RMAF 2013: Odyssey
I covered the Odyssey Audio room for The Absolute Sound, so I won’t repeat here other than to say “I’m flabbergasted at how good this room sounded.” [...]
RMAF 2013
RMAF 2013: Astell&Kern
Astell&Kern makes some damn fine “digital audio players”, aka DAPs. This is a weird little corner-case of a market niche, in a way, what with the dominance of [...]
RMAF 2013: Prana, Manger/Lindemann, Mojo, Vanatoo
Welcome to another grab bag post, the second in my continuing effort to save the people who wouldn’t remember me if they stepped on me the indignity of having to take [...]
RMAF 2013: Acoustic Signature, Funk Firm, Trigon Elektronik, Audio Physic
Reinhard Goerner, who represents Acoustic Signature, Trigon Elektronik, the Funk Firm, and Audio Physic was riding herd on two rooms in the Atrium. My favorite of the two [...]
RMAF 2013: Acoustic Zen and Triode Corp of Japan
Robert Lee of Acoustic Zen was all smiles on Saturday, and with good reason: things were sounding sweet! The combination of Acoustic Zen loudspeakers and Triode Corp [...]
RMAF 2013: Nola and Audio Research
Nola‘s Metro Grand Reference Gold loudspeakers ($33,000) were sounding possibly the best I’ve yet heard from a Nola system, backed by a full complement of Audio [...]
RMAF 2013: Channel D and Merrill Audio
The Merrill Audio/Channel D system was a grand marriage of digital and analog. The analog source was an AMG Viella V12 with AMG tonearm ($18,000) and Ortofon Cadenza Bronze [...]
RMAF 2013: Gingko Audio, Dana Cable, Wells Audio
In the Gingko Audio room, I got a chance to listen again to the combination of Wells Audio’s Inamorata ($6,500) and Gingko Audio’s ClaraVu 7 modular speakers. [...]
RMAF 2013: Hegel Audio, Magico
Hegel Audio was on hand to premier the brand new H80 integrated amplifier/DAC ($2,000), the replacement for the H70. The H80 offers some significant improvements over its [...]
RMAF 2013: Joseph Audio, Jeff Rowland, VPI, Soundsmith, Cardas Audio
The individual components in this room were all heroes in their own right. Joseph Audio’s Pearl 3 loudspeakers ($31,500) fronted a system comprised of Jeff [...]
