Blumenhofer’s formula of square shaped horn speakers has drawn many eyes and ears, they perform anywhere from good to excellent depending on partnering gear. In Warsaw they were showing in a rather big room at […]
By John Grandberg Think back for a second: when was the last time you actually played music directly from a CD, DVD-A, or SACD? Some readers may still be actively spinning, but I have a […]
By Rafe Arnott Cary Audio‘s Daryl Berk had a nice, simple kit put together to showcase the company’s latest tubed preamplifier at Newport Beach, the TL-300d ($6,000 US ~ $8,000 US TBA, six to eight […]
By Brian Hunter The (Digital) Times They Are A Changin’ With the onslaught of technological change and market shift impacting traditional hi-fi, more established companies are dipping their big toes in the murky waters of […]
There’s something about stepping off an elevator to a blare of funk music that makes you suddenly feel a bit like you’re in a Quentin Tarantino movie. Or maybe like you’re Pam Grier. Either way, […]
Capital Audiofest 2014 saw a very interesting evolution this year with the introduction of CanMania, a dedicated headphone/personal-audio show-within-a-show, organized by Audio360‘s Warren Chi and PTA Alum Frank Iacone. This is something of a trend, […]
I’m not going to CES this year. Sorry. Couldn’t do it. It’s not that I didn’t want to go. I did (God help me), and still do! It’s a lot of fun, there’s a ton of new […]
Cary Audio brought one, two, three new digital toys to the show at CES this year! The first is the DMC-600 Digital Music Server ($4,995), shown above, which includes a CD transport, 384kHz sampling on […]
What do I know? Not much, apparently. For example, I’ve never heard of Chapman speakers. Which is my oversight, obviously, since they’ve been building speakers since 1965! This is exactly why I love audio shows. […]
The Home Theater Experience, of Carlsbad, CA, had two rooms full of Tannoy speakers — neither of which I’d heard before. My lucky day! The big $55k Kingdom Royal speakers are monsters. If you’ve ever […]
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