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AudioConLA announced for Los Angeles 2022

July 27, 2021 Editorial Staff 2

BREAKING: The Los Angeles and Orange County Audio Society announces AudioConLA, an international high-end audio show for Los Angeles, and the greater Los Angeles region. More details can be found in the press release below. […]

Newport Beach 2016

Newport 2016: Meridian DSP 7200 Special Edition and MQA

July 29, 2016 Rafe Arnott 3

There’s something to be said for 240 lbs of digital-active loudspeakers (analog gain & filtering featuring proprietary Meridian Class-A discrete amplification – 600 watts/speaker) with built-in DSP, and DACs, that can pretty much be put […]

Newport Beach 2016

Newport 2016: Funk Firm, and Transfiguration sing through Heed Audio

July 26, 2016 Rafe Arnott 1

Any time, any Transfiguration Low Output Moving Coil (LOMC) cartridge is perched on the end of a tonearm, and dragging it’s nail head through a filthy trough of vinyl grooves, I get a little excited. […]

Newport Beach 2016

Newport 2016: Audioengine revs up with new HD6

July 22, 2016 John Stancavage 5

I occasionally have friends say to me, “Hey, you write for an audio magazine. How can I get a good hi-fi system without spending as much as you have?” These are the folks who are […]

Newport Beach 2016

Newport 2016: Redgum plays mind tricks from Down Under

July 20, 2016 Rafe Arnott 2

The unassuming, and slightly rumpled dude in the corner of a Colleen Cardas Imports room at Newport Beach looked aloof, smart, and slightly bored as he scrolled through the screen on his smartphone. I immediately […]

Newport Beach 2016

Newport 2016: EAR Yoshino meet Marten’s Mingus with Viridia TT world premier

July 16, 2016 Rafe Arnott 4

Baron Timothy de Paravicini is a name I instantly associate with exquisite-sounding audio gear. He was involved with legendary brands like Luxman, Quad, and Musical Fidelity – works closely with a number of high-end recording […]

Newport Beach 2016

Newport 2016: Highwater Sound mic drops with Cessaro, and TW-Acustic

July 15, 2016 Rafe Arnott 3

“Two channel with attitude” is what it says at the top of the Highwater Sound room’s gear listing page that Jeffrey Catalano handed me at T.H.E. Show after I had crawled around the room like […]

Newport Beach 2016

Newport 2016: GamuT RS3 and Pear Audio soothe my savage beast

June 29, 2016 Rafe Arnott 1

Some rooms at a hi-fi show you walk into, and you just instantly go “Ahhhhhhh…” The Brigadiers room was like that, and when I darted into the GamuT room, I got the same vibe. That […]

Newport Beach 2016

Newport 2016: Magnepan isn’t afraid of the dark

June 25, 2016 John Stancavage 2

Many audio system demos take place in dimly-lit rooms. I think sales reps feel this adds some mystique to the gear being auditioned, and maybe allows the listener to better focus on the sound and […]

Newport Beach 2016

Newport 2016: I want my Aurender

June 24, 2016 John Stancavage 10

I usually come away from every audio show with at least one piece of gear that I am seriously smitten with. Normally that feeling, after a closer look at my bank statement, quickly fades away. […]

Newport Beach 2016

Newport 2016: Harman International reboots Mark Levinson

June 23, 2016 John Stancavage 1

In the 1990s, it seemed that Madrigal Audio Laboratories’ Mark Levinson brand could do little wrong. Even though the company’s namesake founder no longer was involved, the remaining team continued to bring to market a […]

Newport Beach 2016

Newport 2016: Burwell and Sons

June 23, 2016 John Stancavage 1

Gordon Burwell, president and founder of San Francisco-based Burwell & Sons, recently saved a load of vintage burl walnut from becoming firewood. Instead, the material wound up being used for a smokin’ new pair of […]

Newport Beach 2016

Newport 2016: MSB Technology

June 21, 2016 Mohammed Samji 5

Back at RMAF 2013, I got to experience the MSB Analog DAC.  It was their entry level DAC priced at $6995. 2 minutes into listening, it was clear…. I wanted to hear more and more of […]

Newport Beach 2016

Newport 2016: Brian Berdan is in his (Audio) Element

June 20, 2016 John Stancavage 2

Last year, ahead of the California Audio Show, I made a visit to Brian Berdan’s brick-and-mortar store, Audio Element, in Pasadena. I entered the shop, located in a thriving entertainment district on Union Street, and […]

Newport Beach 2016

Newport 2016: Sanders flat-out busts electrostatic myths

June 18, 2016 John Stancavage 2

Visitors to Sanders Sound Systems’ small, second-floor room at T.H.E. Show in Newport encountered a demo that could have made a fascinating episode of the Discovery Channel’s Mythbusters. Among the commonly held beliefs easily disproved […]

Newport Beach 2016

Newport 2016: Sugarcube SweetVinyl

June 18, 2016 Mohammed Samji 1

I recall being 9 years old, breaking the seal on my dad’s fresh LPs, giving them a clean and accidentally spilling LAST cleaning fluid everywhere with that darn dropper, then copying them to audio cassettes for […]

Newport Beach 2016

Newport 2016: Tidal, LampizatOr, bring on a sonic beatdown

June 16, 2016 Rafe Arnott 6

I did my best to make the Newport Beach show a hi-fi destination where I sought out systems and manufacturers that I hadn’t spent time with previously, and whose set-ups were comprised of digital sources […]

Newport Beach 2016

Newport 2016: Wireworld

June 15, 2016 Mohammed Samji 2

At THE Show, I got a new perspective on cables. Cables are a highly contentious topic in our industry, and it was refreshing to spend a few minutes with David Salz, Designer and Founder of […]

Newport Beach 2016

Newport 2016: Eclipse, On a Higher Note combine to make a point

June 15, 2016 John Stancavage 2

There continue to be a lot of unconventional speaker designs in the high-end, including horns, electrostats, transmission lines, field coils and ribbons. But one particular concept that remains fairly rare is the single point source. […]

Newport Beach 2016

Newport 2016: McIntosh creates blue heaven

June 14, 2016 John Stancavage Comments Off on Newport 2016: McIntosh creates blue heaven

“Dad, I want to hear some rock,” a young boy sitting behind me complained in the McIntosh Laboratory Inc. room at T.H.E. Show in Newport. Gathered in the dark and bathed in the mesmerizing blue […]

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