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CAF 2022

Triode Wire Labs, BorderPatrol & Volti | CAF 2022

November 23, 2022 Editorial Staff Comments Off on Triode Wire Labs, BorderPatrol & Volti | CAF 2022

Our good friends at Triode Wire Labs cables, BorderPatrol amplification and Volti Audio speakers attend nearly every high-end audio show in the US, which is hard work. Their motto, however, displayed on the wall, is […]

CAF 2022

Dave McNair’s Best of Show | CAF 2022

November 23, 2022 Dave McNair 1

Like my recent attendance at the Toronto audio show, I didn’t go to the 2022 Capitol Audiofest on an official show report mission for Part-Time Audiophile. I went to have some fun and laughs with […]

Loudspeakers

Legato Duo Loudspeakers from Sonner Audio | REVIEW

November 6, 2022 Marc Phillips 1

If you have some time to spare, go visit Sonner Audio’s Gunawan Surya at a high-end audio show armed with a modicum of music knowledge. It’ll be a highlight of your show. Every time I […]

Announcements

Pacific Audio Fest 2022 Will Be Here Faster Than a Scalded Haint

June 15, 2022 Editorial Staff Comments Off on Pacific Audio Fest 2022 Will Be Here Faster Than a Scalded Haint

Pacific Audio Fest 2022 will be here faster than a scalded haint. That said, it’s best to heed the urgent message we received from PAF headquarters just this afternoon. PRESS RELEASE The Pacific Audio Fest […]

Loudspeakers

Nola Champ S3 Loudspeakers | REVIEW

April 17, 2022 Marc Phillips 2

It took me over two years to get the Nola Champ S3 loudspeakers in for review. I’ve been making sideways comments over the last few months about the state of international and domestic shipping of […]

Components

TIDAL Audio Intra Power Amplifier | REVIEW

January 16, 2022 Dave McNair 6

After reviewing the TIDAL Audio Prisma preamplifier in 2020 (linked here) and hearing Doug White (of The Voice That Is) do his jaw-dropping TIDAL Audio system demos at two Capital Audiofests, I jumped at the […]

Audiophile Journal

Fern & Roby Raven III Loudspeakers | First Listen

October 31, 2021 Eric Franklin Shook 5

Dave McNair and myself were itching to get back out on the road. The absence of audio shows had us growing restless with work-from-home life, and the impending end-of-days for longstanding events like Rocky Mountain […]

Components

Valve Amplification Company Sigma 170i Integrated Amplifier | REVIEW

July 26, 2020 Editorial Staff 4

Valve Amplification Company Sigma 170i Integrated Amplifier Review by Lee Shelley (Disclaimer: I’m a photographer by profession and I have many clients in the high end audio industry. I have shot for Valve Amplification Company in […]

Components

Vinnie Rossi L2i Integrated Amplifier | REVIEW

May 24, 2020 Marc Phillips Comments Off on Vinnie Rossi L2i Integrated Amplifier | REVIEW

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the last couple of years, you’re probably aware that Vinnie Rossi has been shaking up the world of high-end audio shows with his tremendous L2 amplification line. […]

Announcements

PNW to Welcome Pacific Audio Fest 2021

May 20, 2020 Mohammed Samji 3

Lou Hinkley of Daedalus Audio was en route to catch a flight to Capital Audio Fest in October 2019, when he hatched an idea. Why don’t we have a top notch audio show in the […]

Cables & Power

Raven Audio Soniquil Series | REVIEW

March 13, 2020 Marc Phillips 4

It takes a brave soul to review high-end audio cables, it seems, even something as worthy as the Raven Audio Soniquil series. Many high-end audio publications no longer review cables—not because there aren’t obvious differences between […]

CAF 2019

Eric’s Best-of-Show, Capital Audiofest Wrap-Up | CAF 2019

December 7, 2019 Eric Franklin Shook Comments Off on Eric’s Best-of-Show, Capital Audiofest Wrap-Up | CAF 2019

WASHINGTON DC (PTA) — Capital Audiofest 2019 had quite a few challenges to meet this year. Seemingly overnight the show doubled in size. Exhibitor count was nearly ninety rooms by the start of the show. […]

CAF 2019

JansZen Electrostatic, Linear Tube Audio (LTA), exaSound | CAF 2019

November 16, 2019 Eric Franklin Shook Comments Off on JansZen Electrostatic, Linear Tube Audio (LTA), exaSound | CAF 2019

David Janszen of JansZen Audio, Linear Tube Audio, and exaSound put together a crafty little system at Capital Audiofest 2019 that left me wowed. Showing the new Valentina P8 and A8, which are the passive and […]

CAF 2019

Finley Audio debuts Stratus and Cirrus line of cables | CAF 2019

November 11, 2019 Eric Franklin Shook 2

WASHINGTON DC (PTA) — Making the short trip to our nation’s capital, we had the pleasure to meet with Finley Audio. Finley Audio is a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania based company, with all production taking place here […]

CAF 2019

Doug White and The Voice That Is! | CAF 2019

November 9, 2019 Marc Phillips Comments Off on Doug White and The Voice That Is! | CAF 2019

If you listened to The Occasional Podcast‘s wrap-up of the 2019 Capital Audiofest, you probably know that most of the Part-Time Audiophile team–Scot Hull, Eric Franklin Shook, Grover Neville, Dave McNair, Jameson Mourafetis and me–listed […]

CAF 2019

Peter Ledermann, Soundsmith and STST | CAF 2019

November 8, 2019 Marc Phillips Comments Off on Peter Ledermann, Soundsmith and STST | CAF 2019

Scot Hull and I met with Peter Ledermann in the Soundsmith room at the 2019 Capital Audiofest–it was sort of a follow-up to our brief visit with him at High End 2019 in Munich. If […]

CAF 2018

Capital Audiofest 2018: The True Beginning of The Holiday Season

October 22, 2018 Eric Franklin Shook 2

Capital Audiofest, Thanksgiving, and Christmas The shorter days, and darker nights of fall leave me cold. Gone is the light in my spirit that comes from sunny summer days. Every year I look forward to […]

AXPONA 2019

AXPONA 2020 moves to overcrowded fall schedule

September 10, 2018 Scot Hull 7

Big news today from JD Events, the organizers for the AXPONA show. AXPONA MAKES THE RENAISSANCE SCHAUMBURG HOTEL & CONVENTION CENTER ITS PERMANENT HOME AND MOVES TO FALL FOR 2020 AND BEYOND SCHAUMBURG, IL (September […]

Show Report

U.S. Audio Shows in 2018: Bigger, Better, More

February 7, 2018 John Stancavage 2

It appears 2018 is going to be another hectic year for U.S. audio shows. One California event that was postponed last year is set to return — less than a week before another major show […]

CAF 2017

Capital Audiofest 2017: Linear Tube Audio – Small Watts, Big Sound

December 7, 2017 John Richardson 1

Local Washington DC company Linear Tube Audio (LTA) had a big presence at the show this year.  It seemed like every time I turned around, something of theirs was staring me down. Most notable was their […]

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