AXPONA 2016
AXPONA 2016: End of Line and Best In Show
My first AXPONA was five years ago in Atlanta. It was about as far from 2016 as you can get. Then, there was something like 20 rooms. Five years later, and the difference is almost […]
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AXPONA 2016
AXPONA 2016: Seduced by Vapor Audio and LampizatOr
Fan favorite Vapor Audio has not necessarily had the best track-record when it comes to audio shows. Maybe we’ve been unlucky with our timing, or they’ve been unlucky with their timing, but whatever the reason, PTA and […]
RMAF 2015
RMAF 2015: Vapor Audio blazes a trail
I’m partial to big speakers. While I can appreciate the precise imaging of minimonitors or the efficiency of compact floorstanders, I still crave the full-size soundstage created by many large transducers. That’s why I was […]
Newport Beach 2014
Newport 2014: Empirical Vapor fills the room
Steve Nugent’s Empirical Audio room has been near the top of my list at Newport for three years running. Last year’s show, his first partnered with Missouri’s Vapor Sound, may have been the top of the […]
AXPONA
AXPONA 2014: Vapor Audio, Purity Audio and LampizatOr
I’d heard that Vapor Audio‘s new $7,600/pair Derecho loudspeakers were new, as in, “completed the day before the show”, which was pretty much a great reason to leave this room till late on Saturday in […]
RMAF 2013
RMAF 2013: Vapor Audio, Arte Forma, Antipodes, Empirical Audio, BMC
It’s difficult to describe the mood and scene over in the Hyatt. I suppose that the biggest obstacles standing in the way of any description would be the tumbleweeds. This year, in what can only […]
RMAF 2012
RMAF12: Pure Vapor
Before this show, my experience with Vapor Sound was pretty much exactly nothing. Vapor, if you will. In fact, in my day job, to describe something as “vapor” would be tantamount to saying it ain’t […]