Loudspeakers
EgglestonWorks Hotel Speakers | REVIEW
This is a story about finding love. As with most modern day love stories this too involved me sliding into the DMs on social media. Can it get any more contemporary than that? This time […]
audioengine
Announcements
Audioengine A1 Home Music System with AptX Bluetooth
LOS ANGELES (PTA) — Audioengine launched their A1 Home Music System with aptX Bluetooth this week, and I feel compelled to alert you of its existence. The all new A1 powered speaker system at just […]
RMAF 2017
RMAF 2017: Audioengine offers high-end performance, budget pricing
More than a few audio companies have set sail with the simple mission of delivering budget gear, only to get lured into sometimes-rocky shores by the siren call of the higher-end market. Such temptations make […]
RMAF 2017
RMAF 2017: Getting audiophile sound on a budget
In a hobby where dropping a hundred grand for a system is common, what can you get these days for, say, $1,500 USD? An interconnect, maybe? A cartridge? Tax? Well, how about an entire rig? […]
LAAS 2017
LA Audio Show 2017: The $350 to $5,000 systems they were lining up for
There were a number of spectacular, cost-no-object components drawing stereo fans at the Los Angeles Audio Show, but the room I had the hardest time getting into featured a $350 USD rig. Even late Sunday […]
LAAS 2017
LA Audio Show 2017: Inaugural event targets newcomers as well as hard-core hobbyists
If organizers of the Los Angeles Audio Show battled any jitters while planning their brand-new event in a very crowded year, those fears likely have eased in recent weeks. The LA show, scheduled for June […]
Audiophile Journal
“Affordable high-end” — is that like “jumbo shrimp”?
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 […]
RMAF 2016
RMAF 2016 Wrap: Mission Accomplished/Best of Show
Escaping on the last jet out of Denver after the close of Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2016, I felt a little like the nervous spy-support staff member Faisil in the 1994 movie “True Lies.” Reporting […]
Audiophile Journal
Audio Advice Music Matters 2016 – Charlotte
Words and Photos by Eric Franklin Shook From The Bottom To The Top Poverty in the American South has many names, one of them being Laurinburg. It’s a small town in North Carolina, just north […]
Audiophile Journal
Audio Advice Music Matters 2016 – Raleigh
Words and Photos by Eric Franklin Shook There are people; then there are these people Narrow minded, prejudiced, ready to make assumptions about places different from where they grew up. I’m not talking about North […]
RMAF 2016
RMAF 2016: High-End Sound Wafts From the Bargain Basement
Is it possible in this day and age to buy a high-fidelity stereo system — brand new — for a Jackson over five bills? I know that sounds like a tall order, or even a […]
Newport Beach 2016
Newport 2016: Audioengine revs up with new HD6
I occasionally have friends say to me, “Hey, you write for an audio magazine. How can I get a good hi-fi system without spending as much as you have?” These are the folks who are […]
Announcements
Best of 2015 and Product of the Year
2015 is over, much to my shock and chagrin. Honestly, I’m not quite sure how it happened. No. Seriously. I kinda feel like I’m Rick Grimes; I just woke up, everyone is gone, and WTF […]
RMAF 2015
RMAF 2015: Lee’s Best
It is quite difficult to single out the best products given that there are so many great products on demo at RMAF every year. So I’m going to cheat a little and mention a couple […]
Analog
Under $400 Holiday Buyer’s Guide Part 2: Vinyl and Digital
Welcome to your completely unnecessary and wholly unsolicited Part-Time Audiophile guide to the holidays, Part 2 of a bazillion. You’re welcome. Vinyl Affordable vinyl is not impossible, but it is not a given either. You […]