by Rafe Arnott The Vandersteen Model 7 MK II speakers ($62,000 US) are Stereophile ‘Class-A’ recommended, but at only 83.5 dB efficiency, they never really held much interest for me because I’m one of those […]
by Darryl Lindberg High Water Sound: Hørning Hybrid Systems, TW-Acoustic, etc. What can I say that hasn’t already been said about Jeff Catalano’s show set-ups—or Jeff himself? As usual, Jeff wrung excellent sound from his […]
By Dr. Panagiotis Karavitis And what a turntable. The belt driven Brinkmann Audio Spyder is a modular design that can be fitted with up to four tonearms. Underneath the 10Kgr aluminum and glass platter lays […]
I’m not going to CES this year. Sorry. Couldn’t do it. It’s not that I didn’t want to go. I did (God help me), and still do! It’s a lot of fun, there’s a ton of new […]
There’s this stretch of rooms that got some great photos on Day 1, but I didn’t have any time to do even a little follow up. At 174 rooms, there were definitely some gaps. Yikes. […]
New toys. I love new toys. And the Optimal Enchantment (of Santa Monica, CA) room here at Newport had a couple on display. The front of the room was dominated by a pair of majestically […]
Even if you’re a jaded, old, New York audiophile who’s seen and heard and argued about everything, you have to admit, Audioquest’s new Dragonfly USB DAC is pretty nifty. I know this not because I’m […]
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