AXPONA 2018: After hours with The Audio Company
The Von Schweikert ULTRA 11 tour has made its way around to Axpona. Along with familiar faces in both Esoteric and VAC. The Story Exhibitors at audio shows are known for [...]
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AXPONA 2018: Friday Night Lights, and Saturday delights
Lions, tigers, and bears – Oh my. Substitute the first three nouns in that sentence for women, teens, and children, and you’d get my drift about what I noticed over [...]
AXPONA 2018: The MUST SEE Rooms of Day One
Welcome to Chicago There are over 160 rooms and exhibits here at Axpona. Making this event the largest audio show in North America. For some this can be overwhelming and [...]
Capital Audiofest 2017: The Audio Company, VAC, Von Schweikert, Esoteric bring their A-Game
The Story This was probably the only room at Capital Audiofest that could have charged a “special exhibit” admission price during the show. The Audio Company brought to [...]
RMAF 2017: Esoteric gets lush sound from new gear
Veteran manufacturer Esoteric had not one, but two, major product introductions at the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest. Reflecting general trends in the industry, one new piece of [...]
LA Audio Show 2017: Nola Gold 2s play music like ringing a bell
Nola speakers don’t look like anything else. In my experience, hearing hundreds of different transducers at shows each year, they don’t sound like anything else, either. [...]
High End 2017: Esoteric goes Grandioso all the way
A complete stack of Esoteric’s Grandiodo line of supreme products stimulates my salivary glands like few other pieces of gear. Long time fan of the Tokyo based [...]
AXPONA 2017: Music From Another Room, Part 1
A photojournal by Eric Franklin Shook A truth I’ve found: the host of the room sets the mood. This cramps the monotony one might expect when attending an audio show. [...]
Newport 2016: Nola, VAC soar into the atmosphere
When I entered the Nola/Valve Amplification Co. room at T.H.E. show in Newport, a distinctive repeating pattern of delicately plucked notes began playing. As the [...]
High End 2016: ZenSati skaking the foundations, with Stenheim and friends
Last year, this was a room that came pretty close to being theBest In Show, only it performed inside a prefabricated ground-floor Hall room, which was inadequate for any [...]