AXPONA 2017: Classic Audio Loudspeakers mix power and poise
I was approaching an open door on the lower level of the Westin O’Hare when I heard an unmistakable rhythm track kick in. From outside, the crack of the snare and the [...]
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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 [...]
AXPONA 2016: Essential Audio goes AudioKinesis, with Resonessence Labs
I’m a fan of Duke LeJeune and his AudioKinesis brand. Brought to AXPONA by Brian Walsh’s Chicago-area based dealership, Essential Audio, I got to see Duke’s [...]
AXPONA 2016: Classic Audio Loudspeakers stays on the path
One of the most enjoyable things about covering the high-end industry is meeting the fascinating people who somewhere along the way got the crazy notion this actually could [...]
RMAF 2015: Classic Audio Loudspeakers goes back to the future
Going room to room at the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest is always an exhilarating experience, but also one that, by day three, can almost be too much of a good thing. Speakers [...]
CAF 2015: Best In Show
This was a surprise. The entire show. A surprise. And given that it seemed like it might not happen at all for a few months, the overall success was a stunner. Sound quality? [...]
CAF 2015: Classic Audio Loudspeakers blows my hair way back
I have a thing for horns. Especially vintage-ish horns. They’re kind of hard to find these days, though you see a few here and there. Like Classic Audio Loudspeakers. [...]
High End 2015: Wrapping the Un-Wrappable
An entire month passed since we got back from Munich and our combined efforts produced more than 50 extended show reports, many of which are closer to mini-reviews than a [...]
AXPONA 2015: Classic Audio, Atma-Sphere, Purist Audio Design
Scot Hull likes to accuse me of being too negative. I keep trying to tell him that I’m not negative, it’s just that people keep shoving half-empty glasses at me. [...]
AXPONA 2015: Essential Audio with AudioKinesis, Atma-Sphere, Exogal, Aurender, Kuzma
by Josh Emmons I’m sitting in the Essential Audio room, notepad open, pen in hand. Eyes unfocused, listening intently. But writing nothing. And I should be writing [...]