It’s official. With the exception of my complete set of AudioQuest DragonFlies, I’ve now spent more time listening to the Lab12 DAC1 Reference than any other digital-to-analog converter. Does that portend good things for this […]
The latest news out of Audio Group Denmark is the introduction of the new Børresen X3 loudspeaker, which we just saw at the 2023 Florida Audio Expo. (It was in the same room/system as the […]
Now that I’ve reviewed the Aavik U-280 integrated amplifier/DAC, the Aavik S-280 digital streamer and the Børresen Z1 Cryo loudspeakers, there’s still so much more to say about the products from Audio Group Denmark. I’m […]
I admit that posting my Top Five rooms at the 2023 Florida Audio Expo on Brian Hunter’s AudioHead site might have been premature. Now everyone already knows my Top Five, and I don’t want to […]
I’ve just completed four whole reviews of the gear I received from Audio Group Denmark. The last, which covers all of the Ansuz cables and accessories, should appear as soon as we wrap up our […]
Florida in February always sounds like a good idea–on paper. But as soon as I landed in Tampa with high humidity and temperature in the mid ’80s, I remembered why I moved to the Pacific […]
Do I need a digital streamer like the Aavik S-280? At first I wasn’t so sure. I’ve been pretty happy with just a DAC and my laptop for streaming Qobuz, just like I was happy […]
Did I get those speakers in for review? You know, the little monitors that cost $100,000 per pair, the ones that baffled me with their impossibly epic sound and subsequently prompted my adventure in Denmark […]
In the interest of full disclosure, I reviewed the Aavik U-280 integrated amplifier and DAC ($18,000 USD) in a full Audio Group Denmark system that included the Aavik S-280 streamer ($12,000), the Ansuz Mainz8 C3 […]
Last year it was Phono Preamplifier Central over here, with me being spoiled with one product after another while testing out the Brinkmann Taurus turntable. While I never quite picked a favorite—there were far too […]
Alright, drum roll. Here comes my favorite sounding room of the entire International Sound & Sight Exhibition in Singapore. The Børresen Acoustics loudspeakers, powered by Aavik electronics and Ansuz switch and Ansuz cables. Before we […]
When I went to Denmark last August, I was able to see and hear the new Aavik 880 amplification line. The 880 line is different from the other the other Aavik lines in many ways–most […]
If you have some time to spare, go visit Sonner Audio’s Gunawan Surya at a high-end audio show armed with a modicum of music knowledge. It’ll be a highlight of your show. Every time I […]
Our friends at Ansuz in Denmark are celebrating their 10th anniversary with a limited edition of the Ansuz Darkz D2W resonance control devices. Editor-in-Chief Marc Phillips has been reviewing the Ansuz Darkz S2Ts with Aavik […]
Spoiler alert: this isn’t going to be as much of a dry, objective review of the Qln Signature loudspeakers as a feverish chronicle of an all-too-brief romance. If that seems too biased for a high-end […]
I’ve been sitting on the announcement for the new Bowers & Wilkins 700 S3 loudspeakers for quite some time, thanks to the moratorium until September 21. I feel like so much has happened since then, […]
Honestly, it was a coincidence that DALI asked me to head to Denmark to cover the release of their new flagship speaker, the DALI KORE, right after I visited the Audio Group Denmark factory and […]
My trip to Denmark in late August was all the result of a simple question—what is Audio Group Denmark doing that other high-end audio manufacturers aren’t? That question was originally formed, of course, in response […]
I’ve been talking and thinking about this darned Børresen M1 loudspeaker so much the last few weeks, it didn’t even occur to me that they hadn’t been officially announced until now. If you haven’t been […]
It seems a little quiet around here for the past few days. In reality, we have two big things going on–Eric Franklin Shook and crew are covering Audio Advice Live in Raleigh, North Carolina, and […]
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