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RMAF 2015

RMAF 2015: Darryl’s Best

November 27, 2015 Editorial Staff 2

by Darryl Lindberg Best room: High Water Sound To my way of thinking, the “best room” award must encompass not only the sound, but the overall environment. Is this someplace you go to enjoy listening […]

RMAF 2015

RMAF 2015: Welcome to vinyl heaven, with TW Acustic, Cessaro Horns, Tron Electric

October 28, 2015 Scot Hull 1

I’m almost disappointed when Jeff Catalano of High Water Sound chooses to not go banana-boats at audio shows. Is that bad? I think it might be. Yeah, yeah — his room sounds great. Yeah, yeah […]

RMAF 2015

RMAF 2015: High Water Sound and Stax

October 18, 2015 Editorial Staff Comments Off on RMAF 2015: High Water Sound and Stax

by Darryl Lindberg I confess that every year I look forward to relaxing and just enjoying music with Jeff Catalano and, usually, Thomas Woschnik (TW Acustic) in the High Water Sound room. That’s because every […]

Music

Doctor’s Orders: Tron Legacy

August 26, 2015 Panagiotis Karavitis Comments Off on Doctor’s Orders: Tron Legacy

As a teenager, my musical preferences were Rock with a slice of quality Pop, Hip Hop, and a twist of classical music. That is, “all over the place”. I remember hanging out with the rock guys, but […]

Newport Beach 2015

Newport 2015: High Water Sound presents Hørning Hybrid, Tron Electric, TW-Acustic, Miyajima Lab

June 24, 2015 Rafe Arnott 1

by Rafe Arnott Jeffrey Catalano of High Water Sound is a very cool cat. Not only was he spinning some of the best and rarest jazz, blues and folk LPs I’ve had the pleasure to […]

CES 2015

CES 2015: High Water Sound brings a Flood the City of Sin

January 16, 2015 Scot Hull 4

Okay, I’ll confess. I might have gone a bit bananas in the High Water Sound room, shooting the new Ortofon A95 cartridge. Whoops. The A90, which was discontinued some years ago, was an incredible feat […]

RMAF 2014

RMAF 2014: Hitting The Wall, with High Water Sound

October 21, 2014 Scot Hull Comments Off on RMAF 2014: Hitting The Wall, with High Water Sound

We were 600 miles out, and the road lay as flat and straight as a dropped spear, stabbing into heart of mountains far too distant to yet see. With the windows down, the wind was […]

RMAF 2014

RMAF 2014: High Water Sound Offers Impeccable Taste

October 16, 2014 Kirsten Brodbeck-Kenney 3

A visit to one of Jeff Catalano’s ornigh Water Sound rooms is a bit like going out to a great restaurant with a friend who’s a connoisseur of gourmet cooking; he says, “Do you mind […]

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CAF 2014

CAF 2014: High Water Sound cleans my clock with Hørning, TW-Acustic and Tron-Electric

July 28, 2014 Scot Hull 4

Jeff Catalano is something of a legend on the audio show circuit, and may well be the only man I know of even more militantly pro-vinyl than Stereophile’s Michael Fremer. In fact, when the two […]

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Newport Beach 2014

Newport 2014: High Marks for High Water Sound

June 7, 2014 Scot Hull 3

This time, I wasn’t screwing around. After the fiasco at AXPONA, I wasn’t going to wait till the very end to visit Jeff Catalano of High Water Sound. Nope. Nuh uh. This time, it was […]

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AXPONA

AXPONA 2014: High Water Sound and the session that wasn’t

May 2, 2014 Scot Hull 2

Jeff Catalano is a wizard. This is known. He routinely pulls a maestro-level performance out of his setups, even if it sometimes feels like he’s having to get extra mojo from pulling things out of […]

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RMAF 2012

RMAF12: High Water Sound presents Cessaro, TW Acustic, Tron, Silver Circle

October 25, 2012 Editorial Staff 15

Jeff Catalano of High Water Sound is not a digital guy. In fact, if you’re looking for a way to rile him up, ask him if he’ll play your CD. Tell him, “Yes, I’m serious.” […]

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CAF 2012

CAF12: High Water Sound

July 31, 2012 Editorial Staff 4

Expectation bias is pretty much just what it sounds like — it’s the predisposition of a human being to judge incoming data in light of prior experiences, data, and beliefs. This is a universal issue […]

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NYAV12

NYAV12: High Water Sound presents Cessaro, Tron, TW Acustic

April 22, 2012 Editorial Staff Comments Off on NYAV12: High Water Sound presents Cessaro, Tron, TW Acustic

Back at RMAF 2011, I thrilled to the dynamics of the big $62,000 Affascinate SE-1 from Cessaro Horn Acoustics in the High Water Sound room. Here at the Waldorf, Jeff Catalano had his work cut […]

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AXPONA 2011

A day at Axpona 2011: Horning, TW Acustic and Tron

April 20, 2011 Scot Hull 1

Of the last three shows I’ve been to, the Highwater Sound rooms have been a highlight of the trip; Axpona counts as yet another feather in magician Jeff Catalano’s cap. The sound here was just […]

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