Newport 2016: Meridian DSP 7200 Special Edition and MQA
There’s something to be said for 240 lbs of digital-active loudspeakers (analog gain & filtering featuring proprietary Meridian Class-A discrete amplification – [...]
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Newport 2016: Funk Firm, and Transfiguration sing through Heed Audio
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 [...]
Newport 2016: Audioengine revs up with new HD6
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 [...]
Newport 2016: Redgum plays mind tricks from Down Under
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 [...]
Newport 2016: EAR Yoshino meet Marten’s Mingus with Viridia TT world premier
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 [...]
Newport 2016: Highwater Sound mic drops with Cessaro, and TW-Acustic
“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 [...]
Newport 2016: GamuT RS3 and Pear Audio soothe my savage beast
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 [...]
Newport 2016: Magnepan isn’t afraid of the dark
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 [...]
Newport 2016: I want my Aurender
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, [...]
Newport 2016: Harman International reboots Mark Levinson
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, [...]