Doctor’s Orders: Take a musical journey
While discussing audio equipment with a close friend, we both agreed that many audiophiles end up using their music as the excuse for buying better and better equipment. In [...]
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Review: JansZen Valentina Active
by John Grandberg I’m a headphone guy at heart. I believe all my readers pretty much know that by now. As such, I spend far more time listening to headphones than [...]
RMAF 2014: Colleen Cardas sings Opera with Pure Audio
The bar had closed on Thursday night for reasons that still remain somewhat obscure, so when Mal and I ran into Marc Phillips of Colleen Cardas Imports and Brad Serhan of [...]
New York 2014: Tenace Audio debuts new Opera, standing ovations ensue
I got a chance to meet NY audio dealer (and PTA sponsor) Shayne Tenace of Tenace Audio at this year’s New York show, and happily for me, Shayne brought along some new [...]
Review: Opera Callas Loudspeakers
by Brian Hunter At first look, the Callas bookshelf-style speakers ($5,000/pair) by Italian-based Opera Loudspeakers should grab your attention. Grill on or off, black [...]
RMAF 2013: Blackbird Audio presents Opera, Trenner & Friedl, Unison Research, and more
Dan Muzquiz of San Diego’s Blackbird Audio Gallery is a musician, a cook, and an eclectic audiophile — the various components I see him show at the various audio [...]
CES 2013: Unison Research and the UPower Tube Booster Amplifier
Like many audiophiles, I wish that my flea-powered amplifier wasn’t quite so … anemic … when it came to modern loudspeakers. I mean, if it wasn’t for [...]
RMAF12: Blackbird Heeds that Funky Opera from Simply Italy
Okay, so tortured title aside (apologies), there was a lot going on in the Blackbird Audio room. Hosts Dan Muzquiz of San Diego’s Blackbird, Bob Clarke of importer [...]
