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CAF 2018: VIMBERG, TIDAL Audio, TW-Acustic, Transfiguration, Antipodes, and Skogrand

November 15, 2018 // 2 Comments

I may have misspoke, or left a few of my earlier proclamations about the newest VIMBERG speakers less than acutely defined. If you are a listener of our Occasional Podcast, [...]

RMAF 2018: Verity Audio Montsalvat System

November 8, 2018 // 3 Comments

I’ve been a fan of the Parsifal loudspeakers from Verity Audio for a while now, having heard several nice systems with them. But I was unprepared for what High [...]

RMAF 2018: The Allure of the Rockies

October 5, 2018 // 2 Comments

Around 20 years ago, I met my friend Howard at the local Atlanta audio club. Over time Howard and I became pals in part because we both loved Magnepan speakers. But we [...]

AXPONA 2018: The MUST SEE Rooms of Day Three

April 18, 2018 // 1 Comment

Welcome to Chicago There are over 160 rooms and exhibits here at Axpona. Making this event the largest audio show in North America. For some this can be overwhelming and [...]

RMAF 2017: The Voice That Is delivers rolling thunder in black and chrome

October 19, 2017 // 1 Comment

I foolishly keep thinking that maybe this time Doug White of The Voice That Is will put a foot wrong somewhere, try something out of context for shits, and giggles, but no he [...]

RMAF 2017: Mile-high in Denver with PS Audio, Fern & Roby, Nagra, Tidal, Zu, DeVore Fidelity, and Tone Imports

October 7, 2017 // 0 Comments

Paul McGowan of PS Audio was grinning ear-to-ear as he started telling me about the company’s brand new P20 PureStream Power Plant Friday morning at RMAF inside the [...]

LA Audio Show 2017: The Voice That Is launches a Tidal wave

July 29, 2017 // 2 Comments

You can say two things for certain about high-end audio dealer Doug White: He has terrific ears and is very discerning. White runs The Voice That Is, a Philadelphia-based [...]

High End 2017: Cessaro horns throaty rumble of conviction

June 6, 2017 // 2 Comments

There were so many horn loudspeaker manufacturers at High End in Munich this year that a lesser horn addict than myself might have succumbed to horn fatigue. But not I. I [...]

AXPONA 2017: Tidal’s sonic wave floods room with the spirit of music

May 8, 2017 // 6 Comments

As I stood mutely at the front of the crowded room I couldn’t help but wonder if I’d stumbled into some kind of church, or worship service by accident. There was [...]

AXPONA 2017: High Water Sound is what it’s all about… the music

April 25, 2017 // 15 Comments

There’s a quote I got from Peter Qvortrup of Audio Note UK which I brought up a number of times over the weekend in Chicago at AXPONA, and it goes like this: [...]