AXPONA 2017: Music From Another Room, Part 1
A photojournal by Eric Franklin Shook A truth I’ve found: the host of the room sets the mood. This cramps the monotony one might expect when attending an audio show. Let’s take a walk [...]
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Capital Audiofest 2016: Roundup and Best in Show
I’ve been to a lot of audio shows, it’s true. Doesn’t make me an expert, however — there are a few decades of these things that I simply don’t have access to, having only “been in the game” since 2010. But [...]
Capital Audiofest 2016: Sonic feast from Viva Hi-Fi, Alta Audio, VPI and Zesto
Scott Dalzell of Viva HiFi was showing off a familiar, if eclectic, collection of gear at CAF this year, featuring some very sexy loudspeakers from Alta Audio. In case you missed it, Atla Audio speakers were the keystone in the ground-breaking [...]
Capital Audiofest 2016: Odyssey sets sails, murder and mayhem follow
At CAF this year, audio veteran Klaus of Odyssey Audio made yet another extremely convincing case for not spending your kids’ college fund on a hi-fi. I’ll just say it — this is getting a little embarrassing. The most expensive [...]
Capital Audiofest 2016: KEF and VPI scorch the earth
In what can only be described an act of outright belligerence, KEF and VPI teamed up at this year’s Capital Audiofest and decided to stop being nice about it. Or fair. In fact, as one show-goer described their joint room at the far fringes of [...]
AXPONA 2016: An Odyssey beyond the dimension of mind
Value King Klaus of Odyssey Audio was ruling from his roost high above his cheering subjects here at AXPONA, repeatedly slamming his warhammer of audio awesome into the sides of the Beast of Status Quo. If you haven’t been following along, [...]
RMAF 2015: An Odyssey beyond sight and sound
Three times during RMAF, I witnessed the same magic trick. Each time, I got shivers, goose bumps, and a trill of fear that lifted up the hairs on the back of my neck. The effect was so complete, so eerie, and so unexpected, that the act of writing [...]
CAF 2015: Backert Labs’ Mini-Me, with Martin Logan, Odyssey and VPI
Backert Labs is running a contest to name their next linestage. Submit your picks online for a chance to win one? Well, sure — sign me up! Their first offering is, as you may know, the Rhythm 1.1 — this is a $7,500 tour-de-force [...]
CAF 2015: Odyssey to the Stars
Apparently, Klaus Bunge of Odyssey Audio was up till the wee hours of Friday morning, attempting to chase audio gremlins out of his system. While 10am saw some progress, it wasn’t until my visit on Saturday that things were humming along. For [...]
Capital Audiofest Starts Friday
This Friday marks the sixth annual Capital Audiofest in (or near) our Nation’s Capital. This show is my “local show”, which is fun, and it’s also the audio show that kicked me off the cliff. That is, it’s the one that [...]
