Florida 2023
Margules Audio and Raidho | FLAX 2023
First of all, let me apologize for the mediocre photos of the Margules Audio and Raidho room at the 2023 Florida Audio Expo. As usual, that room was one of the darkest rooms at the […]
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PAF 2022
Margules and Raidho | PAF 2022
Margules Audio definitely stepped up at the 2022 Pacific Audio Fest with a system that featured not only their flagship amplification–the Margules U-280SC 30th Anniversary power amplifier ($10,000 USD) and the SF-220 preamplifier ($7,000)–but a […]
PAF 2022
PAF Saturday Highlights | PAF 2022
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 […]
AXPONA 2019
The BIG Raidho Room | AXPONA 2019
It was the big secret of AXPONA 2019. Usually, it was whispered. The BIG RAIDHO ROOM. You have to see it. Go! Go now! And so I went. And went. And went. And did not […]
RMAF 2018
RMAF 2018: Raidho Acoustics, SimAudio Moon and a Deep, Deep Window into the Music
My first hands-on experience with Raidho Acoustics’ loudspeakers occurred a few years ago, when I was pulled into an exhibit room to listen to a new digital technology. I can’t even remember what that product […]
RMAF 2018
RMAF 2018: A Critical Eye
Photography by Paul Elliott I have completely bought into the music reproduction industry ever since I heard the difference between lamp cord as speaker wire and Monster brand wire oh so many years ago. Yes, […]
AXPONA 2018
AXPONA 2018: Lee’s Best of Show
I was really burned out from a long work week at nearby Northwestern University. I was so looking forward to AXPONA as the medicine to my working man blues. The only thing stopping me was […]
CES 2017
CES 2017: Sun setting on Vegas for high fidelity?
This CES was my first. Thing is, it just might be my last. Consensus among fellow journalists, hi-fi manufacturers, distributors, and bricks & mortar owners is that it’s no longer a good fit for home audio, […]
Munich 2016
High End 2016: A reason to do shows, counts as wrap up
If you are kind enough as to read through the end, you will also know my favorite rooms of this year’s Munich’s High End show. But first, let me tell you why we do show […]
Munich 2016
High End 2016: Raidho D4.1 or how to make an excellent speaker even better
This has been one of the most anticipated rooms fo Munich’s 2016 show. If you follow the various facebook groups and audio related forums you must have noticed the teaser pics of the improved Raidho […]
AXPONA 2016
AXPONA 2016: The Sublime Musicality of Raidho Acoustics
Back at the last RMAF, one of my favorite rooms saw both Raidho and Constellation. I found it to be a remarkable blend of resolution and effortless musicality. At AXPONA 2016, I was happy to find Raidho’s always-entertaining Lars Kristensen […]
Munich 2016
High End 2016: Here we go
Scot is flying towards Munich; I will be doing the same at dawn. I hate flying that early and would do it for one reason only. It’s that time of the year. The biggest kermesse […]
Announcements
What’s Next/Coming Soon
Here we are, mid-November. It’s a glorious time to be alive. I say that with full acknowledgement of the “challenges”, which is a nice euphemism for “a can of worms I’m happy to open, but […]
High End 2015
High End 2015: Scansonic and Raidho
Do you like Raidho speakers? Frankly speaking, do you drool over Raidho speakers? Do those snappy transient responses and the sense of air typical of the Danish firm make you go crazy, but you know […]
CES 2015
CES 2015: A long overdue wrap up
Before, after and during. That’s when I heave out the long sigh. An audio show — any audio show — wrings that out of me. But this year, CES was … different. Whinging For me, […]
Athens 2014
Athens 2014: Aavik U-300 amplifier by Raidho Acoustics
Raidho Acoustics managed to do within a few years time what others did not achieve in decades, creating world-class avant-garde speakers with exquisite sound. Then the same design team under chief engineer Michael Borresen launched […]
RMAF 2014
RMAF 2014: Raidho Brings Diamonds From Denmark
by John Stancavage Once the crowds arrive for the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest, the Marriott Tech Center’s elevators tend to get overwhelmed. Or at least it seems that way. Especially on the tower side, where […]
Newport Beach 2014
Newport 2014: Scot’s Grab Bag of High-End Stereo, stuffed full of Audioengine, Bob’s Devices, Focal, Raidho, MBL, Perfect8, Planter, Roksan and Vivid
Audioengine Brett and Brady and Morgan were all on hand, showing off the upcoming Audioengine B1, a Bluetooth DAC that supports the latest AptX codecs for what seemed — to my ears at least — to […]
Newport Beach 2014
Newport 2014: Raidho, Pass and a Heavenly Walker
Ever since I bought my first linear tracking turntable off eBay some six years ago (a Technics SL-10, natch), other linear trackers have held a bit of fascination for me, and none more so than […]
High-End
High End 2014: Raidho’s diamonds
By Dr. Panagiotis Karavitis Raidho of Denmark brought a series of speakers but we managed to hear only the two bigger ones as the smaller and highly anticipated X-1 were only on static display. The […]