bel canto

CAF 2018: Harbeth, Rogers Fidelity, Acoustic Signature and the Experiment

November 25, 2018 // 2 Comments

You may have already read about the great mystery in Room 323 at the Capital Audiofest from Eric Franklin Shook of PTA and David Blumenstein from Dagogo. These two audio [...]

Audio Note UK CDT-Two/II CD Transport Review

July 6, 2018 // 1 Comment

Spinning Silver: Audio Note UK CDT-Two/II CD transports are passé. Boring. Irrelevant. So … yesterday. Now, if only someone would tell that to the 5,000+ shiny silver [...]

Capital Audiofest 2017: Joseph Audio with Bel Canto and Doshi

December 14, 2017 // 0 Comments

At the door to welcome me into the Joseph Audio room was Jeff Joseph himself, a top-tier designer of high-quality speakers and long-time audio show veteran. Mr. Joseph has [...]

RMAF 2017: A mad dash in Denver with JCorder reel-to-reel, Bel Canto, Mr. Speakers, and Dan D’Agostino

October 8, 2017 // 1 Comment

I have to admit the hallways at the Denver Marriott Tech Centre were starting to collapse inward like a spiral tunnel, and I felt like my legs were running through thigh-deep [...]

Newport 2016: Wireworld

June 15, 2016 // 2 Comments

At THE Show, I got a new perspective on cables. Cables are a highly contentious topic in our industry, and it was refreshing to spend a few minutes with David Salz, Designer [...]

RMAF 2015: Time for some (VPI) Prime (Joseph Audio) Perspective

October 7, 2015 // 2 Comments

I’ve been enjoying a VPI Scoutmaster turntable for over eight years. It is solid, it sounds wonderful, and it mates well with my Lyra Argo cartridge. I really owe Michael [...]

RMAF 2014: Audio Pathways, two turntables and a chair

October 18, 2014 // 0 Comments

Audio Pathways, from Richmond Hill in Ontario, presented what seemed to be a charmingly minimalist system. Two turntables and a chair? What less could you ask for. Another [...]

RMAF 2013: Bel Canto Black and TAD

October 21, 2013 // 1 Comment

Oh ho! This was an eye-catching room. I don’t know about you, but I associate Bel Canto with wee little attractive silver boxes, not with the dead sexy, completely [...]

CAS 2013: A Children’s Treasury of Missed Opportunities, or, The End

August 31, 2013 // 0 Comments

Too many exhibitors saw too little of us. Worse yet, we heard too little of them to write anything fair. We could say they were lovely. We could complain that they sounded [...]

CES 2013: Joseph Audio, Bel Canto and VPI

January 29, 2013 // 1 Comment

By some measures, the Joseph Audio/Bel Canto/VPI room at the Venetian was one of the more modest on display. The most expensive element, by far, was the $28k Pearl 3 [...]