Luxman L-550AXII Integrated Amplifier Review
By Steve Folberg Memory Lane Long before the Luxman L-550AXII ever graced my door, there was a stereo system. I bought my first real system just out of graduate school in [...]
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AXPONA 2018: Best of The Show, Wrap-Up, and Why I am an Audiophile
Audio shows are more than new gear releases and demonstrations to me. They are a chance to connect with the strange personalities that embody what it means to be an [...]
AXPONA 2018: Spatial Audio open baffles will open your mind
“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” — Helen Keller Spatial Audio, Linear Tube Audio, and Fern & Roby each arrive at a new reference this [...]
AXPONA 2018: The Expo Hall (Part One)
Bigger and better than ever, this years Expo Hall at AXPONA was alone worth the cost of admission. Vendors were pulling all the stops with their displays and demo exhibits. [...]
RMAF 2017: The Sight of Sound
The Picture A wrap-up photo journal of this year’s Rocky Mountain Audiofest in Denver, Colorado. GTT Audio MasterBuilt Audio, Von Schweikert High End by Oz Raidho [...]
RMAF 2017: Spatial Audio and Vinnie Rossi declare for Sparta
Clayton Shaw is a quiet man with a room-filling plan. His company, Spatial Audio, has made quite a splash crafting inexpensive, open-baffle, loudspeakers and using them to [...]
LA Audio Show 2017: Wrap-Up and John Stancavage’s Best of Show
Audio shows can be a strange experience. No, I’m not talking about catching a frightening glimpse of yours truly, shakily down on all fours, getting a close-up photo of an [...]
LA Audio Show 2017: Nothing baffling about performance of Emerald Physics speakers
There always are a number of mini-trends going on at any one time in the high-end. Lately, some of those have includes tape decks, vibration-control devices and integrated [...]
LA Audio Show 2017: Spatial speakers and Vinnie Rossi LIO – literally made for each other
One of the often-elusive challenges in this hobby is finding components that work together so spectacularly that the aural result borders on magical. You’d think choosing [...]
AXPONA 2017: Music From Another Room, Part 2
A photojournal by Eric Franklin Shook Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, proving again that there is more than one way to skin a cat. Axpona is to me an ensemble [...]