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Exhibit Room Redux | High End 2022

May 31, 2022 Marc Phillips Comments Off on Exhibit Room Redux | High End 2022

One of the hazards of attending too many high-end audio shows is what I call Exhibit Room Redux. That’s when an audio journalist walks into a room and sees the same exact system that was […]

Headphones

FOCAL Utopia Headphone, Arche Amplifier | REVIEW

December 11, 2020 Grover Neville 2

Focal Utopia. “World’s Best Headphone.” This was the proclamation made by the man who gave me my first job doing headphone reviews, my mentor and predecessor at Innerfidelity, Tyll Hertsens. As a young teenager I […]

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Mola Mola Tambaqui DAC | REVIEW

September 25, 2020 Grover Neville 2

Before I jump into the Mola Mola Tambaqui, I have to share a delightful tidbit of deadpan humor from my roommate. While amusing on its own, it ended up more prescient to the little DAC […]

RMAF 2017

RMAF 2017: SPL Offers New Features and Price Points

November 17, 2017 Lee Scoggins Comments Off on RMAF 2017: SPL Offers New Features and Price Points

Outside of the big CanJam ballroom at RMAF, several manufacturers like iFi Audio, Centrance, and SPL were setup  and the extra space there (and proximity to Pint Brothers bar) was welcome. SPL offers some of […]

AXPONA 2017

AXPONA 2017: Music From Another Room, Part 2

June 11, 2017 Eric Franklin Shook 3

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 interpretation of […]

Headphones

Review: SPL Phonitor X headphone amplifier

March 17, 2017 Rafe Arnott 7

I’ve got a somewhat complicated relationship status with headphone listening. It’s something we’re working through, and perhaps I’m being too needy. The thing is I feel that I’m getting shortchanged on the big listening experience I’m […]

Headphones

In the house: Naim, spL headphone amps –Audeze, Sennheiser, MrSpeakers headphones – reviews coming up

January 23, 2017 Rafe Arnott 2

Just an update of what’s in the headphone queue. I know we traditionally don’t do a lot of headphone reviews, or headphone amplifier/DAC reviews. But we want to change that, so look for more can […]

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Newport Beach 2014

Newport 2014: Mal’s grab bag, stuffed with SPL, Resonessence, ESS, PTE

June 28, 2014 Mal Kenney 2

SPL Phonitor 2 SPL was on hand to show off their round-about-two-grand-ish (list and street prices bracket that number) Phonitor 2 fully balanced headphone amp, preamp, and matrixed crossfeed swiss army knife. A quick audition […]

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