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  • [ August 10, 2022 ] Innuos Pulse Network Player | PAF 2022 PAF 2022
  • [ August 9, 2022 ] Naim Solstice Turntable | PAF 2022 PAF 2022
  • [ August 9, 2022 ] Borresen M1 Loudspeaker | PAF 2022 PAF 2022
  • [ August 9, 2022 ] VSA Ultra 7, VAC, The Audio Company | PAF 2022 PAF 2022
  • [ August 8, 2022 ] Acapella Apollon, Audio Note UK and Audio Federation | PAF 2022 PAF 2022
  • [ August 8, 2022 ] Genesis Prime Plus | PAF 2022 PAF 2022
  • [ August 7, 2022 ] Analog Bridge from ModWright | PAF 2022 PAF 2022
  • [ August 7, 2022 ] Rosso Fiorentino Fiesole & Audio Thesis | PAF 2022 PAF 2022
  • [ August 5, 2022 ] Vincent Belanger and Audio Note UK | PAF 2022 PAF 2022
  • [ August 5, 2022 ] The BIG Joseph Audio Room | PAF 2022 PAF 2022
  • [ August 4, 2022 ] LTA Z40+ Integrated, Spatial X4 Speakers | PAF 2022 PAF 2022
  • [ August 4, 2022 ] Sonner Audio Legato Duo | PAF 2022 PAF 2022
  • [ August 3, 2022 ] Pangea Audio Vulcan Parawood, Now with Sustainable Hardwood | NEWS Announcements
  • [ August 3, 2022 ] Fink Team Kim and the Matterhorn Audio Group | PAF 2022 PAF 2022
  • [ August 3, 2022 ] Serhan Swift, Les Davis Audio | PAF 2022 PAF 2022
  • [ August 3, 2022 ] JMF Audio Enters US Market with New Amplifiers | NEWS Announcements
  • [ July 31, 2022 ] PAF Saturday Highlights | PAF 2022 PAF 2022
  • [ July 30, 2022 ] PAF Friday Highlights | PAF 2022 PAF 2022
  • [ July 29, 2022 ] Clearaudio Reference Jubilee | NEWS Announcements
  • [ July 29, 2022 ] Backert Labs Rhumba Extreme 1.3 Preamplifier | REVIEW Components
  • [ July 27, 2022 ] Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab Mastering Process | NEWS Announcements
  • [ July 27, 2022 ] Qobuz to Sponsor Two New Audio Shows: Pacific Audio Fest, Audio Advice Live Announcements
  • [ July 26, 2022 ] Pacific Audio Fest 2022 Preview | PAF 2022 PAF 2022
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Blog

PAF 2022

Innuos Pulse Network Player | PAF 2022

August 10, 2022 Marc Phillips 0

I also visited the Innuos room at AXPONA 2022 and High End 2022, and the news then was the Nextgen power supply for the flagship Innuos Statement music server. I was able to compare the […]

PAF 2022

Naim Solstice Turntable | PAF 2022

August 9, 2022 Marc Phillips 0

The Focal Naim room system at the Pacific Audio Fest featured a system that was very similar to the systems I saw at both AXPONA 2022 and High End 2022 in Munich. But look at […]

PAF 2022

Borresen M1 Loudspeaker | PAF 2022

August 9, 2022 Marc Phillips 2

When I first heard the diminutive Borresen M1 loudspeaker at High End 2022 in Munich last May, I almost had an existential crisis. As a fan of two-way monitors, I’ve never heard anything quite like […]

PAF 2022

VSA Ultra 7, VAC, The Audio Company | PAF 2022

August 9, 2022 Marc Phillips 0

A curious trend is playing itself out in the Von Schweikert Audio/VAC/The Audio Company rooms at various audio shows in 2022. The speakers, it seems, are getting smaller, and the rooms are getting bigger. At […]

PAF 2022

Acapella Apollon, Audio Note UK and Audio Federation | PAF 2022

August 8, 2022 Marc Phillips 0

When I first walked into the Audio Federation room at PAF 2022, I had instantly decided that the Acapella Audio Arts Apollon speakers ($180,000/pr USD) were the largest transducers at the show. Unfortunately, I wandered […]

PAF 2022

Genesis Prime Plus | PAF 2022

August 8, 2022 Marc Phillips 1

During the course of the 2022 Pacific Audio Fest, I heard a few comments about the “Infinity IRS Beta” room. Was someone showing off another vintage pair of state-of-the-art speakers like the first pair of […]

