AXPONA 2017: Music From Another Room, Part 2
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 […]
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 […]
Words and Photos by Eric Franklin Shook From The Bottom To The Top Poverty in the American South has many names, one of them being Laurinburg. It’s a small town in North Carolina, just north […]
Last year, ahead of the California Audio Show, I made a visit to Brian Berdan’s brick-and-mortar store, Audio Element, in Pasadena. I entered the shop, located in a thriving entertainment district on Union Street, and […]
dCS had another great show, as a matter of fact I cannot recall of a poor show for dCS in recent times, not even a mediocre one for the matter. Similar to last year’s set […]
There’s a locomotive with massive drivers that’s rolling thunder down the tracks as it hurtles towards your listening chair: It’s the Magico S5 MK II. The S5 features inert, rigid, and non-resonant half-inch thick aluminum […]
by Mohammed Samji Definitive Audio in Seattle, WA. The Focal room was buzzing with people as I entered. They had generated a ton of interest in the prior session. I walked in to see several […]
Why is there a large, blurry picture of Shakira performing in Dubai at the top of this article? Let me explain. Steven Lester of the eponymous Steven Lester Company was again on hand to… well… […]
Two visitors to the large Music Lovers Audio room at the California Audio Show slowly approached a Wilson Sasha II W/P speaker. “That’s the new tweeter,” one said in hushed tones. “Wow,” said the […]
By Dr. Panagiotis Karavitis Digital Conversion Systems aka dCS brought their latest digital playback system, the Vivaldi DAC complete with CD/SACD transport, upsampler and master clock for a total price somewhere north of $100.000. They […]
I’ve heard the $10k Aerial 7t loudspeakers at a local dealer, so I kinda knew what I was getting in for here in Audible Illusions’ second room (the other was that crazy Martin Logan demo). […]
The Martin Logan demo at AXPONA was new for me on several fronts. I’d never heard Martin Logan’s CLX panels before. I’d never heard 7 subwoofers in a single system before. I’ve never stumbled out […]
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