The Focal Kanta No. 2 (website) speakers first caught my eye at an RMAF a year or two ago, speckled up in a brilliant citron yellow and sounding, well, swell. The sound was performing that […]
EveAnna Manley of Manley Labs. EveAnna gives us a tour of the factory in Chino, deliberates amplifier design and talks the finer points of the walking treadmill desk. Recorded directly at the lab in Southern […]
The Ear Gear eXpo at AXPONA followed quickly on the heels of the all-headphone extravaganza of Head-Fi’s CanJam SoCal, which made double-coverage tricky and somewhat problematic — an issue I “solved” by giving some admittedly […]
Let me start by reminding you that I have a Tannoy problem. I like to tell myself I manage it pretty well. I should probably go to meetings, really. The biggest problem with being a […]
Manley Labs was not showing any new products at CES this year, and instead of a “live” display, opted for something a bit more off-the-wall. That is, they hung all their gear. Like art. With […]
I am man enough to admit it. I have a little crush on Manley Labs. The gear. Well, yes, I squeal like a little girl whenever I happen to catch a glimpse of EveAnna Manley, […]
Dave Lalin, New Jersey’s Audio Doctor, was here at NYAV12 showing all manner of things. Depending on how you count, this was the second room (with the Scaena room being first) and this one was […]
“What should I get?” This is an odd question to ask, but it’s the one I hear most often. It’s odd because the single most important element in that equation has nothing to do with […]
Well, here we are almost 10 days without an in house amplifier. [Sigh]. This is killing me. I mean, it’s not like I don’t have other things to do or anything …. But it’s like […]
I have only a couple of more days with the Manley Steelhead and that makes me sad. But at the risk of throwing out a spoiler as my lead, I have to say that I […]
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