Raven Audio | AXPONA 2019
by Paul Elliott I have known about Raven Audio and their tube amps for a number of years when I met Dave Thompson and friends at an earlier Capital Audiofest. I was really [...]
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Rogers High Fidelity KWM-88 “CORONA” | AXPONA 2019
Something new from Rogers High Fidelity — a bit of old-world/new world. On the one hand, you have a completely hand-wired amp with a massive toroidal power supply [...]
Florida 2019: A Critical Eye II
by Paul Elliott I thought the show really very good. Run very professionally, far better than a “first effort”. I can only hope they can muster the energy to do it [...]
The Sarasota Sound: A Visit to VAC and Suncoast Audio
Ahead of the Florida Audio Expo, I was wondering if readers realized just how much life there is in Tampa Bay audio. I grew up in Longboat Key, which sits just a bit below [...]
RMAF 2018: Purist Audio, Classic Audio Loudspeakers, and Atma-Sphere
I caught up to Purist Audio Design‘s Jim Aud at RMAF, where the music flowed like water and the dynamics made the angels weep. This was a great room. Of course, this [...]
Auris Audio Fortissimo Integrated Amplifier Review
Auris Audio (website) is a somewhat new addition to the rich high-end audio tradition of the central European country of Serbia. If that strikes you as odd, let me assure [...]
McGary Audio SA-1 Stereo Amplifier Review
One of the fun aspects of reviewing gear from small start-up companies is getting to know the owner/proprietor, who is also usually the designer and builder of the piece of [...]
AXPONA 2018: Nick Doshi Builds a Time Machine
A few months before AXPONA, Nick Doshi of Doshi Audio showed up at The Audio Company, a superb local hi-fi store in Marietta, Georgia. The program was to show local [...]
AXPONA 2018: VPI Fatboy dances with Gershman and VAC
Originally spotted in Munich at the High End Show, we’ve been anxiously waiting to hear the VPI Fatboy tonearm. VPI dropped the Fatboy details before AXPONA in a press [...]
Far Corners finds Hot Treasures: Svecheniye 12AX7 Vacuum Tubes
By Modest I. Predlozheniye It is easy to get caught up in the latest trends in audio, especially when you travel the world as I do. I see a lot of new technology applied to [...]
