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Vancouver Audio Festival 2017: High Fives on Day Two

June 25, 2017

Smiles greeted me from a number of manufacturer representatives as I headed into HiFi Centre for the second, and final day of the inaugural Vancouver Audio Festival. Seems those tasked with room demos had been making “genuine, and positive [...]

Vancouver Audio Festival 2017: Opening Day

June 24, 2017

Waking up early to already warm temperatures, and sunlight slanting into my bedroom I couldn’t help but wonder if this rare sunny day in Vancouver would mean trouble. It’s slated to be the hottest day of the year here – not a cloud in [...]

High End 2017: Kharma! (finally)

June 15, 2017

Kharma has never been on my radar. Besides being wayyyy out of my league I have always considered the company to be more of a luxury proposition than a true high end audio manufacturer. I’m in this hobby because I enjoy music and [...]

AXPONA 2017: Music From Another Room, Part 3

June 11, 2017

A photojournal by Eric Franklin Shook You can’t just say “It’s awesome, buy it.” Eliciting a gut reaction of confidence in consumers who speak your name in conversations of top tier service and products is neither straightforward, [...]

RMAF 2016: Vandersteen Doubles Down on Bass

December 8, 2016

Audio-show exhibitors love keeping the lights low. It creates a moody, exotic atmosphere. But for aging scribes like myself, it also presents challenges. The way I do not want to make an entrance is by tripping over a chair and getting the outline [...]

TAVES 2016: Toronto Home of Audiophiles shows Pass Labs / Gershman Acoustics

November 25, 2016

By Richard H. Mak Francis Chung, President of the Toronto Home of Audiophiles, is the exclusive dealer of Pass Labs and Gershman Acoustics in the greater Toronto area. I have known Francis for nearly 30 years, and I still remember my university [...]

KEF and the Public Vinyl Demo: Tell no lies, claim no easy victories

July 17, 2016

An evening of revolutionaries and the uphill battles of a hobby previously thought to be on the demise by Eric Franklin Shook I didn’t think I’d have the luck of seeing KEF’s Johan Coorg so soon after a fast-moving weekend at Capital [...]

AXPONA 2016: Quintessence Audio, the essence of luxury

May 19, 2016

One of the things I always look forward to at AXPONA is seeing how Morton Grove, Ill.-based retailer Quintessence Audio Ltd. chooses to outfit its penthouse-suite space at the Westin O’Hare. For a number of years now, the dealer has been taking [...]

Command Performance: Clearaudio Statement with Aesthetix on Dec 12th

December 9, 2015

On Saturday December 12th, from 12-5pm, Musical Surroundings will demonstrate the one-of-a-kind Clearaudio Statement turntable. This is the FIRST showing of the new Statement on the East Coast! Along with this table, they will also demonstrate the [...]

RMAF 2015: Apex Audio, Aesthetix journey to Saturn

October 24, 2015

Hometown dealer Apex Audio presented some of the most complete, well-thought-out rooms at the Marriott Denver Tech Center for RMAF 2015. I didn’t have an opportunity to take the retailer’s stretch limo service to its local showroom, but I did [...]