Photography by Paul Elliott I have completely bought into the music reproduction industry ever since I heard the difference between lamp cord as speaker wire and Monster brand wire oh so many years ago. Yes, […]
The audio-show year kicked off for me with an eardrum-flexing snare shot in Chicago at Audio Expo North America. If those three hectic days near the end of April are any indication, we’re in for […]
I was approaching an open door on the lower level of the Westin O’Hare when I heard an unmistakable rhythm track kick in. From outside, the crack of the snare and the slinky, pulsing bass […]
A photojournal by Eric Franklin Shook I love trolling the physical format cat fights on Facebook. “Vinyl vs Digital – Bowl of Milk, Party of Two”: blah blah, yada yada. My favorite way to do […]
It’s a must-stop event. Assuming you can find it. But I bet you can. Just creep along the hallway, long after the show hours have closed for the day, until you hear extraordinarily clear and […]
One of the most enjoyable things about covering the high-end industry is meeting the fascinating people who somewhere along the way got the crazy notion this actually could be their business. These days, two-channel audio […]
Going room to room at the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest is always an exhilarating experience, but also one that, by day three, can almost be too much of a good thing. Speakers that might have […]
This was a surprise. The entire show. A surprise. And given that it seemed like it might not happen at all for a few months, the overall success was a stunner. Sound quality? WAY up. […]
I have a thing for horns. Especially vintage-ish horns. They’re kind of hard to find these days, though you see a few here and there. Like Classic Audio Loudspeakers. The designer, John Wolfe, has been […]
An entire month passed since we got back from Munich and our combined efforts produced more than 50 extended show reports, many of which are closer to mini-reviews than a mere system and price tags list […]
Scot Hull likes to accuse me of being too negative. I keep trying to tell him that I’m not negative, it’s just that people keep shoving half-empty glasses at me. He tells me that I […]
By John Stancavage Remember that scene in Lethal Weapon where the bad guy tells tied-up undercover cop Martin Riggs that “Endo here has forgotten more about dispensing pain than you or I will ever know”? […]
Filed Under: Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix. Classic Audio has been bringing the big Hartsfield homage speakers, like the T3.4 ($45k) shown here, in one iteration or another for longer than I’ve been “into” high-end audio. […]
Part-Time Audiophile How hot was the gear at the 2014 Audio Expo of North America? So hot a fire alarm briefly cleared the four show floors of Chicago’s Westin O’Hare midway through day two [yes, […]
I get the distinct feeling that Jim Aud of Purist Audio Design has been making audio cables since before I was born. I’ve had the pleasure of having a set of his Praesto Revision cables […]
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