Audio Advice Live 2022 is only one week away! Our coverage begins on Friday the 19th of next week and runs continuously until completed. From our most recent communication at Audio Advice, the entire Sheraton […]
A new high-end audio show emerges! Audio Advice Live 2022 (website) is a three-day audio show event, beginning on Friday, August 19th, 2022 and ending on Sunday, August 21st, 2022. The show runs from 8am-6pm […]
Just before noon today, it was announced that RMAF 2021, and its subsequent events, are no more. A letter received by press members and exhibitors revealed the details of that decision. With the reported rise […]
Forgotten Audiophile History This series explores little-known stories of twentieth century audio technology, sound experiences, and radio chicanery. There are some ideas so compelling that you want to drop everything and take up the cause […]
Having a Jeff Rowland Design Group product in my reference system reminds me, in a roundabout way, of one of the greatest hi-fi systems I’ve heard. This happened nearly a decade ago, at the […]
DENVER, CO (PTA) — Show organizers sent out a heartfelt announcement this morning regarding Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2020, and sadly for the audio show going community the festival of sound for 2020 had […]
A guest appearance in the Audiophile Journal, from young audiophile’s cross-country journey to Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2019 The Beginnings of Our Journey So like, the strangest thing happened to me the other day. My […]
For the last three weeks I’ve been consumed with writing show reports from the 2019 Rocky Mountain Audio Fest, so Alex Cuba and his stunning new album Sublime seems like the perfect segue back into […]
DENVER (PTA) — All of the media reports I have read indicate that the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest of 2019 was — despite all odds — a smashing success. Eric’s Best-of-Show Exhibits The time required […]
My RMAF wrap-up for 2019 almost didn’t happen. Many people in the high-end audio industry were concerned with the new venue, the Gaylord Rockies Resort, and the increased expenses for exhibiting at a show held […]
DENVER (PTA) — This all stems from sitting down with Audio Envy at two different audio shows (T.H.E., CAF), a summer long conversation about cables, and an ear-opening A-to-B demonstration that had to be witnessed […]
DENVER (PTA) — This is my first time with a Commonwealth Idler Drive ($19,900 USD) professional turntable. Exactly the story behind it, I don’t know. It’s from Xact Audio of Boise, Idaho and I like […]
DENVER (PTA) — In one of many dark rooms at the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest of 2019, AGD Productions and Sigma Acoustics brought together small-package-power, and big-package-finesse like few others could. Though dark and moody, […]
DENVER (PTA) — If you haven’t met Kevin Deal (the Tube Guru) of Upscale Audio, and more “recent YouTube fame“, you definitely need to make it to their retail location or at least do a […]
In the last couple of months I’ve gotten a crash course on Sonus Faber of Italy. First, I reviewed the Sonus Faber Olympica Nova I right here at Part-Time Audiophile. Second, I reported on their […]
The last time I wandered into the Anthem and Paradigm room at a high-end audio show, I made a few jokes about the sheer simplicity of the set-up–all of the gear could fit inside someone’s […]
DENVER (PTA) — A stunning collection of sounds from US distributor Bending Wave USA. Bathed in shadow Göbel High End loudspeakers cast only a silhouette, CH Precision electronics offer contrast from the dark, Kronos Audio sits […]
I ran into Scot Hull in one of the exhibit rooms at the 2019 Rocky Mountain Audio Fest, and he leaned in slightly and told me that I needed to get to the Wavelength Audio […]
If you’ve attended a high-end audio show, you’ve probably seen the Big McIntosh Room. McIntosh Labs always goes all out for these events, usually occupying one of the big ballrooms downstairs and filling it up […]
DENVER (PTA) — High End by OZ gave us a US debut from Vitus Audio with their monster integrated amplifier, AudioSolutions brings an incredibly dynamic loudspeakers to the table, and Ansuz Acoustics cable worms its […]
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