AXPONA 2018 marks the return of Gayle Sanders with the launch of EIKON Audio. Sanders co-founded Martin Logan in 1982, where he stayed for nearly three decades only to sell the company in 2005. After […]
Each year at the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest, Peachtree Audio and Zu Audio take a large corner room on the mezzanine level of the Marriott Denver Tech Center. First-time visitors likely are surprised by what […]
I approached this year’s Rocky Mountain Audio Fest with a strange mix of excitement and trepidation. The long-time venue of the Denver Tech Center Marriott was in the midst of significant construction which literally shut […]
Words and Photos by Eric Franklin Shook If you haven’t grown up by age 50, you don’t have to Saying that record stores were the Mecca of my youth is an understatement. Even though I […]
Words and Photos by Eric Franklin Shook From The Bottom To The Top Poverty in the American South has many names, one of them being Laurinburg. It’s a small town in North Carolina, just north […]
Words and Photos by Eric Franklin Shook There are people; then there are these people Narrow minded, prejudiced, ready to make assumptions about places different from where they grew up. I’m not talking about North […]
In terms of pure fun, the one room I always look forward to at the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest is a mezzanine-level space shared by Zu Audio and Peachtree Audio. From appearances by rock-n-roll legends […]
Peachtree Audio 2.0. A full relaunch of the brand. David Solomon back on the sales team. New products in the pipeline. I had to get the full scoop in Chicago. David is one of my […]
You heard it here: Latin-rock pioneer Carlos Santana has wrapped up a new album with his classic lineup. The record, to be called Santana IV, picks up where the group left off after breaking up […]
by John and Davis Richardson For the Not-So-Rich-And-Famous “Hey John, how would you like to review some lifestyle products?” That’s the invitation I got in editor Scot Hull’s basement not long ago when I stopped […]
By Lee Shelly Schiit Audio The first stop I made (pre- show!), was to the Schiit booth. When I got there, Jason Stoddard was fighting with his flagship system … no sound was coming out … […]
It was the best of times. It was the not-best-of-times. But whatever it was, and wherever it lies on the Arc of Interesting, 2014 saw some pretty amazing stuff and some truly inspiring stories, and […]
A couple of days after Thanksgiving, I always have a few friends over for “Friendsgiving”. I think Steve was the one that named it that, in response to a particularly egregious family travesty on the holiday before. […]
Thanksgiving is a weird holiday. Here in the US, it’s tied up with some Good Samaritan myths around the charity shown the settlers by the natives. Somewhat strangely, given the name of the holiday, […]
You’d think that attending so many audio shows so very, very regularly would start to do some pretty serious damage to anyone’s enthusiasm. How exciting can it be to repeatedly trudge through crowded hallways for […]
by John Stancavage I like to attend a weekly Sunday lunch in my hometown where someone from the local vinyl club spins LPs all afternoon. I’m probably pushing the age limit a bit, since the […]
Koby Koranteng of Hi-Fi Logic, Zu Audio’s East Coast Diplomat, didn’t quite bolt as soon as I pulled out the camera, but he did maintain a suspicious distance and as soon as I asked a much-subdued Jon Derda of […]
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 speakers from Italian […]
Anthony Gallo Acoustics was once on hand once again, demonstrating their engaging Strada 2 speakers ($1998/pair, stands $450) and TR-3D subwoofers ($984 each). The rest of the system was relatively simple and not too terribly […]
48 hours to go on the deepblue2 campaign currently underway over at Indiegogo, so any plans you have to jump in and snatch up some early-bird pricing are pretty much over. Funding currently stands north of 470% of the […]
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