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 […]
You know how I used to start off each of my integrated amplifier reviews with an opening paragraph on why I love integrated amplifiers? Yes, I made a promise not to do that ever again, […]
It was fairly difficult to come up with Capital Audiofest Friday Highlights, and not for a bad reason. I don’t like to judge rooms on sound on the first day of the show–it takes at […]
I thought a 2019 Capital Audiofest preview from me was necessary, since so many products featured at the show are being reviewed (or have been reviewed) by both Part-Time Audiophile and The Occasional. This is […]
by Darryl Lindberg One thing’s certain: as tubes age, their performance declines. How do you know if your glassware is in decline? As far as I can tell there are two indications of this phenomenon: […]
Sometimes you have to take time to listen to what’s not there. So when I sat down to take in the room that Neli, and Mike Davis of Audio Federation, now out of Palo Alta, California […]
By Richard H. Mak Just like every other year, Tri-cell Enterprises always have the most number of room. This year, I counted 4 but I was told there was 5. The room that caught my […]
The Great Speaker Hunt by Darryl Lindberg Guess what? If I want to upgrade my system, I know I’ll actually have to slap leather, just like 99% of the audiophile world. I point out this […]
The Car of Life can go awfully fast, and I often find myself blinking and missing another precious turnoff, and subsequently, another moment to spend time with those who matter to me. Those turnoffs on the […]
By Rafe Arnott “The [Acapella] Atlas offers an extraordinarily open and transparent sound in a more compact home loudspeaker system.” Uh, compact? These speakers are over six-feet tall and weigh in around 350 lbs apiece, […]
by Rafe Arnott Triangle Art turntables are not for the faint of heart, or pocketbook. Walking into their room at T.H.E. Show is like walking into what I imagine turntable heaven looks like. If you’re religious […]
by Rafe Arnott Some hi-fi gear just looks the business. You know what I mean? The Focal Grande Utopia loudspeaker, the Da Vinci Gold AAS-Gabriel turntable, the Kondo Ongaku integrated amplifier and to me, the […]
I had one personal goal for this show: torturing people with a big band played at full volume. If you heard Count Basie’s C.B. Express blaring out of a room, that probably meant that my […]
By Dr. Panagiotis Karavitis I know I should be writing about the fabulous Acapella Violon in stunning red cherry color or the excellent electronics made by Einstein, but I am completely biased towards analog reproduction […]
I’m not sure anyone exhibiting this weekend demonstrated the sheer FUN of high end audio quite so thoroughly as Hermann Winters of Acapella. Every time I walked by his room, there was something new to […]
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