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Capital Audiofest 2017: Classic Audio Loudspeakers dances with coils

December 18, 2017 // 0 Comments

The Story I ran to this room when I was told Classic Audio Loudspeakers would be demoing with the Atma-Sphere Novacron monoblock amplifiers. Originally introduced in 1991, [...]

RMAF 2017: Zesto steps up with new phono transformer

October 24, 2017 // 0 Comments

On the surface, the news sounds shocking: Zesto Audio has built its first component without a tube. But rest easy. President and designer George Counnas hasn’t forsaken his [...]

LA Audio Show 2017: Zesto’s tubes shine in the spotlight

July 5, 2017 // 0 Comments

George and Carolyn Counnas, proprietors of Zesto Audio, probably are pinching themselves frequently these days. For a small maker of tube gear that’s not much more than six [...]

Newport 2016: VTL, Wilson score another knockout

July 1, 2016 // 0 Comments

If VTL’s megawatt Siegfried amplifier were a boxer, it would be a heavyweight champ who was still striking fear into rivals many years after its first fight. Indeed, a [...]

Newport 2016: Brian Berdan is in his (Audio) Element

June 20, 2016 // 2 Comments

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 [...]