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

February 24, 2020 // 1 Comment

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 [...]

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

June 23, 2019 // 0 Comments

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 [...]

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

May 27, 2019 // 1 Comment

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 [...]

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

May 24, 2019 // 2 Comments

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 [...]

Friday Highlights | High End 2019

May 11, 2019 // 2 Comments

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 [...]

MoFi, Wharfedale and Quad | AXPONA 2019

April 27, 2019 // 1 Comment

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 [...]

Capital Audiofest 2016: DSA amplifies their approach

August 14, 2016 // 0 Comments

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 [...]

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

May 28, 2015 // 3 Comments

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 [...]

Review: Tekton SEAS Pendragon

January 24, 2015 // 16 Comments

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 [...]

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

June 17, 2014 // 7 Comments

Like most show goers, I have a problem keeping rooms straight. It’s either “that big Magico room” or that “little Channel Islands room.” [...]