High End 2016: Absolare plus Rockport equals home run
Absolare has been showing in Munich with Rockport speakers for years now, usually with triode amplifiers that while sounding very well were sometimes incapable of commanding [...]
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High End 2016: Tim De Paravicini strikes gold with Lyn Stanley
Visited the room on day one, and it was already sounding good. Very good. My initial thought was that this was the best I’ve heard EAR Yoshino electronics sound in shows [...]
High End 2015: Absolare
Usually I would hesitate reporting on a room that has been very close to what we listened to last year in Munich, it wouldn’t make any sense unless there were significant [...]
Air Tight PC-1 Supreme: A Review Follow Up
by Darryl Lindberg As Ralphie poignantly noted in A Christmas Story, “just when all seems right with the world” chaos inevitably lurks around the corner, ready to disrupt [...]
Newport 2014: Cake Audio serves up Rockport, BAT and Brinkmann, but the ice cream didn’t make it
I spent a year taking classes in French pastry, so you’ll pardon me as my head whips around every time someone says “Cake”. It’s a problem. Stepping [...]
High End 2014: Turkish delight in the Absolare room
By Dr. Panagiotis Karavitis Kerem Kucukaslan, founder of Absolare had reason to be happy. His room was among the best sounding of the show. With a total price of around [...]
RMAF 2013: Xact Audio presents Absolare, Rockport, Kodo and a case of the “I wants”
I’m sorry, did someone say “Absolare and Rockport?” Pardon me while my head whips around. Thank you, Xact Audio! At T.H.E. Show in Las Vegas this year [...]
The Air Tight PC-1 Supreme Phono Cartridge
— by Darryl Lindberg So, you need a new phono cartridge, but what to do? If you’ve liked that particular record scraper strapped to your arm, do you get it rebuilt [...]
Las Vegas 2013: Jaw-dropping Absolare and Rockport
First, hats off to Kerem Küçükaslan. His room at the Flamingo Hotel was, hands down, the most arresting, I heard in Las Vegas that week. Best In [...]
CES 2013: Rockport and VTL
It may seem like I’m a bit promiscuous, but … okay, maybe I really ought to stop right there and wriggle a bit for you. Got that image nicely burned into your [...]
