RMAF 2018: Verity Audio Montsalvat System
I’ve been a fan of the Parsifal loudspeakers from Verity Audio for a while now, having heard several nice systems with them. But I was unprepared for what High [...]
Signal Projects
AXPONA 2018: High Fidelity Services, Verity Audio, and Trilogy Audio Systems prove that size doesn’t matter (again)
An emotional journey into political contemplation and social suffering wasn’t what I expected to leave the Verity Audio room with. The delivery medium however; compelling, [...]
AXPONA 2018: High Fidelity Services, Neat Acoustics prove that size doesn’t matter
Paul Manos of High Fidelity Services in Hingham, Massachusetts is a perennial show favourite. Their exhibit at this year’s Axpona was no different. Paul was pulling [...]
Review: HiFiMan Susvara headphones, assault on the state of the art
This is not for the faint of heart, or wallet. If you think headphones have reached overwhelmingly high prices spare your time and don’t read this review. You have been [...]
Metaxas Ikarus integrated amplifier review
This is an article that first appeared in our new online PDF, downloadable magazine The Occasional last fall in it’s inaugural edition. We’ll be rolling out [...]
RMAF 2017: Neat’s new Xplorer has small footprint, big sound
The Iota Xplorer, a new speaker from Neat Acoustics, is only 29-inches high. Still, it towers over its older brother, the Iota Alpha, which stands just 16-inches tall. Both [...]
AXPONA 2017: Less is more for Neat, Audia Flight
Some audiophiles have an unfortunate tendency to judge equipment at first glance by appearance alone. Often they are guilty of stereotyping products, as in, “Small speaker? [...]
RMAF 2016: High Fidelity Services Pulls Neat Trick, Takes Flight
When trudging down the hallways of a hotel packed with $200K+ systems, finding an exhibit making great sound at a more affordable level is almost as refreshing as [...]
Review: Nagra HD DAC; or, Closing the gap between digital and analog
There is not much to be said about Nagra Audio that has not been said already. The company goes back six decades, when Stefan Kudelski, a young talented engineer born in [...]
Capital Audiofest 2016: Because Tidal, enough said
I was told, years ago, that there were certain expectations that were completely legitimate to cling to. Horns have a certain sound to them, for example. As do triodes. And [...]