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Show Report

Fyne Audio, Chord Electronics, VPI, Sonore, Transparent Cable, and a Whole Lotta Love | Now Listen Here 2020

October 1, 2020 Eric Franklin Shook 1

The Philadelphia Story We’re on the road to Philly for the Now Listen Here event, racking up the highway miles, and taking in Nan’s hand selected road trip playlist. We are discussing the meaning of […]

Analog

D’Agostino Momentum Phono | Review

July 21, 2019 Mohammed Samji 1

There is no lack of religion, opinions, or passion when it comes to vinyl. Which table, which tonearm, which cartridge, which geometry or even which equalization curve to use? Lots of smoke. Maybe even some […]

AXPONA 2019

Wilson Audio, D’Agostino, dCS, and Clearaudio | AXPONA 2019

May 5, 2019 Lee Scoggins 3

About three years ago, I attended a fabulous demo with Peter McGrath in a room with a humble T+A integrated amplifier. The speakers were the $109,000 Wilson Audio Alexx, fairly large towers. Yet the humble […]

CAF 2018

CAF 2018: DeVore, Doshi, J. Sikora; Sound to the nines

November 19, 2018 Eric Franklin Shook 1

Devore Fidelity is still monkeying around, Doshi Audio goes hybrid, and J. Sikora sets a new Standard. The Story Doshi Audio has grown into its commercial and critical success, achieving recent prominence in the high-end […]

Loudspeakers

Wilson Audio Sasha DAW with dCS Bartók DAC | First Listen

November 11, 2018 Mohammed Samji 4

Brian Berdan, owner of Audio Element in Pasadena California grew up in a household filled with music, his late father was a well known hi-fi  dealer, so I can suspect that he had some killer […]

AXPONA 2018

AXPONA 2018: The Sound Environment and the simple sound of unity

June 10, 2018 Eric Franklin Shook 1

I met two wonderful men in a hotel elevator at Axpona. It’s not often that you get to freely say such things as a man but that’s a topic for another time and place. A […]

Loudspeakers

Precision in Provo: Wilson Audio WAMM Master Chronosonic

May 28, 2018 Lee Scoggins 3

Uh oh.  Something was really off. The Velvet Fog’s voice was all over the place.  The sibilance was nasty. Next I know, I am standing next to a finely made miniature metal hand crank.  Dave […]

AXPONA 2018

AXPONA 2018: Wilson and friends – 4 rooms, 4 delicious flavours….

April 22, 2018 Mohammed Samji 4

Audiophiles can’t always agree on what tastes delicious. Maybe you like tubes, solid state, digital, or pure analog… 31 flavours can’t do it justice, but there is something for everyone. Chicago based Quintessence Audio and […]

RMAF 2017

RMAF 2017: Wilson’s new Alexia 2 sparkles with Constellation Audio

October 21, 2017 John Stancavage 1

From the day it was introduced in 2012, there was something special about Wilson Audio’s Alexia. It had a significantly different high-frequency presentation than the company had favored for decades. It was small enough to […]

Announcements

Burwell & Sons showcase Plain Jane, unveil new active and passive loudspeakers at California Audio Show

July 27, 2017 Rafe Arnott 1

If you’ve hit a recent audio show, chances are you’ve had an opportunity to hear Burwell & Sons loudspeakers. The bespoke, vintage Altec driver designs are beautiful to look at, and convey true tone, timbre, […]

LAAS 2017

LA Audio Show 2017: Wilson Audio comes out in force, preps Alexia 2

June 24, 2017 John Stancavage Comments Off on LA Audio Show 2017: Wilson Audio comes out in force, preps Alexia 2

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 […]

AXPONA 2017

AXPONA 2017: Doshi takes a balanced view of tubes

May 16, 2017 John Stancavage Comments Off on AXPONA 2017: Doshi takes a balanced view of tubes

I first met Nick Doshi in 2013 at the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest where he was showing a prototype of his v3.0 monoblocks, a push-pull design that used four KT-150 tubes to produce 160 watts […]

Loudspeakers

World of McIntosh: Listening to the Sonus Faber Serafino Tradition

February 7, 2017 Scot Hull 2

The McIntosh Group had set up representatives of the new Homage Tradition loudspeaker line in different listening rooms, scattered throughout the WoM Townhouse, and then invited their dealers, distributors and the local press to wander about, to see, […]

Loudspeakers

World of McIntosh: Listening to the Sonus Faber Amati Tradition

February 6, 2017 Scot Hull 7

The McIntosh Group had set up representatives of the new Homage Tradition loudspeaker line in different listening rooms, scattered throughout the WoM Townhouse, and then invited their dealers, distributors and the local press to wander about, to see, […]

Loudspeakers

World of McIntosh: Listening to the Sonus Faber Guarneri Tradition

February 5, 2017 Scot Hull 2

The McIntosh Group had set up representatives of the new Homage Tradition loudspeaker line in different listening rooms, scattered throughout the WoM Townhouse, and then invited their dealers, distributors and the local press to wander about, to see, […]

Show Report

Music Matters 11: Dan D’Agostino, Wilson, Merging Technologies, Transparent, AMG

March 7, 2016 Editorial Staff 5

by Mohammed Samji Definitive Audio in Seattle, WA. It’s 4:30pm on a Thursday in Seattle and there is a line wrapped around the block to get into Definitive Audio. Is something going on sale at midnight?? […]

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