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A La Carte Productions, Spendor, Chord, SME, VPI, Vienna Acoustics, Aesthetix | FLAX 2020

February 24, 2020 // 1 Comment

Spendor is BACK! Yeah, I know I already used that line with the Bob Carver room, but in this case it’s a little more personal. I started my high-end audio journey with [...]

Audeze, Benchmark, Chord, Nagra | FLAX 2020

February 20, 2020 // 0 Comments

TAMPA, FL (PTA) — Finding an oasis at an audio show is a rare thing. Usually it requires less people, isolation from neighboring rooms, and a shared goal for peaceful [...]

David Cope and Old Forge Audio | CAF 2019

November 11, 2019 // 0 Comments

I have a natural affinity for everything David Cope is doing at his Old Forge Audio dealership/distribution company in Mystic, Connecticut. As I’ve mentioned, he took [...]

Audio Advice, Music Matters 2019 | The Millennial Audiophile

October 18, 2019 // 1 Comment

RALEIGH, NC (PTA) — You might expect one of the nations most innovative and successful high-end audio dealers to be located in the likes of New York, Chicago, or Los [...]

Must See Rooms, Day Three | T.H.E. SHOW 2019

June 9, 2019 // 0 Comments

LOS ANGELES (PTA) — This year’s T.H.E. SHOW 2019 is bigger, better, and already on track to be the most newsworthy yet. There are over 1,000,000 brands exhibiting [...]

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 [...]