RMAF 2017: LampizatOr debuts stunning Pacific DAC in Denver
I walked past the room at RMAF without noticing the sign, stopped dead in my tracks, and did a 180-degree turn. I peered through the partially-opened door into the darkness [...]
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AXPONA 2017: Music From Another Room, Part 2
A photojournal by Eric Franklin Shook Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, proving again that there is more than one way to skin a cat. Axpona is to me an ensemble [...]
Hi-Fi Show Live 2016: Photo Tour
LampizatOr’s Lukasz Fikus was wandering the floor of the Hi-Fi Show Live this year, out on the grounds of the Beaumont Estate in Old Windsor in Berkshire, England. [...]
Review: LampizatOr Atlantic DAC
Fans of Part-Time Audiophile will recall my (on going) love affair with the Polish DAC wonder called LampizatOr. Just to recall some of my highlights — once upon a [...]
Newport 2016 Wrap-up: Best new products, best sound, best room, and ramblings
Trying to wrap up coverage of an audio show weeks after you’ve left is always a bittersweet proposition for me, and Newport 2016 was no exception. New friends were [...]
Newport 2016: ModWright can do no wrong with Ryan, Daedalus
It’s notoriously difficult for audio manufacturers to present consistently outstanding sound from show to show, with the vagaries of hotel rooms, onsite power and a [...]
Newport 2016: Tidal, LampizatOr, bring on a sonic beatdown
I did my best to make the Newport Beach show a hi-fi destination where I sought out systems and manufacturers that I hadn’t spent time with previously, and whose [...]
AXPONA 2016: End of Line and Best In Show
My first AXPONA was five years ago in Atlanta. It was about as far from 2016 as you can get. Then, there was something like 20 rooms. Five years later, and the difference is [...]
AXPONA 2016: Seduced by Vapor Audio and LampizatOr
Fan favorite Vapor Audio has not necessarily had the best track-record when it comes to audio shows. Maybe we’ve been unlucky with our timing, or they’ve been [...]
AXPONA 2016: Gingko, Wells, Salk, DanaCable raise the curtain on affordable sound
Music lovers entering the Gingko Audio–Wells Audio–SalkSound room at AXPONA 2016 encountered a plethora of world premieres. Wells Audio introduced its Audio [...]