AXPONA 2018: Triode Wire Labs, Border Patrol, Volti Audio
There is a reason. If we’re being serious, this is obvious — because there’s always a reason. It may be stupid, it may be incidental, it may be irrelevant, [...]
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LA Audio Show 2017: Volti’s ‘compact’ Rival speaks with big voice
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, [...]
AXPONA 2017: Music From Another Room, Part 3
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 [...]
AXPONA 2017: BorderPatrol, Triode Wire Labs, and Volti Audio
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 [...]
Review: Triode Wire Labs is All American
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 [...]
Best of 2016 and Product of the Year
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 [...]
Capital Audiofest 2016: Volti creates a new Rival
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 [...]
Capital Audiofest 2016: BorderPatrol and Triode Wire Labs, home away from home
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 [...]
Capital Audiofest 2016: Daedalus goes BorderPatrol, stirring wood
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, [...]
AXPONA 2016: End of Line and Best In Show
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 [...]