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Chord, once Qute2, is now the Qutest with latest DAC launched at CES 2018

January 14, 2018 // 0 Comments

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 [...]

JBL re-launch L100 Classic loudspeakers at CES 2018

January 13, 2018 // 0 Comments

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 [...]

Technics announce SL-1000R turntable at CES with expected $20,000 USD price tag

January 9, 2018 // 0 Comments

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 [...]

Sean Casey, Part 1

January 6, 2018 // 7 Comments

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. [...]

Vandersteen Audio Introduces the Next GREAT Amplifier at CES 2018

January 5, 2018 // 5 Comments

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 [...]

LA Audio Show 2017: Wrap-Up and John Stancavage’s Best of Show

August 3, 2017 // 3 Comments

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 [...]

CES 2017: Products and Places, a Tour

January 30, 2017 // 0 Comments

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 [...]

CES 2017 video: DeVore Fidelity to unleash $20,000+ flagship Orangutan loudspeaker

January 20, 2017 // 8 Comments

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 [...]

CES 2017: Nagra and YG Acoustics keep the balance

January 15, 2017 // 0 Comments

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 [...]

CES 2017: Portraits from CES

January 13, 2017 // 0 Comments

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 [...]