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New York Audio Show 2013: Part 2
Okay, so this is a bit absurd, but yes, here it is, Part 2 of my coverage of the New York Audio Show, now online over at The Absolute Sound. And only a month late! […]
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New York Audio Show 2013: Part 1
Part 1 of the New York Audio Show coverage is now online over at The Absolute Sound. Hit the graphic for the link! I’ll have some more coming soon, with lots of pictures!
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Stereophile goes video
I actually had a good time with the Stereophile chaps this weekend (shh!). Had a tasty lunch with Michael Lavorgna and Stephen Mejias on Friday, and pretty much chased Ariel Bitran around all weekend. Okay, “chased” is […]
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New York Audio Show starts tomorrow
Heading to NYC tomorrow for the New York Audio Show. It’s going to be a quite a show. It’s also going to be somewhat fractured, which is odd. For the second year in a row, a […]
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Audio Shows — Next Up
Just booked my travel arrangements for AXPONA in Chicago (March 8-10th). Looking forward to a quick visit to the Windy City and meeting up with the rest of the TAS team. Not sure if I’m […]
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Which audio shows — and why?
The first half of the year seems to be stuffed with audio show goodies. Obviously, I wish I could do all of them, but I’m not sure that’s reasonable or feasible. Which of these are […]
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NYAV12: Tweak Studio presents Burmester, Walker Audio, and an Evening of Euphoria
Arnold Martinez of Tweak Studio put on one of the poshest setups at the NYAV show. Burmester paired up with Walker Audio? It brought tears to my eyes. Okay, maybe not, but I was suitably […]
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NYAV12 Round-up: Haniwa, Music First, Bricasti, GT Audio, Legacy, Lavry, D’Agostino
Every show leaves me with a handful of rooms that either didn’t work, didn’t work for me, weren’t actually functional, weren’t demoing music, or defied any easy classification. Nonetheless, I have pics of them worth […]
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NYAV12: LessLoss and Kaiser
Lessloss was showing the Kaiser Acoustics Vivace “High Performance Loudspeaker”, which starts at $42,500 depending on finish; they looked very impressive in Lamborghini Orange. Fitted out with Scanspeak drivers and a Mundorf AMT tweeter, the […]
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NYAV12: GTT Audio presents YG, Brinkmann, Soulution
GTT Audio brought the big guns to the NYAV show. YG, Soulution, Brinkmann … size, power, skill — it was like a parking a Navy warship in the middle of a carnival. Let’s just say […]
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NYAV12: Sound by Singer presents Kudos, Playback, DarTZeel
DarTZeel. For me, the name screams “high-end”. The gear is bespoke in the highest degree — big gold face plate and crimson sides. A honking big knob, some big oh-shit handles, and a sound that […]
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NYAV12: Sound by Singer presents Verity, VAC, Playback Designs
Sound By Singer‘s Andrew Singer put on a double-feature at the NYAV Show. On the center-right stage was a demo by Verity and VAC that played to a standing-room-only crowd — unless you waited in […]
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NYAV12: SimpliFi Audio presents Gradient, Bladelius
Room acoustics are the bedevilment of every audio show. This one thing is why you have dozens in the audiophile press say things like “I never listen at audio shows” or “the sound at audio […]
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NYAV12: Innovative Audio presents Wilson, VTL, Spiral Groove
Innovative Audio room filled a relatively small room with some big gear. The big black $27,900 Wilson Sasha loudspeakers were set up along the long wall, driven by the $18,000/pair VTL MB450 Series III amplifiers […]
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NYAV12: Davone and M-A Recordings
I found Todd Garfinkle of M-A Recordings holed up in a little room at NYAV, fielding questions over his should, changing the music, all while waving a fistful of US cash around in air. Busy, […]
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NYAV12: VAS, VPI
VAS Industries, the US importer for VAS, Cayin and Aurum Cantus, was showing at NYAV with VPI. Which was really cool. Everything in this room was on the more affordable end of the high-end scale, […]
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NYAV12: Audio Note
Any Audio Note fans out there? Well! If you are (or even if you aren’t), NYAV had a cozy little retreat filled with AN gear worthy of a set-to. In the corners were the $19,000 […]
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NYAV12: Audio Arts shows Zellaton, Berning, Holborne, Tellurium Q
Gideon Schwartz’ Audio Arts room showcased a prototype speaker from Zellaton, the just-released $59,750 Concert. Details, such as impedance and sensitivity, are all forthcoming and should be posted online by next week. Feeding these speakers […]
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NYAV12: Soundsmith
All that glitters is not gold. Clearly. Because chrome glitters quite brightly, thank you very much. And the big HRX turntable that Peter Lederman, the Soundsmith, brings to each show sure has lots of little […]
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NYAV12: Interludes, diversions, and random bits
On Saturday morning, Stereophile’s John Atkinson chaired an “Ask the Editors” panel. Interestingly, I was not invited to sit on this august panel, though I’m sure it was merely an oversight. Next time. Anyway, please […]