Analog
LSA T-3 Turntable | REVIEW
Maybe you’ve started to notice a certain theme in many of my reviews, so it won’t surprise you to hear that the LSA T-3 turntable (website) and I also go way back. We’re talking […]
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Florida 2020
Margules Audio, Core Power Technologies, Soundsmith and Old Friends | FLAX 2020
It was such a pleasure to find Margules Audio exhibiting at FLAX 2020. I’ve known the Margules family of Mexico City for many years, back to when Colleen and I used to regularly visit their […]
Announcements
Chord, once Qute2, is now the Qutest with latest DAC launched at CES 2018
Chord Electronics makes some of the most musical home, and portable DAC, and headphone amps I’ve heard, and when I got wind that the Qute2 was being replaced by a new Hugo2-ish form-factored DAC at […]
Announcements
JBL re-launch L100 Classic loudspeakers at CES 2018
Welcome back, Kotter. Hell of a show starring John Travolta, Gabe Kaplan, and Ron Paolillo as Horshack that debuted in 1975. I remember often watching it a friend’s house, and the orange-grilled JBL Century speakers […]
Announcements
Technics announce SL-1000R turntable at CES with expected $20,000 USD price tag
Leave it to legendary turntable-manufacturing monster Technics (nee Panasonic) to put a Godzilla-like foot into the high-end analog ring. With the announcement at CES in Vegas Monday of the SL-1000R – boasting a rumoured $20,000 […]
Occasional Podcast
Sean Casey, Part 1
Welcome to the first episode of the Occasional Podcast! Our maiden voyage kicks off with CES prep and part one of our two part interview with Sean Casey of Zu Audio.[podcast src=”https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/11395511/height-orig/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/custom-color/ed0707/height/90″ height=”90″ width=”100%” placement=”bottom” […]
Announcements
Vandersteen Audio Introduces the Next GREAT Amplifier at CES 2018
Vandersteen Audio has plenty of us hyped for CES 2018 this year in Las Vegas. Just last year at the LA Audio Show (article here) our own John Stancavage was enchanted by Vandersteen’s well regarded M7-HPA […]
LAAS 2017
LA Audio Show 2017: Wrap-Up and John Stancavage’s Best of Show
Audio shows can be a strange experience. No, I’m not talking about catching a frightening glimpse of yours truly, shakily down on all fours, getting a close-up photo of an XLR jack. I’m referring to […]
CES 2017
CES 2017: Products and Places, a Tour
by Brian Hunter While studying photography post grad, I came across a photographer who had been at it since nearly the inception of the medium. To her, black and white was the color of photography. […]
CES 2017
CES 2017 video: DeVore Fidelity to unleash $20,000+ flagship Orangutan loudspeaker
I got lucky in Vegas. No, no… not the way you think. I got lucky with news from John DeVore of DeVore Fidelity. He’s working on his new flagship Orangutan-series loudspeaker. A lot of time, […]
CES 2017
CES 2017: Nagra and YG Acoustics keep the balance
There’s always an expectation on my part when I walk into a room featuring electronics by Nagra of Switzerland. It’s sort of like going to the pub: you know there’s good beer, food, and friends […]
CES 2017
CES 2017: Portraits from CES
by Brian Hunter High Fidelity audio as a group is filled with characters. Actors and actresses all dressed for the part, interacting with each other on a stage of hotel lobbies, suites and long winding […]
CES 2017
CES 2017: Much Abides
I didn’t go to CES this year. There are lots of reasons why I hadn’t really even intended to support the show. Reasons like “we do too much show coverage as it is” and “CES […]
CES 2017
CES 2017: Day Four – Avantgarde Acoustic, MBL, Pro-Ject, and Canada’s Moon statement mono blocks
The lyrics from R. Kelly’s Fiesta were stuck in my head Sunday morning as I ran around CES because my friends lip-synched (with much body gyration, and soulful facial expressions) at maximum SPLs in front […]
CES 2017
CES 2017: KEF LS50 Wireless speakers with new dedicated stands now available
Watch Dipinjeet Sehdev of KEF explain some of the key features of the new KEF LS50 Wireless in this short video above. The Venetian Hotel, Las Vegas, NV Bathed in the soft glow of morning […]
CES 2017
CES 2017: Day Two – Bang & Olufsen BeoPlay M5, Audio-Technica, drones, augmented reality, and Japanese whiskey
There comes a point when enough is enough. And that point came around 12:30 pm Friday afternoon, when after about three hours in what is known as the “South Hall” I had to flee the […]
CES 2017
CES 2017: Day One – new Chord Hugo 2, DeVore Fidelity, PS Audio speakers, Burwell & Sons go affordable
The Venetian Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada The elevator doors slid open and everyone looked at me with revulsion. I was used to it by now, it had happened twice already. It was because there […]
Announcements
CES 2017: Mark Levinson № 515 Turntable
While Rafe and Brian are off wandering the aisles at CES, we got a note from Harman International. Mark Levinson, one of their premier audio brands, has decided to head back into the world of […]
CES 2017
CES 2017: C’Est Magnifique
I was going to go. Then, I wasn’t going to go. Now, it’s official: I’m going to CES in Las Vegas. I’ve never been, so please Vegas, be gentle on me. I will be there […]
CES 2015
CES 2015: A long overdue wrap up
Before, after and during. That’s when I heave out the long sigh. An audio show — any audio show — wrings that out of me. But this year, CES was … different. Whinging For me, […]