elac – Part-Time Audiophile

Vancouver Audio Festival 2018: Shelter from the storm on Opening Night

April 21, 2018 // 1 Comment

First the rain came straight down. Then the rain came sideways. Then it seemed to be coming up at me from the ground as I ran from a coffee shop to make my way to Hi-Fi [...]

Vancouver Audio Festival returns April 20-21st at Hifi Centre

April 15, 2018 // 0 Comments

Hi-fi Centre is playing host once again to the Vancouver Audio Festival from April 20th, to 21st. This is the second time the downtown dealer has stepped into the void left [...]

Andrew Jones

February 8, 2018 // 0 Comments

Andrew Jones of ELAC, Pioneer, TAD and KEF. Andrew enlightens us about his long history with audio, designing speakers for a Japanese company and what its like growing up [...]

RMAF 2017: Lee’s Best of Show

November 19, 2017 // 0 Comments

This year’s Rocky Mountain Audio Fest was a blast. With the Marriott Tech Center all put back together and a lot of manufacturers and people in attendance, it felt [...]

RMAF 2017: ELAC knows everything

October 8, 2017 // 0 Comments

ELAC‘s Andrew Jones tells us that Adante has two meanings. One is “awesomely inspirational”. The other is “know it all”. Either way, Jones says, [...]

LA Audio Show 2017: The $350 to $5,000 systems they were lining up for

June 30, 2017 // 0 Comments

There were a number of spectacular, cost-no-object components drawing stereo fans at the Los Angeles Audio Show, but the room I had the hardest time getting into featured a [...]

AXPONA 2017: Lee’s Best of Show

June 24, 2017 // 0 Comments

This year’s AXPONA was the second one I attended and I thought it was a very well produced event. Many manufacturers were represented and attendance appeared very [...]

LA Audio Show 2017: Inaugural event targets newcomers as well as hard-core hobbyists

June 1, 2017 // 0 Comments

If organizers of the Los Angeles Audio Show battled any jitters while planning their brand-new event in a very crowded year, those fears likely have eased in recent weeks. [...]

AXPONA 2017: ELAC Conjures Big Sound

May 7, 2017 // 0 Comments

I have a lot of respect for Andrew Jones. Every show he has something new and it always sounds very good. This year’s AXPONA had something I had been pressing Andrew [...]

“Affordable high-end” — is that like “jumbo shrimp”?

March 4, 2017 // 11 Comments

How many Simolians do you have to part with these days to get good sound? I mean, really? Is it even possible, or just a frustrating pipe dream? That seems to have been Topic [...]