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Munich 2022

Fink Team and the Return of the Epos ES-14 | High End 2022

May 26, 2022 Marc Phillips Comments Off on Fink Team and the Return of the Epos ES-14 | High End 2022

Every once in a while I hear about a new high-end audio product, or even see a photo of it, and I instantly want to know more. (That’s how I wound up owning a pair […]

Loudspeakers

Harbeth C7ES-3 XD Loudspeakers | REVIEW

March 6, 2022 Marc Phillips 1

Co-hosting all these Brit-fi podcasts with Brian Hunter on The Occasional Podcast has certainly whetted my appetite for BBC monitors. Lately we’ve been fixating primarily on the LS3/5a, but I can’t tell you how excited […]

Components

Naim SuperNAIT 3 Integrated Amplifier | REVIEW

February 13, 2022 Marc Phillips 2

The Naim SuperNAIT 3 integrated amplifier, above all, is about trying to reconnect with my past—at least a little bit. Back in December I traveled down to Los Angeles for the first time in at […]

Loudspeakers

Falcon Acoustics LS3/5a MoFi Edition Loudspeakers | REVIEW

August 8, 2021 Marc Phillips 5

Of all the audio gear I came close to buying over the last forty years, I probably got closer to a pair of LS3/5as than anything else. I’m reminded of that constantly in the presence […]

Loudspeakers

Volti Audio Razz Loudspeakers, Part One | REVIEW

February 5, 2021 Marc Phillips 10

A funny thing happened on the way to finding the perfect 2-way bookshelf monitor. When I first had the opportunity to review the new Volti Audio Razz (announcement, website), I imagined this 3-way floorstanding horn […]

Loudspeakers

Stenheim Alumine 2 Loudspeakers | REVIEW

July 12, 2020 Marc Phillips 3

Whenever I see a pair of two-way monitors with a high price tag such as the Stenheim Alumine 2 loudspeakers from Switzerland, I’m immediately intrigued and I immediately want to sit down and listen to […]

Florida 2020

A La Carte Productions, Spendor, Chord, SME, VPI, Vienna Acoustics, Aesthetix | FLAX 2020

February 24, 2020 Marc Phillips 1

Spendor is BACK! Yeah, I know I already used that line with the Bob Carver room, but in this case it’s a little more personal. I started my high-end audio journey with Spendor, first with […]

THE Show 2019

A Reunion with Gene Rubin | T.H.E. Show 2019

June 23, 2019 Marc Phillips Comments Off on A Reunion with Gene Rubin | T.H.E. Show 2019

If you’ve been reading my stuff for a while, especially the original Vinyl Anachronist column for Perfect Sound Forever, you probably know of my fondness for Gene Rubin of Gene Rubin Audio in Ventura, California. […]

Munich 2019

Graham Audio and the Lure of the British Monitor | High End 2019

May 27, 2019 Marc Phillips 1

Sometimes I feel like I can spot a classic BBC monitor from a mile away, or in this case from across the main halls of the MOC at High End 2019. “Is that the Graham […]

Munich 2019

Garrard, SME and the Resurrection of a Dream | High End 2019

May 24, 2019 Marc Phillips 2

Panagiotis Karavitas and I both opted to cover the Garrard and SME exhibit at High End 2019, and we were both granted the opportunity to report on what was arguably the biggest news at the […]

Munich 2019

Friday Highlights | High End 2019

May 11, 2019 Marc Phillips 2

Friday was my first full day at High End Munich 2019. Thursday, the first day of the show, was sabotaged by a combination of a long-ass sleepless night on the plane followed by a late […]

AXPONA 2019

MoFi, Wharfedale and Quad | AXPONA 2019

April 27, 2019 Marc Phillips 1

It’s been a while since I’ve gotten excited over a so-called “budget” component, which is why the MoFi, Wharfedale and Quad room at AXPONA 2019 was such a unexpected surprise. I visited Jonathan Derda and […]

CAF 2016

Capital Audiofest 2016: DSA amplifies their approach

August 14, 2016 Scot Hull Comments Off on Capital Audiofest 2016: DSA amplifies their approach

DSA stands for Dynamic Sounds Associates, but they might as well call themselves Dat is Super Awesome. Hmm. Okay. Welp, that’s probably why I never got anywhere as a marketing professional. Oh well. Never mind. At […]

Vancouver 2015

Vancouver 2015: Pat’s Audio Art with Spendor, Jadis, Rega

May 28, 2015 Rafe Arnott 3

by Rafe Arnott Spendor is a speaker brand that has been hand-built by UK craftsmen in Hailsham, Sussex since the ’60s. I imagine them as salt-of-the-Earth types that don’t fanny about and who curse often […]

Loudspeakers

Review: Tekton SEAS Pendragon

January 24, 2015 John Richardson 16

by John Richardson Oh my, these seem like big speakers, or more like two giant monoliths bearing down on me as it sit in my listening chair. Good lord, I think these things are about […]

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Newport Beach 2014

Newport 2014: Brooks Berdan making things simple with Auralic, Spendor

June 17, 2014 Mal Kenney 7

Like most show goers, I have a problem keeping rooms straight. It’s either “that big Magico room” or that “little Channel Islands room.” It’s never, until I look at my never-complete-enough notes, that I remember […]

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CAS 2013

CAS 2013: A Children’s Treasury of Missed Opportunities, or, The End

August 31, 2013 Mal Kenney Comments Off on CAS 2013: A Children’s Treasury of Missed Opportunities, or, The End

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, […]

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