CAF 2018: Marc’s Wrap-Up
The last couple of months have been a blur. Just days after I joined the team at Part-Time Audiophile and The Occasional, I was off to Denver to cover the 2018 Rocky Mountain [...]
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CAF 2018: Daedalus, Linear Tube Audio, LampizatOr, WyWires; All Reference
This is a system I could listen to every day and twice on Sundays. Which is exactly what I did at Capital Audiofest. On Friday, I poked my head in for a listen, Saturday, [...]
CAF 2018: Spatial Audio, Linear Tube Audio, ANTICABLE and a Lesson in Value
At last month’s Rocky Mountain Audio Fest, I asked a couple of audio buddies if they’d seen (well, heard) anything interesting at the show. Both of them immediately [...]
CAF 2018: Fern & Roby, Linear Tube Audio, Black Cat Cable; ring in a new era
Fern & Roby take us on a journey into the wide open bandwidth, while Linear Tube Audio rings in a new era for tube integrated amplifiers, Black Cat Cable crosses our [...]
McGary Audio SA-1 Stereo Amplifier Review
One of the fun aspects of reviewing gear from small start-up companies is getting to know the owner/proprietor, who is also usually the designer and builder of the piece of [...]
AXPONA 2018: Spatial Audio open baffles will open your mind
“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” — Helen Keller Spatial Audio, Linear Tube Audio, and Fern & Roby each arrive at a new reference this [...]
AXPONA 2018: The Expo Hall (Part One)
Bigger and better than ever, this years Expo Hall at AXPONA was alone worth the cost of admission. Vendors were pulling all the stops with their displays and demo exhibits. [...]
Munich High End 2018: Fern & Roby make it feel like the first time
Christopher Hildebrand of bespoke high-fidelity manufacturer Fern & Roby showed off some impressive pieces of kit at AXPONA a few weeks ago, and when I spoke with him [...]
AXPONA 2018: The MUST SEE Rooms of Day Three
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: Fern & Roby
The Story Fern & Roby doesn’t really fit in with the current audiophile culture. I also don’t think they want to. That’s not to say they aren’t focused on [...]