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FLORIDA 2019: Classic Audio Loudspeakers, Purist Audio Design, Atmasphere, Tri-Planar

February 19, 2019 // 0 Comments

Classic Audio Loudspeakers brings field coil sound to the Florida Audio Expo, the minds at Purist Audio Design give us a tour of their Neptune series cables, Atma-Sphere [...]

FLORIDA 2019: House of Stereo, Wolf Audio Systems, TAD, Wireworld

February 18, 2019 // 1 Comment

House of Stereo brings retail sensibility to a small room, Wolf Audio Systems takes us back to the future, TAD (Technical Audio Devices) puts a fine point on detail, Ayre [...]

FLORIDA 2019: The Audio Company, Von Schweikert, VAC, Esoteric, Airtight, Kronos, Critical Mass, Clearaudio, and Masterbuilt

February 17, 2019 // 1 Comment

They’ve done it again! The Audio Company of Marietta, Georgia USA is without a doubt, one of the premier exhibitors of Von Schweikert, VAC, Esoteric, Airtight, Kronos, [...]

FLORIDA 2019: Integrity Sound, Parasound, Martin Logan, Rega, Aurender, AudioQuest

February 16, 2019 // 1 Comment

Parasound shows off some incredible new products, Martin Logan stands tall as ever, Rega and Aurender did the cooking, and AudioQuest set the table. The Story If there was an [...]

Florida Audio Expo Preview: Sea, Sound, and Sun

February 6, 2019 // 1 Comment

Bitchin’ Stereos In Paradise! It’s been a record cold winter throughout most of the continental U.S., with only a few regions escaping the Arctic Outbreak of 2019 [...]

D’Agostino Relentless Monoblock Amp | First Listen

December 21, 2018 // 2 Comments

Dan D’Agostino’s new reference Relentless Monoblock amplifier (website) weighs in at a record 570 pounds, can dance beautifully at 1 watt and will party all the way 6000 [...]

Parasound’s New Zphono XRM is a Big Step Up from Entry-level Zphono

December 20, 2018 // 0 Comments

Our good friend, Gordon Sell of GSPR, alerted us to some genuinely exciting news from Parasound. The wildly popular Zphono phono preamplifier from Parasound’s [...]

CAF 2018: VPI Industries, AudioShield, Krell, Wilson Audio, Soundsmith, Nordost; If more is better, too much is almost enough

December 19, 2018 // 1 Comment

VPI Industries was in direct control, AudioShield had the room well protected, Krell and Wilson Audio tango with reference style, Soundsmith and Lyra go head-to-head, [...]

CAF 2018: Wells Audio, LampizatOr, Daedalus, WyWires; Way better than golf

December 18, 2018 // 0 Comments

I’ve been waiting to meet (and listen) with Jeff Wells of Wells Audio for some time. The electronics created by Mr. Wells, are scary good with familiar pairings from [...]

CAF 2018: Daedalus, Linear Tube Audio, LampizatOr, WyWires; All Reference

December 17, 2018 // 0 Comments

This is a system I could listen to every day and twice on Sundays. Which is exactly what I did at Capital Audiofest. On Friday, I poked my head in for a listen, Saturday, [...]