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LA Audio Show 2017: Rethm, Audio Hungary, Aqua create pleasing sound at attractive price

July 24, 2017

Looking at price tags at audio shows quickly can start your head spinning. Yes, this hobby is called the high-end, but really? That’s why I always enjoy finding rooms where the rig sounds great, but might not require a second mortgage. One of [...]

LA Audio Show 2017: Spatial speakers and Vinnie Rossi LIO – literally made for each other

July 1, 2017

One of the often-elusive challenges in this hobby is finding components that work together so spectacularly that the aural result borders on magical. You’d think choosing products from the same company would increase your chances of pulling this [...]

AXPONA 2017: Well Pleased with Rethm and Aqua HiFi

June 11, 2017

Mark Sossa of Well Pleased A/V was, once again, show off his penchant for nifty-yet-affordable gear here at AXPONA. Mark is one of those guys with a reputation for exploration: all the brands he carries are just off the beaten path. Gems, all. But [...]

AXPONA 2017: A Place In The Market

May 7, 2017

A photojournal by Eric Franklin Shook “Success is 5% perspiration and 95% getting your name out there.” -Albert Einstein Often the reason I get from dealers and manufacturers who have already “arrived” at their place in the audiophile market [...]

“Affordable high-end” — is that like “jumbo shrimp”?

March 4, 2017

How many Simolians do you have to part with these days to get good sound? I mean, really? Is it even possible, or just a frustrating pipe dream? That seems to have been Topic A in 2016, continuing hot on the heels of the previous year and probably [...]

Capital Audiofest 2016: Well Pleased with Alta, Antipodes, Aqua

August 15, 2016

Mark Sossa of Well Pleased A/V was doing his level best to pull together a world-class audio system, and doing it on a budget. Oh, and don’t think I missed those IKEA platforms — I have four of them, myself. Value, value, value … [...]

AXPONA 2016: Spatial Audio, flat out dominating

April 27, 2016

“What does it take to assemble a winning room?” I’ll offer that the formula is probably not all that complicated, but that however you choose to answer that question, the word “synergy” really ought to appear somewhere [...]