MQA and Deezer announce partnership
Even though it’s Labour Day around the world, and we’re all supposed to be doing our level best to avoid work like the plague, I felt compelled to bring you news [...]
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AXPONA 2017: Music From Another Room, Part 3
A photojournal by Eric Franklin Shook You can’t just say “It’s awesome, buy it.” Eliciting a gut reaction of confidence in consumers who speak your name in [...]
High End 2017: Nordost introduces the QKORE ground units
There is a reason why so many companies are launching virtual ground boxes, these units simply work. As always it depends on the system, if you have a very simple one with no [...]
AXPONA 2017: Quintessence, Musical Surroundings rise to new heights
It’s become a tradition at AXPONA for Quintessence Audio and Musical Surroundings to reserve a sizable block of large rooms together on the 12th floor of the Westin [...]
Review: Pass Labs HPA-1 headphone amplifier
by John Grandberg Have you ever waited and waited and waited for something to show up? And then when it does, it actually manages to exceed your admittedly over-inflated [...]
CES 2017: Day Four – Avantgarde Acoustic, MBL, Pro-Ject, and Canada’s Moon statement mono blocks
The lyrics from R. Kelly’s Fiesta were stuck in my head Sunday morning as I ran around CES because my friends lip-synched (with much body gyration, and soulful facial [...]
RMAF 2016: Listen Up brings master class from Simaudio and Bowers & Wilkins
Listen Up did something unexpected at the Rocky Mountain Audiofest. Unexpected, you say? Well, yes — unexpected, for me. I think many readers are familiar with brands [...]
RMAF 2016: Nordost Lets Your Ears Decide
Even among committed audiophiles, the subject of whether cable makes much difference in sound quality can stir up more verbal sparring than a presidential debate. Cables [...]
RMAF 2015: Muraudio, Sound in the Round
Muraudio was a completely new name to me at this year’s Rocky Mountain show, but I was pulled in to the room due to some truly beautiful midrange. Much like the MBL [...]
RMAF 2015: To the MOON with Simaudio, AudioQuest, Bowers and Wilkins
I must have been 30 when I first ran across B&W’s 800 Series loudspeakers. It was at a beach house, of all things. A rental. My new father-in-law had invited all [...]