AXPONA 2018: Raidho Shines with Chord, SME and Nordost
Each and every show, Rune Skov seems to get great sound out of his Raidho-based systems. AXPONA 2018 had Raidho paired up with those crazy cats Jay and Richard at Bluebird [...]
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SME acquires legendary Garrard turntable rights, and Loricraft Audio
It sounds like legendary Garrard 301 and 401 turntables could be put back into production after UK tonearm giant SME announced that they had acquired the rights to the [...]
Review: McIntosh MA252 tube/solid-state integrated amplifier
In the world of high-end audio, there are solid-state tribes and there are tube tribes. Usually the two pretty much stick to their own camps, except for scattered skirmishes [...]
Review: Whisky and Listening – Vertere SG-1 turntable, SME-V tonearm, and Koetsu Onyx Platinum
Welcome to what I like to think of as a pinnacle of editorial writing in my small world, as it combines two of my favourite things to do: Have a glass of whisky, and kick [...]
RMAF 2017: Bluebird Music Sets The Table
Bluebird Music had a huge suite and lots of goodies. Richard Colburn and Jay Rein were showing off some new gear from SME, Chord, and Vienna Acoustics. Starting with the [...]
RMAF 2016: Natural Sound Comes to America
One of my biggest pleasant surprises of June’s T.H.E. Show in Newport was the discovery of Natural Sound Europe. The Slovenian company announced its presence on these [...]
Review: Transrotor Fat Bob Reference, SME TR 5009 and Koetsu Onyx Platinum.
Transrotor, SME and Koetsu. I think it’s safe to say these are three of the top names in their respective fields of manufacture: turntables, tonearms and moving-coil [...]
Newport 2015: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, Balanced Audio Technology, AVID, Quad
by Rafe Arnott Do you live under a rock? I’ll say it again, only louder this time … DO YOU LIVE UNDER A ROCK? Because even if you do (and with Vancouver housing [...]
Athens 2014: The eyeball magnet, aka, MBL
If you like visiting audio shows (and since you are reading this chances are you like it as much as I do) then you must have noticed that on every show the German high-end [...]
RMAF 2014: Audiohouse rings bell with Joseph Audio
I found David McPhee of Denver’s Audiohouse in two different rooms, each featuring speakers from Joseph Audio. I love Joseph Audio. I’m pretty sure I’m on [...]