Articles by Eric Franklin Shook™

Audio Limits, Thrax, Hemingway, Weiss Engineering, Antipodes, CEC, Sound Application | T.H.E. SHOW 2019

July 17, 2019 // 1 Comment

LOS ANGELES (PTA) — Audio Limits of Laughlin, Nevada was showing a nearly all Thrax Audio system, barring a few components from Weiss Engineering, Antipodes, Soul To [...]

LKV Research, Sonner Audio, Butcher Block Acoustics | T.H.E. SHOW 2019

July 16, 2019 // 1 Comment

LOS ANGELES (PTA) — LKV Research announces a new power amplifier, Sonner Audio rides high on their superb bookshelf monitors, and Butcher Block Acoustics holds [...]

Wavetouch Audio | T.H.E. SHOW 2019

July 16, 2019 // 2 Comments

LOS ANGELES (PTA) — Wavetouch Audio was showing a small, and slightly underlit, stereo system that in many ways tugged at my heart strings. Also showing, electronic [...]

The DCC Museum, Digital Compact Cassette, and Techmoan | T.H.E. SHOW 2019

July 13, 2019 // 3 Comments

LOS ANGELES (PTA) — What’s old is new again. Cassette tapes and their players are finding a whole new audience with younger Millennials and the financially rising [...]

Bob’s Devices, VPI Industries | T.H.E. SHOW 2019

July 13, 2019 // 0 Comments

LOS ANGELES (PTA) — Bob’s Devices was showing off their universally acclaimed Sky Cinemag Step-Up-Transformer (SUT) on a VPI Industries Prime turntable, for which [...]

Sanders Sound System | T.H.E. SHOW 2019

July 13, 2019 // 1 Comment

LOS ANGELES (PTA) — Sanders Sound Systems of Conifer, Colorado made the trek out to the miserably fantastic sunny weather of southern California, with the hopes of [...]

CDT Audio introduces Music Staging Technology (MST) | T.H.E. SHOW 2019

July 11, 2019 // 2 Comments

LOS ANGELES (PTA) — Possibly a controversial product to introduce to the hi-fi market, but with an existing base of success in car audio, the new Music Staging Technology [...]

VK Music, Elekit, Sparkler Audio, AER Loudspeakers | T.H.E. SHOW 2019

July 10, 2019 // 1 Comment

LOS ANGELES (PTA) — Let’s be honest. We’ve all been in a VK Music room at shows, and they sounds great, but we often don’t see much coverage of the brands. Is [...]

Elite AV Distribution, Furutech, Kuzma, HRT, Plinius, Manley Labs | T.H.E. SHOW 2019

July 10, 2019 // 2 Comments

LOS ANGELES (PTA) — In the past, I’ve always found Furutech audio show exhibits to be some of the most stunning to look at, but in my experience they’ve never [...]

High End by Oz, United Home Audio, Vitus Audio, AudioSolutions, Ansuz Acoustics | T.H.E. SHOW 2019

July 6, 2019 // 1 Comment

LOS ANGELES (PTA) — High End by Oz and United Home Audio were hosting one of the few rooms with the real organic sound of reel-to-reel tape, and DC power. Along for the [...]