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Review: Fritz Speakers Carrera 7 Be Loudspeakers

March 5, 2017

by John Richardson It should come as no surprise to anyone who frequents this e-mag that I ended up with yet another pair of speakers from John “Fritz” Heiler, founder of Fritz Speakers. Perhaps I gravitate toward things I think I’ll like, or [...]

Review: ELAC Uni-Fi UF5 floor standing speakers

February 19, 2017

by John Richardson ELAC is an audio technology company that has been around quite a long time, having recently celebrated their 90th birthday. The company began in Germany back in the 1920s developing early sonar technology and introduced its first [...]

AXPONA 2015: Benchmark

May 3, 2015

I spent last year being embarrassingly over-impressed with Benchmark‘s gear without ever remembering to use any of my own demo music. Fortunately, AXPONA presented me with my first chance to sit down and listen to something familiar. A neat [...]

CAF 2014: Everything Audio Network, Live at the Isle of Wight

August 8, 2014

John Gatski of Everything Audio Network, has been reviewing gear for 25 years. He has contributed to Audio, Audiophile Voice, High Performance Review, Sound on Sound, Audio Media, Radio World, TV Technology, and created Pro Audio Review magazine. [...]

Newport 2014: Benchmark makes its case

June 10, 2014

If the price of that exotic record cleaning machine got you depressed, the Benchmark Media room is going to raise your spirits. Benchmark has been exhibiting with Studio Electric over the last several years, so it was only a small surprise to see [...]

AXPONA 2014: Benchmark sets a new benchmark

May 8, 2014

Benchmark Media Systems has been pioneering the affordable DAC segment for almost a decade now, so it’s kinda fun to not only watch them evolve to meet demands from the high-end of their market, but also expand to provide an end-to-end kind [...]

RMAF 2013: Benchmark and Studio Electric

October 27, 2013

I haven’t made any secret of the fact that the rooms that Benchmark Media has shared with Studio Electric over the past year have been among my favorites. The combination of the Benchmark DAC2 ($2000 for my favorite HGC version), Studio [...]