High End 2017: Kharma! (finally)
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 [...]
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AXPONA 2017: Music From Another Room, Part 3
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
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
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
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
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 [...]
Command Performance: Clearaudio Statement with Aesthetix on Dec 12th
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 [...]
RMAF 2015: Apex Audio, Aesthetix journey to Saturn
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 [...]
AXPONA 2015: Quintessence Audio and Musical Surroundings
By John Stancavage Longtime Chicago dealer Quintessence Audio knows how to make a statement. The first thing visitors to AXPONA 2015 saw, smack in front of the Westin Hotel [...]
Athens 2014: Audio Physic and the German Bling
In an all-German room, some of the bigger names were showing off their teeth. Audio Physic’s big 3+1/2 way Cardeas plus speaker was driven by a complete set of Burmester [...]
