linn come to mind. Naim is up there. GamuT has been edging in on it for a while. Little Perla Audio hasn’t been around long, but their line is almost [...]

Newport 2015: LampizatOr, Salk Sound, Wells Audio, DanaCable, Gingko Audio

June 29, 2015

Some folks just get used to winning. The 1996 Yankees come to mind. Sure, ’97 was an off-year, but you just knew what was coming. Walking into this room felt a whole lot like that moment when we all figured out what kind winners the Yanks [...]

Newport 2015: Whammerdyne Heavy Industries

June 16, 2015

This is why you go to an audio show. We all say that we’re curious about the industry. We all say that we’re looking to hear a bunch of different systems. We make excuses about how good it is to see everybody. We talk about how good a [...]

Newport 2015: Stillpoints and Exemplar Audio

June 16, 2015

Now this was fun. “Show Conditions” don’t usually offer the chance to listen to gear that was recently living in your house, but the tenth floor room shared by Stillpoints and Exemplar Audio offered just that — with a source [...]