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FLORIDA 2019: Backert Labs, RJS Acoustics, Pass Labs, Luminous Audio, Render life in the music

March 10, 2019 // 1 Comment

RJS Acoustics brought the MD6 Bass Augmentation Speaker System, Backert Labs showed their new Rhumba Extreme 1.3 tube preamplifier, Pass Labs brings the power, and Luminous [...]

CAF 2018: Spatial Audio, Linear Tube Audio, ANTICABLE and a Lesson in Value

November 22, 2018 // 0 Comments

At last month’s Rocky Mountain Audio Fest, I asked a couple of audio buddies if they’d seen (well, heard) anything interesting at the show. Both of them immediately [...]

RMAF 2018: Can Jam – highlights and high-sounds

November 9, 2018 // 1 Comment

I am not a headphone guy. Even in my youth, I was all about the room filling stereo experience. Seeking to learn more about the culture of head-fi that has sailed far off [...]

Audio Advice: Music Matters 2018, and 40th Anniversary Celebration

October 15, 2018 // 1 Comment

Audio Advice celebrates forty years in business by pulling out all the stops during their annual Music Matters event. Music Matters, is an annual celebration of music [...]

AXPONA 2018: Raidho Shines with Chord, SME and Nordost

May 16, 2018 // 0 Comments

Each and every show, Rune Skov seems to get great sound out of his Raidho-based systems. AXPONA 2018 had Raidho paired up with those crazy cats Jay and Richard at Bluebird [...]

Review: HiFiMan Susvara headphones, assault on the state of the art

February 24, 2018 // 0 Comments

This is not for the faint of heart, or wallet. If you think headphones have reached overwhelmingly high prices spare your time and don’t read this review. You have been [...]

RMAF 2017: Lee’s Best of Show

November 19, 2017 // 0 Comments

This year’s Rocky Mountain Audio Fest was a blast. With the Marriott Tech Center all put back together and a lot of manufacturers and people in attendance, it felt [...]

RMAF 2017: Bluebird Music Sets The Table

October 28, 2017 // 0 Comments

Bluebird Music had a huge suite and lots of goodies. Richard Colburn and Jay Rein were showing off some new gear from SME, Chord, and Vienna Acoustics. Starting with the [...]

RMAF 2017: Big News from Chord Electronics

October 26, 2017 // 1 Comment

Covering CanJam this year was a real blast. Every vendor seemed to have super exciting product introductions and Chord Electronics was no different albeit it was a more [...]

High End 2017: Audeze introduces the fab LCDi4 in ear headphones

June 17, 2017 // 0 Comments

Audeze keeps pushing the limits of personal fidelity and after the successful launch of the iSine series it was time for a similar form factor but flagship model. [...]