CES 2013
CES 2013: Pass Labs
Pass Labs is a legend in the audio industry. No, really — they are. Any time you ask a group of audiophiles about amp designers deserving the label of “super hero”, Nelson Pass is right […]
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CES 2013
CES 2013: Sony, Pass Labs and DSD Audio
Sony introduced (formally) the loudspeakers they previewed at RMAF last fall, now called by the helpfully descriptive name: SS-NA2ES. Offered at $10,000/pair, the 3-way 6-driver bass reflex floor-stander has a rather odd (to me, anyway) […]
RMAF 2012
RMAF12: Sony Style and Pass Labs
Prototype loudspeakers from Sony? With over/under super-tweeters? That’s cool! That’s … style? Style … Sony style. Uh oh.
Newport Beach 2012
Newport 2012: IsoMike
Soooo. IsoMike. Yeah. I have no idea what I was expecting here. But whatever it was, wetting my pants wasn’t one of those things. Yeah … Thanks. If you don’t know, and there’s really no […]
Newport Beach 2012
Newport 2012: Sony, Pass Labs, Mytek and Blue Coast Records
You never know what you’re going to find at an audio show, who you’re going to run into — or who is going to run over you. This year, for me, it was Sony’s Jon […]
NYAV12
NYAV12: Sony, Pass, EMM Labs
I overheard more than one audiophile snarking about the Sony room. “Who knew?” was the refrain that summed it up best. To be perfectly frank, I didn’t quite believe it myself, so maybe they had […]