AXPONA 2017
AXPONA 2017: The Reel Deal
A photojournal by Eric Franklin Shook I love trolling the physical format cat fights on Facebook. “Vinyl vs Digital – Bowl of Milk, Party of Two”: blah blah, yada yada. My favorite way to do […]
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Audio-Life
More delectable than Swiss chocolate is Swiss audio, or, another visit with darTZeel’s Hervé Delétraz
— by Norman Williams My second visit with Hervé Delétraz was a holy crap experience. His demo room has just recently been totally redone and I must have been one of the first guests, if […]
Las Vegas 2013
Las Vegas 2013: Playback Designs
Playback Designs showcased a brand new product at T.H.E. Show this year — say hello to the IPS-3, a $13,000 “Integrated Playback System”. The IPS-3 is an integrated amplifier with an internal double-DSD-capable DAC, so […]
RMAF 2012
RMAF12: Day 1 Multi-Pack (Part 3) — SVS, Melody, Polk, Playback, George Warren, Sonist, Coincident, Music Hall, Boulder, Music Culture, PTE
Another of roll up post. I didn’t get to spend enough time in any of these rooms, but I was curious about each. Consider this more of a photo journalistic survey than anything else. Most […]
NYAV12
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 […]
NYAV12
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 […]
RMAF
RMAF 2011: Evolution, darTZeel, Playback, Wave Kinetics, Durand
The first thing that struck me as odd when I walked into the Bluelight Audio room was the setup. Here at last are the darling $2.5k Evolution Acoustics MMMicroOne speakers sitting on their stands, and […]