Announcements

August 17, 2017 in Announcements // The high price of Vinyl: Electric Recording Co. releases Music for Viola & Cello at $385 USD
August 15, 2017 in Announcements // Devialet unveils partnership for TV audio hardware with UK giant Sky
August 9, 2017 in Announcements // Review updates: Harbeth, DeVore, Totem, Pass Labs, totaldac, AudioQuest, Pro-Ject, PS Audio… coming from Rafe
July 27, 2017 in Announcements // Burwell & Sons showcase Plain Jane, unveil new active and passive loudspeakers at California Audio Show
July 26, 2017 in Announcements // GoldenEar Triton References: in Dealers Now and Ready for Audition
July 25, 2017 in Announcements // Grado Labs Introduces Their Finest Cartridges: EPOCH and AEON
July 22, 2017 in Announcements // Lyn Stanley’s MOONLIGHT SESSIONS: VOLUME TWO Release Date 8/15
July 21, 2017 in Announcements // AudioQuest shipping Beetle Optical DAC with Asynchronous USB/Bluetooth
July 19, 2017 in Announcements // Rega launches all-new Planar 6 with Neo PSU, Ania moving-coil cartridge
July 14, 2017 in Announcements // Roon releases MQA Detection update
July 13, 2017 in Announcements // Devialet Air and Roon turn the stream into reality
July 10, 2017 in Announcements // Rotel introduces new integrated amplifier, preamplifier and CD player
July 6, 2017 in Announcements // McIntosh Announces new MA9000 Integrated Amplifier
June 30, 2017 in Announcements // VPI Industries $900 USD Cliffwood turntable with Grado cartridge shipping this summer
June 29, 2017 in Announcements // Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs shipping turntables, cartridges, phono stages
June 27, 2017 in Announcements // Noble Audio Wizard Birthday Sale Hits Wednesday for 45 Hours Only
June 22, 2017 in Announcements // Black Sabbath announce The Ten Year War: Limited Edition Vinyl Box Set with MQA high-res
June 14, 2017 in Announcements // Audio Research Announces its First Ever Trade Up! Program
June 9, 2017 in Announcements // New PS Audio Huron upgrade for DirectStream and DirectStream Jr DACs; MQA and Tidal coming soon
June 8, 2017 in Announcements // Canada: A unique land of high fidelity

AXPONA 2014

AXPONA 2014: Wrap Up

May 13, 2014

Chicago in April is a capricious time to visit, but while we all got a bit damp here and there, at least this year we didn’t have to dump into the street while we all waited for the fire department. That is, we were able to stay inside for [...]

AXPONA 2014: Sweet Home Chicago

May 13, 2014

Part-Time Audiophile How hot was the gear at the 2014 Audio Expo of North America? So hot a fire alarm briefly cleared the four show floors of Chicago’s Westin O’Hare midway through day two [yes, that really happened, for the second year in a [...]

AXPONA 2014: Music Hall, Creek, Epos and a wee dram

May 12, 2014

It may be the worst kept secret that Leland Leard and Roy Hall of Music Hall Audio serve up the “good stuff” at audio shows. They have these tiny plastic medicine cups that they’ll measure out the Talisker (or some other damn fine [...]

AXPONA 2014: Sound Lab and the wall of sound

May 12, 2014

Let’s enjoy a hypothetical. Say, for the sake of argument, that you believe that panel speakers don’t present bass with the same impact that cone speakers do. If that is the case, the hypothetical goes, you have two choices when [...]

AXPONA 2014: Soundfield Audio

May 12, 2014

Ammar Jadusingh (AJ to those of us prone to slaughtering names) was showing a brand new loudspeaker from his Soundfield Audio brand, the $8,500/pair Variable Soundfield Tower 3 (VST-3). These are really interesting — powered bass in a [...]

AXPONA 2014: Volti Audio and Triode Wire Labs

May 11, 2014

I’ve been tracking Volti Audio for a while now, and I’m happy to note that I loved their flagship Vittora loudpseakers before Art Dudley did, so that’s something. Maybe? Whatever. Shown here at AXONA was the up-and-comer, the [...]

AXPONA 2014: Denon & Marantz

May 11, 2014

D&M were here at AXPONA with offerings Denon, Marantz and Boston Acoustics. These guys are still on my go-to list for quality sound, great features, and reasonable prices — I have a Marantz receiver running my home theater, and I love it. [...]

AXPONA 2014: Kharma and Constellation, times two

May 10, 2014

Kharma and Constellation Audio teamed up on a pair of rooms at AXPONA, and if you were a fan of hi-fi sound, they would have been like manna from heaven, weaving webs of light and space around the stars spinning in your eyes. In “The Big [...]

AXPONA 2014: Legacy Audio will kick your big room in the rear

May 10, 2014

When I get asked about Legacy Audio, the first thing I think of is “giant loudspeakers”. For whatever reason, the Whisper got stuck in my head all those years ago as a Stereophile Class A speaker that didn’t cost a bazillion [...]

AXPONA 2014: Sonist Returns

May 10, 2014

As you may or may not know, Sonist founder Randy Bankert passed away a bit over a year ago. Given that Randy was a one-man show, this was terrible news for lovers of his work. The all-wood ribbon-tweeter high-sensitivty loudspeakers were something [...]