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AXPONA 2017: A Place In The Market

May 7, 2017

A photojournal by Eric Franklin Shook “Success is 5% perspiration and 95% getting your name out there.” -Albert Einstein Often the reason I get from dealers and manufacturers who have already “arrived” at their place in the audiophile market [...]

Review: JansZen Valentina Active

August 26, 2016

by John Grandberg I’m a headphone guy at heart. I believe all my readers pretty much know that by now. As such, I spend far more time listening to headphones than speakers. Ok, maybe that’s not completely accurate if we count every bit [...]

Review: B.M.C. Audio PureMedia, PureUSB1, UltraDAC

January 16, 2016

By John Grandberg Think back for a second: when was the last time you actually played music directly from a CD, DVD-A, or SACD? Some readers may still be actively spinning, but I have a hunch the number is rather small these days. Based on what [...]

Best of 2015 and Product of the Year

December 30, 2015

2015 is over, much to my shock and chagrin. Honestly, I’m not quite sure how it happened. No. Seriously. I kinda feel like I’m Rick Grimes; I just woke up, everyone is gone, and WTF is the deal with all the freakin’ zombies?!? Oh. [...]

What’s Next/Coming Soon

November 18, 2015

Here we are, mid-November. It’s a glorious time to be alive. I say that with full acknowledgement of the “challenges”, which is a nice euphemism for “a can of worms I’m happy to open, but don’t really think this [...]

Newport 2014: JansZen, exaSound and Audio by Van Alstine look and sound gorgeous

June 14, 2014

The JansZen electrostats are an interesting proposition. The floorstanding zA2.1 speakers ($8,750/pair) combine an electrostatic panel with a pair of woofers at the top and bottom in an enclosed cabinet. They are, quite frankly, gorgeous; 38″ [...]

AXPONA 2014: JansZen and exaSound

May 4, 2014

JansZen and exaSound are two brands doing their darndest to confuse my ability to capitalize. Ahem. Anyway, if you’ve heard of these brands, it’s because they both tend to do what they do extraordinarily well. Given how well they work [...]