AXPONA 2018: The Audio Surgeon, just what the doctor ordered
Climbing the peaks of the auditory mountain top can be quite the adventure, that is, if you have the right guide. Step in Dr. Andrew S. Collen, better known in audiophile [...]
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AXPONA 2018: The Expo Hall (Part One)
Bigger and better than ever, this years Expo Hall at AXPONA was alone worth the cost of admission. Vendors were pulling all the stops with their displays and demo exhibits. [...]
AXPONA 2018: Holm Audio, NAD, Dali, Nordost and the Foundation of Great Sound
The role of silence in the music is more important than most casual listeners understand. Silence eliminates the world around you, allowing the music to stand distinctly from [...]
The Millennial Audiophile: “I Hear An Epiphany”
A tale of record collecting and awakening — along the way we visit a hi-fi shop One afternoon while collecting Krispy Kreme donuts with my friend Vivian, she began a [...]
AXPONA 2018: Benchmark stays smooth with Martin Logan
Audiophiles like smoothness. Audiophiles don’t like rough edges, bumps or dips in frequency response, falloff in off-axis listening, hot treble, or exaggerated bass. [...]
AXPONA 2018: High Fidelity Services, Verity Audio, and Trilogy Audio Systems prove that size doesn’t matter (again)
An emotional journey into political contemplation and social suffering wasn’t what I expected to leave the Verity Audio room with. The delivery medium however; compelling, [...]
Review: Linear Tube Audio ZOTL 10 Mk.II Amplifier
Concurrent with my receipt of the amplifier up for review here, Linear Tube Audio’s (LTA) ZOTL 10 Mk.II, came another welcome piece of news: the well-regarded German [...]
Review: Brian Eno “Music For Installations” 9 LP box set
by Paul Ashby After the piece had been running for about a week, I decided to do a bit of customer research and I went to the park with a translator and asked the old guys [...]
AXPONA 2018: High Fidelity Services, Neat Acoustics prove that size doesn’t matter
Paul Manos of High Fidelity Services in Hingham, Massachusetts is a perennial show favourite. Their exhibit at this year’s Axpona was no different. Paul was pulling [...]
Encountering Dar Williams
by Angel Haggar It is Spring 2015. I’m in my ninth year of being knee-deep in babies and diapers. It’s the life I always wanted. Well, I cry more than I thought I would, [...]