Words and Photos by Eric Franklin Shook From The Bottom To The Top Poverty in the American South has many names, one of them being Laurinburg. It’s a small town in North Carolina, just north […]
It’s always fun to see Naotaka Tsunado from Sony at Rocky Mountain. I first met Nao at a Chesky recording session in Brooklyn and he has always shown great enthusiasm for portable audio. This year […]
Simplicity is beauty to this humble audiophile. And the Well Tempered Labs Amadeus GTA is nothing if not simplicity. I’m an aesthetic snob, I make no apologies for having a certain taste and being turned […]
“I mostly put out what I like,” Chad Kassem, owner of Salina, Kansas-based Acoustic Sounds was explaining to a couple of audio fans as I entered his ground-floor room during the second day of RMAF […]
I have a soft spot for the old Walkman brand. I carried one of the originals pretty much everywhere when I was a kid, and echoes of those painful, turbulent and largely destructive times echo […]
By John Stancavage When I walked into the spacious, ground-floor Acoustic Sounds room at RMAF, head honcho Chad Kassem had just cued up Dave Brubeck’s jazz chestnut “Take Five.” As often as this track gets […]
Sony had a big humongous presence during the fest with many new models of the Hi Res series which made their debut only a few weeks back at IFA Berlin 2014 and the one that […]
I was having a serious déjà vu thing with the Sony Walkman all weekend. Every time I turned around, it seemed, I was making a comment about my old safety-yellow Walkman from 30 years ago. […]
Ignore the misleadingly soothing pianist in the lobby. One of the real pleasures at an audio show comes when the big guns bring out all of their dogs and ponies. Some may systems are stunt […]
In addition to their big demo, Sony also brought a number of their hi-res listening devices to show off. The HAP-S1 ($999.99) won high marks for me when I experimented with it at T.H.E. Show […]
I can’t get over that hot shirt Red Wine Audio‘s Alexis Chen managed to score. Wonder where she got that? Hmm. Kidding aside, I’m grateful she was willing to not only wear it, but let […]
Sony Electronics has thrown their hat into the high res ring in a big way with their HAP-S1 High Resolution Music Player ($1,000). This self-contained box will play back just about every file you can […]
The personal audio team from Sony Electronics had a prominent table at the Ear Gear Expo this year, bringing their top-shelf headphone amp/DAC combos for folks to listen to. The $999 HAP-S1 (shown here in […]
A syndicated article from Audio360.org by amos barnett, warren chi, michael liang, kevin venable & ethan wolf Remember your first kiss, a new puppy wagging its tail at you, the opening notes of your favorite song, […]
Wow. What a show! Before anything else, a doff of the cap to the fine folks that put this paroxysm of audio joy together. Marjorie, what a way to celebrate 10 years! In case you […]
This is going to be a bit redundant with the giant CanJam expose from my Audio360 brethren, so I’ll do two things here. One, post my awesome pics. Two, try and cover the “other things” […]
The internet made its share of noise about Sony’s slew of late-summer press releases. Sony was back, they claimed. “What? Again?” asked everyone who ever bought a Sony product. Which, let’s face it, is pretty […]
Sony is making a big play in the high-resolution audio space, leveraging both their expertise and deep background with SACD and the huge library of high-res music files along with their penchant for sweet electronics. […]
Too many exhibitors saw too little of us. Worse yet, we heard too little of them to write anything fair. We could say they were lovely. We could complain that they sounded terrible. The exhibitors, […]
Not Scottish At All, Linn Audio Loudspeakers was in attendance showcasing their $60,000 per pair Athenaum speakers with the same Pass and Sony electronics that they used in Newport. These claim 30hz to 20khz from […]
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