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LA Audio Show 2017: Volti’s ‘compact’ Rival speaks with big voice

July 13, 2017

I had to chuckle a little to myself when Volti Audio rolled out what it described as its “compact” loudspeaker at the Los Angeles Audio Show. Calling the new model small, however is kind of like describing a Mercedes-Benz C-Class sedan as [...]

AXPONA 2017: Music From Another Room, Part 3

June 11, 2017

A photojournal by Eric Franklin Shook You can’t just say “It’s awesome, buy it.” Eliciting a gut reaction of confidence in consumers who speak your name in conversations of top tier service and products is neither straightforward, [...]

AXPONA 2017: BorderPatrol, Triode Wire Labs, and Volti Audio

April 21, 2017

Given that I’d just completed reviews on two of the main products/lines in this room here at AXPONA (BorderPatrol SE DAC and some selections from the Triode Wire Labs cable loom), I figured I’d better make it an early stop in case I [...]

Review: Triode Wire Labs is All American

April 15, 2017

There is an argument to be made that writing about audiophile cabling is more than a bit like dancing on the “third rail” — even with all the poise in the world, no good can ever come of it. This is, in this reviewer’s [...]

Best of 2016 and Product of the Year

December 24, 2016

So here we are again. Somehow, the year has turned, we’re all facing yet another New Year, and yet no one is running through the streets screaming about “the end of meaning”, “the inexorable march toward extinction”, or [...]

Capital Audiofest 2016: Volti creates a new Rival

August 13, 2016

I heard, almost by chance, that Greg Roberts of Volti Audio had snuck into CAF with a brand new prototype that he’s calling “Rival”. Rival, that is, to the big brother “Vittora”. If that $25,000 horn loudspeaker recalls [...]

Capital Audiofest 2016: BorderPatrol and Triode Wire Labs, home away from home

August 4, 2016

If you wanted to know what my “house sound” was — the BorderPatrol Audio room at CAF built around it. Years ago, at the very first Capital Audiofest, I ran across Gary Dews of BorderPatrol and his unabashedly retro 300b-based [...]

Capital Audiofest 2016: Daedalus goes BorderPatrol, stirring wood

July 23, 2016

I suppose it shouldn’t have been surprising to see, but the team-up between two American-Made brands was unexpected — and delightfully so. Daedalus loudspeakers, a visually striking example of modern design meets retro styling, paired [...]

AXPONA 2016: End of Line and Best In Show

May 30, 2016

My first AXPONA was five years ago in Atlanta. It was about as far from 2016 as you can get. Then, there was something like 20 rooms. Five years later, and the difference is almost unbelievable. Chicago was over 5 times that big. It was yuuuuge. [...]

AXPONA 2016: Volti, Triode, BorderPatrol produce high-voltage sound

April 24, 2016

John’s Take Before I started hanging around with the motley crew that makes up the Part-Time Audiophile staff, I hadn’t heard much about Volti Audio. But it seemed evening conversations at many shows ultimately led to one or another of the [...]