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Vivid Audio Giya G1 Series 2 demo event at Element Acoustics – UPDATE

February 23, 2018 // 1 Comment

February 27, UPDATE: This event has been rescheduled for Saturday March 3, at 1 p.m., 2:30 p.m., and 4 p.m. February 23, UPDATE: Due to blizzard-like conditions today in [...]

RMAF 2017: Audio Research, Clearaudio help MartinLogan make a new statement

October 8, 2017 // 3 Comments

There are some things that are rarely seen in the wild, like the white lion or the snow leopard. High-end audio similarly has its own infrequently encountered species, but a [...]

Vancouver Audio Festival 2017: High Fives on Day Two

June 25, 2017 // 2 Comments

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 [...]

Vancouver Audio Festival 2017: Opening Day

June 24, 2017 // 4 Comments

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. [...]

High End 2017: Kharma! (finally)

June 15, 2017 // 2 Comments

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 [...]

AXPONA 2017: Music From Another Room, Part 3

June 11, 2017 // 2 Comments

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 [...]

RMAF 2016: Vandersteen Doubles Down on Bass

December 8, 2016 // 0 Comments

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 [...]

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

November 25, 2016 // 1 Comment

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 [...]

KEF and the Public Vinyl Demo: Tell No Lies, Claim No Easy Victories | The Millennial Audiophile

July 17, 2016 // 2 Comments

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 [...]

AXPONA 2016: Quintessence Audio, the essence of luxury

May 19, 2016 // 3 Comments

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 [...]