music hall

LA Audio Show 2017: The $350 to $5,000 systems they were lining up for

June 30, 2017

There were a number of spectacular, cost-no-object components drawing stereo fans at the Los Angeles Audio Show, but the room I had the hardest time getting into featured a $350 USD rig. Even late Sunday – a typically slow-traffic time as the [...]

LA Audio Show 2017: Inaugural event targets newcomers as well as hard-core hobbyists

June 1, 2017

If organizers of the Los Angeles Audio Show battled any jitters while planning their brand-new event in a very crowded year, those fears likely have eased in recent weeks. The LA show, scheduled for June 2-4 at the Sheraton Gateway Los Angeles [...]

Capital Audiofest 2016: Joseph goes Rogue with analog tape

August 10, 2016

To hear my colleagues tell it, audio shows contain no surprises. They’re boondoggles, at best, a chance to catch up and swap notes, hoist a tasty adult beverage in the general direction of solidarity. But interesting? No. Well, aside from the [...]

Under $400 Holiday Buyer’s Guide Part 2: Vinyl and Digital

November 30, 2015

Welcome to your completely unnecessary and wholly unsolicited Part-Time Audiophile guide to the holidays, Part 2 of a bazillion. You’re welcome. Vinyl Affordable vinyl is not impossible, but it is not a given either. You can find quite a few [...]

AXPONA 2015: Tannoy, Tannoy, Tannoy

May 22, 2015

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 Tannerd is knowing that I almost never see them at shows. But, [...]

CES 2015: A wee dram at Music Hall, with Creek and Epos

January 18, 2015

I really ought to leave the Music Hall rooms for later in any given day. It’s not that I can’t take it first-thing. Not at all. The sound of a Music Hall system is almost always easy, fun, and very listenable. That’s not it. [...]

AXPONA 2014: Music Hall, Creek, Epos and a wee dram

May 12, 2014

It may be the worst kept secret that Leland Leard and Roy Hall of Music Hall Audio serve up the “good stuff” at audio shows. They have these tiny plastic medicine cups that they’ll measure out the Talisker (or some other damn fine [...]

RMAF12: Day 1 Multi-Pack (Part 3) — SVS, Melody, Polk, Playback, George Warren, Sonist, Coincident, Music Hall, Boulder, Music Culture, PTE

November 9, 2012

Another of roll up post. I didn’t get to spend enough time in any of these rooms, but I was curious about each. Consider this more of a photo journalistic survey than anything else. Most of the comments come from volunteer Mal Kenny. He and [...]