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High End 2017: Blumenhofer, MasterSound, Cammino and the final horn room

June 28, 2017 // 6 Comments

This is it. This is my last horn-loaded loudspeaker room writeup from High End 2017 at the MOC in Munich. Some of you will lament this, other rejoice, but to both camps I say [...]

HiFi Centre steps in to fill void as Vancouver Audio Show pulled from Chester Group website

May 26, 2017 // 1 Comment

With the Vancouver Audio Show that was scheduled to run June 23rd to June 25th no longer appearing on show organizer The Chester Group’s website, Igor Kivritsky of [...]

High End 2017: VPI lays down the flagship Fat Boy tonearm

May 19, 2017 // 2 Comments

Rough cab ride, broken computers at check-in, badges in hand, and we’re ready to conquer the world’s largest audio show. The map is intense, and Panagiotis [...]

AXPONA 2017: Chicago prepares for hi-fi onslaught

April 21, 2017 // 3 Comments

It was quiet. Too quiet. As I wandered the wide, empty halls of the Westin O’Hare Hotel just outside Chicago Thursday afternoon I couldn’t help that notice that [...]

Turntable manufacturer sees sales surge 400% to keep up with vinyl numbers

March 31, 2017 // 6 Comments

If you’ve got a thing for vinyl, then you’ve got a thing for turntables too. Both are dependent upon the other, and as worldwide sales of LPs hit upwards of 3 [...]

RMAF 2016: Nagra, Kronos, and Avalon Acoustics provide precision with emotion

October 18, 2016 // 0 Comments

This was probably the most beautiful looking room at Rocky Mountain Audio Fest this year to me. I mean your eyes just kinda went ‘CAYOOGA!!’ in a Loony Toons [...]