My adventures with the Fern & Roby Raven loudspeakers started last year, right before I left my house in Western New York to drive down to the Capital Audiofest in the suburbs of Washington DC. […]
This the third time this year that I’ve heard CH Precision and Stenheim loudspeakers matched in a system–I’ve already heard this combo at both High End 2019 in Munich and at T.H.E. Show in Long […]
Lone Mountain Audio, the US importer and distributor for ATC, had a nearly identical exhibit room to the one they featured at T.H.E. Show in Long Beach. Same speakers, same amps, same display materials. I […]
LOS ANGELES (PTA) — Audio Limits of Laughlin, Nevada was showing a nearly all Thrax Audio system, barring a few components from Weiss Engineering, Antipodes, Soul To Sole Audio, and Hemingway Audio. The Story Most […]
LOS ANGELES (PTA) — LKV Research announces a new power amplifier, Sonner Audio rides high on their superb bookshelf monitors, and Butcher Block Acoustics holds everything up in style. The Story LKV Research of North […]
LOS ANGELES (PTA) — Wavetouch Audio was showing a small, and slightly underlit, stereo system that in many ways tugged at my heart strings. Also showing, electronic components from Bakoon Audio. The Story There is […]
LOS ANGELES (PTA) — What’s old is new again. Cassette tapes and their players are finding a whole new audience with younger Millennials and the financially rising Generation Z’ers who are resurrecting the once deceased […]
LOS ANGELES (PTA) — Bob’s Devices was showing off their universally acclaimed Sky Cinemag Step-Up-Transformer (SUT) on a VPI Industries Prime turntable, for which Bob’s Devices is also a dealer of VPI turntables. The Story […]
LOS ANGELES (PTA) — Sanders Sound Systems of Conifer, Colorado made the trek out to the miserably fantastic sunny weather of southern California, with the hopes of bringing a little of their own sunshine to […]
LOS ANGELES (PTA) — Possibly a controversial product to introduce to the hi-fi market, but with an existing base of success in car audio, the new Music Staging Technology (MST) accent speakers from CDT Audio […]
LOS ANGELES (PTA) — Let’s be honest. We’ve all been in a VK Music room at shows, and they sounds great, but we often don’t see much coverage of the brands. Is it because of […]
LOS ANGELES (PTA) — In the past, I’ve always found Furutech audio show exhibits to be some of the most stunning to look at, but in my experience they’ve never included active demonstration systems. This […]
If you’re still wondering how VAC amplifiers sounded without that magical synergy with Von Schweikert Audio loudspeakers at T.H.E. Show 2019, Acora Acoustics of Canada made quite an impression with their granite SRC-2 loudspeakers. (Price […]
I’ve wanted to listen to a Muraudio and TriangleArt exhibit room for some time now–it seems like these two manufacturers have been pairing up at the last few high-end audio shows and I never get […]
LOS ANGELES (PTA) — High End by Oz and United Home Audio were hosting one of the few rooms with the real organic sound of reel-to-reel tape, and DC power. Along for the ride, AudioSolutions loudspeakers […]
When I walked into Room 315 at T.H.E. Show 2019, I was met with a group of components that I haven’t seen often at high-end audio shows–Durand tonearms, darTZeel, Evolution Acoustics and Wave Kinetics. I’m […]
Sunny Components Inc. made a huge impression on me at T.H.E. Show 2019 with their Stenheim/CH Precision/Technics room. But, as I mentioned before, Sunny’s had four exhibit rooms at the show and each one impressed […]
LOS ANGELES (PTA) — In the largest set of dealer-lead exhibits at THE SHOW 2019, Scott Walker Audio and Aurender had a static display of Aurender’s most popular offerings. While Friday’s wrap-of-the-show was taking hold, I […]
Katli Audio is yet another Southern California dealer that’s new to me. Based in Chino Hills, Katli hosted a demonstration using Conrad-Johnson amplification, the impressively massive TriangleArt Master Reference turntable ($39,950) with 12″ Osiris Makassar Ebony […]
When I walked by Judy Xiong and Ye Yunchuan and their Rhymoi Music booth at the marketplace in T.H.E. Show 2019, I had a distinct feeling of deja vu. I browsed through all of the […]
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