There’s a quote I got from Peter Qvortrup of Audio Note UK which I brought up a number of times over the weekend in Chicago at AXPONA, and it goes like this: “There’s far too […]
Jeffrey Catalano of Highwater Sound is one of those people who put a smile on my face every time I see him. To be honest, I smiled when I saw his name in the AXPONA […]
by Rafe Arnott Jeffrey Catalano of High Water Sound is a very cool cat. Not only was he spinning some of the best and rarest jazz, blues and folk LPs I’ve had the pleasure to […]
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, I bought a boatload of Plinius electronics. The reason? I wanted bass. Like most things, it was a matter of timing and circumstance. My Merlin VSM-MXR loudspeakers […]
Okay, I’ll confess. I might have gone a bit bananas in the High Water Sound room, shooting the new Ortofon A95 cartridge. Whoops. The A90, which was discontinued some years ago, was an incredible feat […]
One of the few local, truly high-end brands, Tune Audio brought the big Anima speakers to the show. These three-way, all passive horn loaded speakers have been turning heads for some time now in Munich […]
Or, an Introvert Goes to Denver I’ve attended a few audio shows in the last 5 years. Okay, that’s not true. I’ve attended a lot of shows in the last 5 years. Every one of them is […]
by Darryl Lindberg High Water Sound: Hørning Hybrid Systems, TW-Acoustic, etc. What can I say that hasn’t already been said about Jeff Catalano’s show set-ups—or Jeff himself? As usual, Jeff wrung excellent sound from his […]
We were 600 miles out, and the road lay as flat and straight as a dropped spear, stabbing into heart of mountains far too distant to yet see. With the windows down, the wind was […]
A visit to one of Jeff Catalano’s ornigh Water Sound rooms is a bit like going out to a great restaurant with a friend who’s a connoisseur of gourmet cooking; he says, “Do you mind […]
Jeff Catalano is something of a legend on the audio show circuit, and may well be the only man I know of even more militantly pro-vinyl than Stereophile’s Michael Fremer. In fact, when the two […]
This time, I wasn’t screwing around. After the fiasco at AXPONA, I wasn’t going to wait till the very end to visit Jeff Catalano of High Water Sound. Nope. Nuh uh. This time, it was […]
Jeff Catalano is a wizard. This is known. He routinely pulls a maestro-level performance out of his setups, even if it sometimes feels like he’s having to get extra mojo from pulling things out of […]
I got in a day early. I could say that I do this because it’s a great way to catch up with friends and get some sneak peeks at stuff, but that’s not it. Or, […]
By Dr. Panagiotis Karavitis People say that the auditory memory only lasts a few seconds but I disagree. The emotion that a well set up system playing beautiful music can create, lasts an eternity. With […]
The truth is, it’s really hard for me to listen to mega-buck audio systems without my mind shriveling a little bit. I recoil and have to actively stop, disconnect and recalibrate that part of my brain […]
High Water Sound‘s Jeff Catalano has been working up to this room for, well, for forever. Many years, many variations, culminating in this one weekend in Denver. What was the catalyst? Oh, the hell if […]
By Dr. Panagiotis Karavitis There are two types of show rooms, the ones full packed with equipment and the ones that host a clean system playing music nonstop. I love the clean ones. Not too […]
I’ve written many times about the audio wizardry of High Water Sound‘s Jeff Catalano. Ask around — this is one of the few rooms you can expect to hear something non-scripted. Something off the wall. […]
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