Polk, Marantz | New York 2019
I don’t recall seeing Polk Audio speakers being demo’ed at a show before, so I felt somehow compelled to give them a listen. I don’t know anyone in my audiophile [...]
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CAF 2018: Just Audio and Our Glorious Past
All right, I’ll be honest. Seeing this exhibit might have made me pee in my pants just a little bit. Here I was, walking through all the exhibits in the downstairs atrium [...]
RMAF 2018: A Critical Eye
Photography by Paul Elliott I have completely bought into the music reproduction industry ever since I heard the difference between lamp cord as speaker wire and Monster [...]
Vancouver Audio Festival 2018: Shelter from the storm on Opening Night
First the rain came straight down. Then the rain came sideways. Then it seemed to be coming up at me from the ground as I ran from a coffee shop to make my way to Hi-Fi [...]
AXPONA 2017: Music From Another Room, Part 3
A photojournal by Eric Franklin Shook You can’t just say “It’s awesome, buy it.” Eliciting a gut reaction of confidence in consumers who speak your name in [...]
AXPONA 2017: Daedalus goes deeper with new 10-inch woofer
The last time I listened at length to a pair of Daedalus Audio speakers at a show, they were flanked by the company’s custom subwoofers. At AXPONA, I again was impressed by [...]
Denon, Marantz and Boston Acoustics purchased by Sound United, owners of Polk Audio
Big news on the M&A front as Sound United, the parent company that owns Polk Audio and Definitive Technology has announced that they are acquiring the D+M Group, the [...]
Review: Aune S16 DAC
The hunt for a legendary beast In the mind of audiophiles lives a legendary beast, one that hunts them down and brings them nightmares mixed with sweet dreams. Or maybe it [...]
RMAF 2014: Sandy Gross shows off his new GoldenEar
Sandy Gross used RMAF this year as an opportunity to embarrass the general market segment. Again. The question of whether or not you can successfully make and sell a [...]
CAS 2014: Ayre and Marantz join 9′ of Sound Lab
I may have mentioned that Friday was a bit of a slog at this show. Equipment was cold, rooms were amusical, and sound was, in general, something less than fulfilling. The [...]
