RMAF 2016: Dynamic Sound Associates, Spendor and VPI
By Darryl Lindberg In the Dynamic Sound Associates (DSA) room, the ebullient David Sckolnick presided over a fine sounding system that featured DSA’s solid state [...]
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Capital Audiofest 2016: Roundup and Best in Show
I’ve been to a lot of audio shows, it’s true. Doesn’t make me an expert, however — there are a few decades of these things that I simply don’t [...]
Review: Luminous Audio Arion and ModWright PH150 Phono Preamplifiers
By cheerfully weird happenstance, I received two world-class phono preamplifiers, pretty much right on top of each other. The first to arrive was the Arion phonostage [...]
What’s Next/Coming Soon
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 [...]
CAF 2015: Fern/Roby and Bettinger Audio Design get heavy
One of the most exciting — and by “exciting”, I mean “most excitedly talked about” — was the room that Fern & Roby shared with [...]
CAF 2014: Luminous Audio steps on the Gas, swings a big Beam
Tim Stinson of Luminous Audio and Mike Bettinger of GAS Audio have teamed up to create a new phono preamplifier, the Arion, which will be sold under the Luminous Audio brand. [...]
Micro (-brewed) Capital Audiofest
I’m heading out to Gary Gill’s place in Baltimore today for a day of audio and microbrews. Micro-CAF is here! Gary’s got a bunch of locals swinging by with [...]
Mini Review: Luminous Audio Axiom II “Walker Mod”
Sometimes, I think I’m losing my mind. Other times, I know it’s gone and I just sit around fondly recalling all the good times we had together. Case in point [...]