You can say two things for certain about high-end audio dealer Doug White: He has terrific ears and is very discerning. White runs The Voice That Is, a Philadelphia-based shop. He is a fixture at […]
In the retail trade, products by Michael Kors and Kate Spade are considered “affordable luxury.” They offer a taste of opulence, but with prices significantly below Chanel or Neiman Marcus. High-end audio has its more […]
I get the impression that Raidho Acoustics is one of those high-end companies that does things in what it believes is the “right” way, no matter the cost. Raidho essentially confirms this on its website. […]
Nola speakers don’t look like anything else. In my experience, hearing hundreds of different transducers at shows each year, they don’t sound like anything else, either. Visually, putting Nolas in your room is something like […]
There were a number of spectacular, cost-no-object components drawing stereo fans at the Los Angeles Audio Show, but the room I had the hardest time getting into featured a $350 USD rig. Even late Sunday […]
Wilson Audio Specialties showed impressive strength in numbers at the 2017 Los Angeles Audio Show. Indeed, it was hard to walk very far in the five floors of stereo exhibits at the Sheraton Gateway Hotel […]
Well, it looks like I failed to make the cut in the last 3.7 production run. Bummer. According to Magnepan, the next run should start up in about 3 weeks, and my slot will be […]
Evil Vibrations I think there was a time, long ago and far away, when audiophiles didn’t obsess about things like equipment isolation. I don’t really know. It’s hard to focus past my own OCD. The […]
Luckily for me, Evolution A/V in Tyson’s Corner, VA, has a pair of Revel Ultima Salon 2s on the floor. I hit the showroom at about lunchtime as I figured it’d be dead and I […]
Well, ask and you shall receive. I’ve been soliciting feedback from anyone who’ll provide it as to what would be a great, but not stratospherically priced, full-range loudspeaker. The feedback has been pretty interesting, and […]
So, where to go from here? I have a pair of lovely Merlin VSM-MXR speakers that want for nothing. My room, on the other hand, wants for quite a bit. So, I’m on the hunt […]
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