It’s getting more and more difficult picking the Best Sound winners at high-end audio shows. First of all, I’ve heard a number of loudspeakers this year that are competing feverishly to reach new heights of […]
Since the Pacific Audio Fest was tiny compared to the Munich show, my Seattle Odds and Ends article will be considerably shorter than the one I wrote for High End 2023. (By the way, I’m […]
What the heck is ModWright 99? It’s just my fancy way of saying that Dan Wright debuted two new products at the 2023 Pacific Audio Fest–the KWA 99 monoblock power amplifiers and the LS 99 […]
Unfortunately, Wells Audio has been one of those high-end audio brands in the periphery for me–I know the name but have no seat time. I rectified that situation at the 2023 Pacific Audio Fest, however. […]
At first I titled this show report as “Audio Note UK Everywhere!” because my listening room has been hosting a complete Audio Note UK System for the last couple of months, and then I drive […]
I talked about Kevin Hayes’ new VAC Essence line of amplification, which has started off with a pair of monoblock power amplifiers and a preamplifier with that “half-width” chassis aesthetic, when I covered the VAC […]
Notable Audio, if you don’t know, is the importing and distributing wing of Jeff Fox’s audio empire. Jeff, of course, has been a dealer under the Command Performance A/V moniker for as long as I […]
I’ve spent a lot of time covering the French manufacturer JMF this year–simply because I think the sound of their gear is fantastic. I can say the same about Ideon Audio, a Greek company that […]
At the 2023 Pacific Audio Fest, I was asked this question by more than one person: “Haven’t you already heard the Børresen M6 Loudspeakers? In Munich?” No, the $550K/pr M6s were on static display in […]
If it seems like I’ve included a lot of photos from Genesis Advanced Technologies room, that’s because it was a big room with a lot going on. There were two separate systems being rotated during […]
It seems like it’s been a long time–pre-Covid?–since I’ve visited Tom Vu in his Triangle Art room. Triangle Art is located in my hometown of Anaheim, California, so I always have to ask Tom about […]
Team Doshi Audio? What’s up with that? It’s an inside joke, mostly. I always cover a certain group of manufacturers who work together in exhibit rooms at high-end audio shows and always achieve impressive results. […]
When I first heard the name Songer Audio at a high-end audio show earlier in the year, I thought it might have been a typo. (You know, Sonner.) But when I saw the name Songer […]
Last May, when I attended High End 2022 in Munich, I walked into the Göbel High End room and was so knocked out by the system that I awarded this German company Best of Show. […]
Back when I was an exhibitor at high-end audio shows, I’d always start off the first hour with a selection of quiet, contemplative tracks, usually classical music, because I like my mornings to be relatively […]
Just because Lou Hinkley of Daedalus Audio was one of the show organizers for PAF 2022, along with Gary Gill, it doesn’t mean he’s going to get special treatment from me. Nope. There were two […]
Just yesterday I mentioned the Fink Team Kim at the 2022 Pacific Audio Fest, and how that pair was being sent to my house directly from the show. There’s another gorgeous and satisfying speaker […]
Ever since Hi-Fi Pig reviewed the Fink Team Kim speakers a couple of years ago, I knew I had to take a listen. First, Stuart and Linette Smith have almost identical tastes in high-end audio–we […]
It’s been four years since I was a distributor, so I think enough time has passed for me to wax rhapsodic about my dear friend Brad Serhan and his speaker designs. I still use his […]
The PAF Saturday Highlights were copious, with so many good-sounding rooms during the day and lots of celebrating late into the night. That means I’m writing these words with blurry, bloodshot eyes and a somewhat […]
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