ZYX UNIverse Optimum 1Ω MC Cartridge | Review
Astonishment, personified US $16,995.00. There, I’ve said it, in bold. That’s nearly seventeen thousand dollars for a phono cartridge. I still remember the first [...]
Articles by Richard Mak
TAVES 2017 Show Report – Part Two: Triangle Art, Angel City Audio, TEO Audio
The second of two reports from the Toronto Audio Video Entertainment Show by Richard Mak Angel City Audio Angel City Audio’s room was one of the best sounding room at TAVES [...]
TAVES 2017 Show Report – Toronto Congress Center
Reports from the Toronto Audio Video Entertainment Show by Richard Mak PART – I The Toronto Audio & Video Entertainment Show (TAVES), which originally began at [...]
Review: Audio Research Reference Phono 3
By Richard Mak Closer to the master tape In the world of high end audio two of the most revered names in the industry are McIntosh and Audio Research. McIntosh, founded in [...]
Review: McIntosh MP1100 Phono Preamplifier, digging into your vinyl grooves
When the McIntosh MP1100 phono preamplifier arrived at my doorstep, I was as excited as when I saw the first McIntosh product at 12 years old. I admit, I am a McIntosh fan [...]
TAVES 2016: Closing thoughts
By Richard H. Mak At 5 pm on Sunday, I stayed behind to help DVL Audio as well as Audio by Mark Jones with packing up their equipment, and it was at that moment I realized [...]
TAVES 2016: Mundorf and the ANKITS
By Richard H. Mak Born out of Audio Note UK as the Audio Note Kit company, ANKIT is a separate entity operating out of Canada by company director Brian Smith. The [...]
TAVES 2016: Tri-cell Enterprises demonstrates Acapella, Accustic Arts, Aesthetix, Thoress
By Richard H. Mak Just like every other year, Tri-cell Enterprises always have the most number of room. This year, I counted 4 but I was told there was 5. The room that [...]
TAVES 2016: Truely Nola
By Richard H. Mak I wasn’t sure whether the sign posted on the door of Foldback Sound is meant to be humorous or sarcastic, let’s just say his creativity (or lack [...]
TAVES 2016: Monitor Audio climbs the high end ladder
By Richard H. Mak For a second, I thought Monitor Audio had brought in a pair of Dynaudio Temptations into its demo room. They look remarkably similar. The Platinum Series [...]