RMAF 2016
RMAF 2016: A portait (tour)
Lee Scoggins offered up his photo portrait tour from RMAF this year. These are the people that made this show great. Well, at least some of them. Enjoy.
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RMAF 2016: A love song
RMAF was my first true love. I kid, sorta, but if it wasn’t for my first RMAF back in 2010, I probably wouldn’t have done this site. I remember kinda sneaking off all those years […]
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RMAF 2016: Lee at the End of Line and Best in Show
I approached this year’s Rocky Mountain Audio Fest with a strange mix of excitement and trepidation. The long-time venue of the Denver Tech Center Marriott was in the midst of significant construction which literally shut […]
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RMAF 2016 Wrap: Mission Accomplished/Best of Show
Escaping on the last jet out of Denver after the close of Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2016, I felt a little like the nervous spy-support staff member Faisil in the 1994 movie “True Lies.” Reporting […]
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RMAF 2016 Greatest Hits: You can’t always get what you want
Everybody seemed to want something: More rooms, more space, bigger rooms, less tents, an area for social gatherings, a proper restaurant and bar… the list goes on, but despite the zen disruption at RMAF 2016 […]
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RMAF 2016: Classic Audio takes Purist approach to tubes and (UHA) analog tape
It’s a must-stop event. Assuming you can find it. But I bet you can. Just creep along the hallway, long after the show hours have closed for the day, until you hear extraordinarily clear and […]
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RMAF 2016: AURALiC sighting by stars, Polaris and Altair
AURALiC has a reputation for over-performing and under-charging customers (a trend I’d like to see a lot more of), and RMAF saw no major deviation from that line of thinking. You could say that they’ve […]
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RMAF 2016: Vandersteen Doubles Down on Bass
Audio-show exhibitors love keeping the lights low. It creates a moody, exotic atmosphere. But for aging scribes like myself, it also presents challenges. The way I do not want to make an entrance is by […]
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RMAF 2016: Fern & Roby, Voxative Ooze Craftsmanship
I first took closer notice of Fern & Roby earlier this year after seeing a segment on the company during one of my frequent “How It’s Made” marathons on the Discovery Channel. While the series […]
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RMAF 2016: Intervention Records and Vandersteen 7s
For a record collector like me, lacquers of classic albums are a bit of a holy grail. Lacquers are the fragile pressings that are later used to make stampers which produce the final LP. Typically […]
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RMAF 2016: CanJam Photo/Video Tour
At CanJam this year, Brian at Audio Head pulled out the toys and took us all along for a multimedia tour. You’re welcome to the ride-along. Many thanks to Brian — and to the many vendors that allowed […]
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RMAF 2016: Sony and the Gentlemen from Japan
It’s always fun to see Naotaka Tsunado from Sony at Rocky Mountain. I first met Nao at a Chesky recording session in Brooklyn and he has always shown great enthusiasm for portable audio. This year […]
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RMAF 2016: Chord Electronics
Chord is an interesting audio company that is based in the U.K. I say interesting because it seems to be a distinctly British company that has resolutely followed its own path with a particular design aesthetic […]
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RMAF 2016: Sonoma’s Model One Reference Headphone System
Much of what makes this hobby fun are the highly creative characters behind much of the music and audio business. When I read about Sonoma introducing a headphone rig, it became a must see room […]
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RMAF 2016: JH Audio and a sweet sixteen
It’s always great seeing Andy and Sue Regan at JH Audio. Great, fun people with tremendous product knowledge and a relaxed air about them. They really had a nice setup at CanJam this year and […]
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RMAF 2016: Sonore Brings Musicality to Ones and Zeros
Sonore is a young company dedicated to allowing listeners to enjoy high-resolution audio without relying on a lot of off-the-shelf computer hardware and other equipment. This keep-it-simple approach was on display at the Rocky Mountain […]
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RMAF 2016: Abyss and Woo Audio, with Mytek
Scot had me covering several CanJam titles but one of the best headphone rigs was outside of the tent in the Tower at the Marriott. Here I found Joe Skubinski’s Abyss Headphones paired with the Woo […]
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RMAF 2016: Empire Ears Rolling in the Deep with ADEL
Perhaps my favorite moment from RMAF boiled down to a nice man in a cap. This nice man may save us AC/DC fans from losing Brian Johnson and make it possible for us to get […]
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RMAF 2016: Burwell Does Things the Old-Fashioned Way
Gordon Burwell Sr. isn’t sure he wants me to take his portrait Saturday morning at the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest. “My eyes might be a little bit red from last night,” he says with the […]
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RMAF 2016: Rupert Neve Joins The Fun
There are few names bandied around in pro audio with more reverence than Rupert Neve who famous for his high quality mixing consoles, mic preamps, and equalizers. Rupert and team guessed that not only pros […]