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Florida 2020

Upstream Audio, Aesthetix, Focal, Sonore | FLAX 2020

February 17, 2020 Eric Franklin Shook Comments Off on Upstream Audio, Aesthetix, Focal, Sonore | FLAX 2020

TAMPA, FL (PTA) — Upstream Audio was showing a masterfully configured digital and analog sourced system featuring components from Aesthetix, Focal, and Sonore. The Story At first the system might seem simple and spartan but […]

CAF 2019

Protected: United Home Audio, ESD Acoustics, Aesthetix | CAF 2019

November 13, 2019 Marc Phillips Comments Off on Protected: United Home Audio, ESD Acoustics, Aesthetix | CAF 2019

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RMAF 2019

Computer Audio Design (CAD), Aesthetix, Boenicke Audio, Harmonic Resolution Systems (HRS), Bibacord | RMAF 2019

September 20, 2019 Eric Franklin Shook Comments Off on Computer Audio Design (CAD), Aesthetix, Boenicke Audio, Harmonic Resolution Systems (HRS), Bibacord | RMAF 2019

DENVER (PTA) — Earlier this year I had the chance to visit with Computer Audio Design (CAD) designer Scott Berry at T.H.E. SHOW 2019 in Long, Beach California. This time around it’s Denver, and what […]

CAD Aesthetix THE SHOW 2019
THE Show 2019

Computer Audio Design (CAD), Aesthetix, Boenicke Audio | T.H.E. SHOW 2019

June 18, 2019 Eric Franklin Shook 1

LOS ANGELES (PTA) — Computer Audio Design (CAD) exhibits at their second ever US audio show, partnering with Aesthetix and Boenicke Audio. It was Scott Berry (CAD) and Jim White (Aesthetix) who gave us a […]

RMAF 2016

RMAF 2016: Chilling With Acoustic Zen, Voss

October 24, 2016 John Stancavage Comments Off on RMAF 2016: Chilling With Acoustic Zen, Voss

Acoustic Zen master Robert Lee, whose quiet, humble presence and terrific-sounding speakers are a mainstay of the major stereo shows, almost didn’t attend the 2016 Rocky Mountain Audio Fest Worn out from the exhibit circuit […]

Munich 2016

High End 2016: DS Audio Master 1 optical cartridge

June 20, 2016 Panagiotis Karavitis Comments Off on High End 2016: DS Audio Master 1 optical cartridge

This is a product that deserves some coverage all by itself and independently of the room. The company behind this rather interesting and probably unique effort is Digital Stream Corporation; if it doesn’t ring a bell, […]

AXPONA 2016

AXPONA 2016: John Stancavage’s Best of Show

May 30, 2016 John Stancavage 1

Best Sound Cost-no-object system: Wilson Alexx, driven by Doshi tube amps (Paragon/Wilson Audio room). Neutral, effortless and jaw-dropping sound, combined with realistic weight, solidity and image height. $150,000 to $200,000 system: Sonus Faber Lilium speakers […]

AXPONA 2016

AXPONA 2016: Quintessence Audio, the essence of luxury

May 19, 2016 John Stancavage 3

One of the things I always look forward to at AXPONA is seeing how Morton Grove, Ill.-based retailer Quintessence Audio Ltd. chooses to outfit its penthouse-suite space at the Westin O’Hare. For a number of […]

AXPONA 2016

AXPONA2016: Aesthetix, DS Audio launch Cylon attack on vinyl

April 29, 2016 Rafe Arnott Comments Off on AXPONA2016: Aesthetix, DS Audio launch Cylon attack on vinyl

If you’re a science-fiction fan at all (I am), then you’ll be wise to my Battlestar Galactica nod in the headline, because both visually, and metaphorically it’s pretty close to the mark on all fronts […]

Announcements

Command Performance: Clearaudio Statement with Aesthetix on Dec 12th

December 9, 2015 Scot Hull Comments Off on Command Performance: Clearaudio Statement with Aesthetix on Dec 12th

On Saturday December 12th, from 12-5pm, Musical Surroundings will demonstrate the one-of-a-kind Clearaudio Statement turntable. This is the FIRST showing of the new Statement on the East Coast! Along with this table, they will also demonstrate […]

RMAF 2015

RMAF 2015: Apex Audio, Aesthetix journey to Saturn

October 24, 2015 John Stancavage Comments Off on RMAF 2015: Apex Audio, Aesthetix journey to Saturn

Hometown dealer Apex Audio presented some of the most complete, well-thought-out rooms at the Marriott Denver Tech Center for RMAF 2015. I didn’t have an opportunity to take the retailer’s stretch limo service to its […]

Vancouver 2015

Vancouver 2015: Element Acoustics presents Acapella

May 22, 2015 Rafe Arnott Comments Off on Vancouver 2015: Element Acoustics presents Acapella

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 […]

AXPONA 2015

AXPONA 2015: Quintessence Audio and Musical Surroundings

May 11, 2015 Scot Hull Comments Off on AXPONA 2015: Quintessence Audio and Musical Surroundings

By John Stancavage Longtime Chicago dealer Quintessence Audio knows how to make a statement. The first thing visitors to AXPONA 2015 saw, smack in front of the Westin Hotel O’Hare’s luggage dropoff zone, was the […]

RMAF 2014

RMAF 2014: Optical Cartridge Lights Up Musical Surroundings

October 29, 2014 Scot Hull 3

by John Stancavage There was a red glow coming from the end of the tonearm playing a live Curtis Mayfield recording in the Musical Surroundings room. The place was dark, but the light being given […]

RMAF 2014

RMAF 2014 Roundup, Part 2: Big Rooms with Big Speakers

October 25, 2014 Scot Hull Comments Off on RMAF 2014 Roundup, Part 2: Big Rooms with Big Speakers

by Darryl Lindberg VAC, Apex Audio: Focal Grande Uptopia EM The two large rooms featuring the Focal Grande Utopia EMs—VAC and Axis—produced fine sounds, as you’d expect, given prices asked for this stuff. The Grandes […]

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CAS 2013

CAS 2013: Music Lovers presents Wilson, Aesthetix, AMG, Ayre, Shunyata

August 21, 2013 Kirsten Brodbeck-Kenney 5

Music Lovers Audio debuted Wilson Audio‘s Duette Series 2 ($19,500), small stand-mount speakers designed specifically for tight spaces — they are designed to be placed near a wall or on a bookshelf. This latest iteration of […]

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RMAF 2012

RMAF12: Aesthetics and Aesthetix Audio

November 7, 2012 Editorial Staff 4

Aesthetix has always intrigued and perplexed me, in pretty much equal measure. By many reports, Jim White & Co. make some of the most sophisticated tube gear on the planet, and the heroic lengths they’ve […]

Publishers Desk

In search of a new reference?

September 30, 2012 Scot Hull 36

The thing about references is that they tend to be bettered. Sometimes convincingly. Sometimes, not so much. But the mere hint that the summit upon which an audiophile has planted his flag is, in fact, […]

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