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High End 2017: The tea ceremony of recorded playback with Kondo of Japan

May 31, 2017 // 2 Comments

High End at Munich in the MOC is an A-List affair with thousands of people swarming everywhere constantly, and millions of dollars in ne plus ultra gear oozing cabling [...]

Review: Audion Super Sterling 120 stereo amplifier

December 5, 2015 // 5 Comments

by Malachi Kenney True Confessions It must have been at least a decade ago when the Single-Ended bug bit me. The usual thing happened, of course. I’d heard a [...]

RMAF 2013: BorderPatrol and Volti Audio

October 16, 2013 // 3 Comments

My Volti Audio/BorderPatrol room experience at RMAF wasn’t exactly new as I’ve previously had most of this gear in my home. At the same time, even. Which may [...]

System Two: BorderPatrol Arrives

July 5, 2013 // 14 Comments

About 3 years ago at the first Capital AudioFest, I got my first chance at see and hear BorderPatrol gear. Last year, I got to spend some “quality time” with them [...]

SET Blues

April 5, 2013 // 28 Comments

I’ve written quite a bit recently about pricing and the cost of manufacturing, and I feel that I can say, with no little degree of confidence, that I “get [...]