LA Audio Show 2017: Rafe’s wrap up on California
While this may have been the inaugural Los Angeles Audio Show, it had an air of familiarity about it that made for an easygoing experience. Everything seemed to run like a [...]
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LA Audio Show 2017: Ryan, Auralic create vivid soundscapes
It’s common for the first impressions of a speaker to center on its performance across the frequency range – bass slam, midrange texture, treble purity. Then, almost as [...]
LA Audio Show 2017: The Voice That Is launches a Tidal wave
You can say two things for certain about high-end audio dealer Doug White: He has terrific ears and is very discerning. White runs The Voice That Is, a Philadelphia-based [...]
LA Audio Show 2017: ATC brings pro sound into your home
I’ve long heard good reports about ATC speakers and electronics, but never seemed to be in the right place for a substantial demo. I finally corrected that situation at the [...]
LA Audio Show 2017 Video: The High End Zone, Perfect8 Technologies, Ypsilon Electronics
Through the Looking Glass. This is the Lewis Carroll sequel to the much more famous Alice in Wonderland. In it Alice again acquires entry to a magical world, this time [...]
LA Audio Show 2017: Volti’s ‘compact’ Rival speaks with big voice
I had to chuckle a little to myself when Volti Audio rolled out what it described as its “compact” loudspeaker at the Los Angeles Audio Show. Calling the new model small, [...]
LA Audio Show 2017: D’Agostino muscle, Audio Research glow, YG finesse – an intoxicating mix
Have you ever been to a rock festival and started imagining your dream lineup in a hoped-for ending jam? What would it sound like to hear singer X with guitarist Y and [...]
LA Audio Show 2017: Vehement Audio off to auspicious start with Brezza Forte speakers
It’s fairly common to run into one or two new companies each time I cover a major stereo event. What’s unusual, though, is to meet some fresh audio entrepreneurs on their [...]
LA Audio Show 2017: Upscale Audio’s PrimaLuna Dialogue HP integrated much more than ‘good for the money’
If you run into a friendly, middle-aged man at an audio show calling himself “Uncle Kevvy,” you can be sure that nearby there will be two things: lots of tubes and good [...]
LA Audio Show 2017: Natural Sound tweaks already-stunning loudspeakers
It was just a year ago at T.H.E. Show in Newport that I stumbled across Natural Sound EU. I was squeezing through a crowded hallway when I saw a sign with a name I was [...]