music hall

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

June 30, 2017 // 0 Comments

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 [...]

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

June 1, 2017 // 0 Comments

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. [...]

Capital Audiofest 2016: Joseph goes Rogue with analog tape

August 10, 2016 // 0 Comments

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 [...]

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

November 30, 2015 // 2 Comments

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 [...]

AXPONA 2015: Tannoy, Tannoy, Tannoy

May 22, 2015 // 0 Comments

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 [...]

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

January 18, 2015 // 1 Comment

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 [...]

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

May 12, 2014 // 0 Comments

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 [...]

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

November 9, 2012 // 5 Comments

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 [...]