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AXPONA 2017: The Reel Deal

May 19, 2017

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 this is by bringing Reel-To-Reel into the fray. [...]

CAF 2014: Sadurni Acoustics and the Big Red Horn of Wonder

August 1, 2014

Everyone loves an odd couple. Felix Unger and Oscar Madison. Julia Roberts and Lyle Lovett. Ed Norton and Courtney Love. Brooke Shields and The King of Pop. Horns and Class D amps. At first blush, none of this makes sense. Or at second blush, [...]

AXPONA 2014: Sweet Home Chicago

May 13, 2014

Part-Time Audiophile How hot was the gear at the 2014 Audio Expo of North America? So hot a fire alarm briefly cleared the four show floors of Chicago’s Westin O’Hare midway through day two [yes, that really happened, for the second year in a [...]

AXPONA 2014: Preconceived Notions, Sadurni Acoustics and Merrill Audio

April 29, 2014

I kinda let the cat out of the bag with the pre-show teaser, but you have to admit, pairing 110dB horn speakers with kilowatt Class-D amplification is something of a head-scratcher. Seriously. Who does that? It clearly violates half a dozen [...]

AXPONA 2014 Pre-Show

April 24, 2014

I got in a day early. I could say that I do this because it’s a great way to catch up with friends and get some sneak peeks at stuff, but that’s not it. Or, not entirely it. No, the real reason I fly in early is that I really don’t [...]

RMAF 2013: Sadurni Acoustics

October 24, 2013

Big! Red! Horns! Readers of my show reports know that I love horns. I love weird-ass speakers in general. It just does my heart good to walk into a room and see something that’s not rectangular and black. These speakers from Sadurni Acoustics [...]