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AXPONA 2017: Music From Another Room, Part 2

June 11, 2017

A photojournal by Eric Franklin Shook Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, proving again that there is more than one way to skin a cat. Axpona is to me an ensemble interpretation of beauty, ruggedness, finesse and power; all tangled in a whirlwind [...]

High End 2017: AudioQuest Niagara goes Euro and the Record Brush you always wanted

June 4, 2017

Garth Powell, a lifelong audio engineer from AudioQuest keeps attendees on the edge of their seats as he discusses AC Power. We always enjoy his wealth of experience and compelling demonstrations. This time, AudioQuest was announcing the [...]

LA Audio Show 2017: Welcome to the Jungle

June 1, 2017

I strung together a long list of swear words and shook my suitcase helplessly. I was tired, and in no mood to be tested by an insubordinate piece of luggage. I had arrived at my hotel room at the Sheraton Gateway for the Los Angeles Audio Show and [...]

LA Audio Show 2017: Inaugural event targets newcomers as well as hard-core hobbyists

June 1, 2017

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 2-4 at the Sheraton Gateway Los Angeles [...]

High End 2017: MQA upgrade in under 5 minutes with the Audioquest Dragonfly

May 21, 2017

You can now upgrade your AudioQuest DragonFly Black and DragonFly Red to include support for MQA with a firmware update. We’ve upgraded a few of our Red Dragonfly’s over at Part-Time Audiophile today, and encourage you too as well. The [...]

Vancouver’s Sound Room lavishes with dCS Rossini, Audio Research, Wilson and AudioQuest

May 18, 2017

Mark MacDonald, president and CEO of Vancouver’s The Sound Room recently hosted an audiophile event for local music lovers, and gear heads alike featuring two systems comprised of a mix of AudioQuest cabling/power treatment, Audio Research [...]

MQA update for AudioQuest Dragonfly Black and Red coming May 17 – new partnerships announced

May 12, 2017

The MQA freight train keeps rolling down the tracks of high-fidelity seemingly without resistance. A press release just announced that portable USB DAC wünderkind AudioQuest will be releasing a free, and highly-anticipated MQA firmware update to [...]

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 [...]

Review: Clones Audio HOST Music Server

April 30, 2017

by John Grandberg “It’s hard when you’re stuck upon the shelf.” So sang Eddie Vedder on “Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town”, circa 1993. While I’m reasonably confident he wasn’t [...]

AXPONA 2017: McIntosh, Martin-Logan and Sonus Faber

April 28, 2017

The McIntosh room sponsored by Chicago retailer Audio Video Interiors was fascinating to me. At one end was an all-out “balls to the wall” reference system with prodigious and clean bass emanating from the Martin Logan flagship Neolith speakers. [...]