PAF 2022

Analog Bridge from ModWright | PAF 2022

August 7, 2022 Marc Phillips 0

I’ve played around with tube buffers once or twice–these normally simple devices add a valve stage to your playback chain so that you can enjoy a more “tubey” sound. In most cases these are simple […]

PAF 2022

Rosso Fiorentino Fiesole & Audio Thesis | PAF 2022

August 7, 2022 Marc Phillips 0

When I reviewed the Rosso Fiorentino Pienze last year, I found it to be a fantastic two-way monitor from Italy that possessed all of the requisite warmth and emotion I expect from that part of […]

PAF 2022

Vincent Belanger and Audio Note UK | PAF 2022

August 5, 2022 Marc Phillips 0

We were just discussing Audio Note UK in the Part-Time Audiophile War Room a few days before I left for the Pacific Audio Fest in Seattle. While the brand can be polarizing, I proudly stated […]

PAF 2022

The BIG Joseph Audio Room | PAF 2022

August 5, 2022 Marc Phillips 2

  I’ve visited the Joseph Audio/Doshi Audio/Cardas room three times this year–at AXPONA 2022, High End 2022 in Munich and now a third time at the Pacific Audio Fest. Pretty much the same system, too, […]

PAF 2022

LTA Z40+ Integrated, Spatial X4 Speakers | PAF 2022

August 4, 2022 Marc Phillips 1

The Linear Tube Audio/Spatial Audio Lab/Anticables room is usually a highlight at audio shows. Here’s the breakdown: put together a system, including a DAC (from either LampizatOr or, in this case, Holo Audio), and offer […]

PAF 2022

Sonner Audio Legato Duo | PAF 2022

August 4, 2022 Marc Phillips 1

  Just yesterday I mentioned the Fink Team Kim at the 2022 Pacific Audio Fest, and how that pair was being sent to my house directly from the show. There’s another gorgeous and satisfying speaker […]

Announcements

Pangea Audio Vulcan Parawood, Now with Sustainable Hardwood | NEWS

August 3, 2022 Eric Franklin Shook 0

The popular Pangea Audio Vulcan Audio Rack is now available with Parawood (hardwood) shelves. Making it not only more attractive, durable and resistant to vibrations, but also more sustainable. If I’m to add anything extra […]

PAF 2022

Fink Team Kim and the Matterhorn Audio Group | PAF 2022

August 3, 2022 Marc Phillips 1

Ever since Hi-Fi Pig reviewed the Fink Team Kim speakers a couple of years ago, I knew I had to take a listen. First, Stuart and Linette Smith have almost identical tastes in high-end audio–we […]

PAF 2022

Serhan Swift, Les Davis Audio | PAF 2022

August 3, 2022 Marc Phillips 0

It’s been four years since I was a distributor, so I think enough time has passed for me to wax rhapsodic about my dear friend Brad Serhan and his speaker designs. I still use his […]

Announcements

JMF Audio Enters US Market with New Amplifiers | NEWS

August 3, 2022 Eric Franklin Shook 0

We just received news that JMF Audio of France will be entering the US market for the first time, and doing so with a new line of amplifiers. Information on JMF Audio, their distribution, and […]

PAF 2022

PAF Saturday Highlights | PAF 2022

July 31, 2022 Marc Phillips 0

The PAF Saturday Highlights were copious, with so many good-sounding rooms during the day and lots of celebrating late into the night. That means I’m writing these words with blurry, bloodshot eyes and a somewhat […]

PAF 2022

PAF Friday Highlights | PAF 2022

July 30, 2022 Marc Phillips 0

Another audio show, another photo of an amazing Von Schweikert Audio/VAC system, brought to us by The Audio Company. For me, this is the only way to kick off coverage of the Pacific Audio Fest. […]

Announcements

Clearaudio Reference Jubilee | NEWS

July 29, 2022 Editorial Staff 0

If anyone is looking to get me something for Xmas (or Hanukkah), then look no further. Reporting by Eric Franklin Shook What we have here is a successful way to communicate—by way of vinyl and […]

Components

Backert Labs Rhumba Extreme 1.3 Preamplifier | REVIEW

July 29, 2022 Graig Neville 0

The Beatles were playing tambourine in my living room. I could have got out of my chair, walked over between the left speaker and center image and grabbed it – it was right frigging there! […]

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