CanJam SoCal 2016: Best In Show
CanJam SoCal was a fantastic show. I’ll be honest — I wasn’t expecting much. CanJam, for me and many others, has always been an entirely embedded affair, [...]
CanJam SoCal 2016
CanJam SoCal 2016: Onkyo and Pioneer, rockets in your pockets
Digital Audio Players (DAPs) are all the rage these days, perhaps in spite of Apple’s dominance in the pocket rocket space. I mean, come on — if Apple had stopped [...]
CanJam SoCal 2016: Wells Audio shows a triple threat
Wells Audio has some good marketing advisors — they’ve come crashing into the headphone market with some serious offerings, all scattered across a variety of [...]
CanJam SoCal 2016: OPPO loudspeakers?
Sonica ($299) is a new Bluetooth powered loudspeaker from OPPO. Touted as “high-res capable”, the speaker is WiFi controlled (via an app, much like Sonos), will [...]
CanJam SoCal 2016: MrSpeakers electrifies
In a surprise (to me) move, MrSpeakers has deviated yuuuugely from expectation and showcased a prototype electrostatic headphone at CanJam this year. Wait. Whaaa –? [...]
CanJam SoCal 2016: Riva Rockin’
Paradoxically, one of the most popular demo/displays at CanJam this year wasn’t for anything headphone related. It was for a small Bluetooth speaker from Riva Audio. I [...]
CanJam SoCal 2016: Portable tubes with Woo Audio
Woo Audio, purveyor of fine tubed gear for the discerning head-fi’er, have finalized their portable — the WA8 Eclipse ($1,619 Black or Sliver, $1,709 Gold — [...]
CanJam SoCal 2016: Questyle, Westone and ENIGMAcoustics
If a big stack of gear is your idea of “divide and conquer” in the world of personal audio, then Questyle is your one-stop shop. Truly impressive was their [...]
CanJam SoCal 2016: ModWright and WyWires
It sounds a little dirty. Illicit, maybe. Sneaky, certainly. I suppose it makes sense — how do you characterize all those stolen moments, swooning in the arms of your [...]
CanJam SoCal 2016: HiFiMAN goes Ultra-Fi with Shangri-La
When Sennheiser relaunched the Orpheus amplifier and headphone combo last year, they slapped a $55k price tag on the combo. When I first heard, I reacted like many of you, [...]