PAF 2022
High End by Oz | PAF 2022
The High End by Oz room at the 2022 Pacific Audio Fest was the very last room I visited before I hopped in my car and drove home. (With a pair of speakers, a two […]
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Show Report
Grover’s Wrap-Up and Best of Show | T.H.E. SHOW 2021
THE SHOW 2021 was, by my estimation, a reason for cautious optimism. Everything appeared to go off without a hitch, attendees were well-behaved and plentiful enough, and exhibitors seemed pleased by the amount and depth […]
Show Report
Alsyvox, Vitus Audio, Kuzma, Computer Audio Design, Dynavector, Purist Audio Design | T.H.E. SHOW 2021
Cake Audio, another local Southern California dealer, was showing the perennially popular Alsyvox (website) Botticceli speakers in a room I’m convinced was designed to double as a sensory deprivation chamber. Besides bringing a very literally meaning […]
Buyers Guide
The Best Amplifiers | Buyers Guide 2021
The Best Amplifiers [Editor’s note: Welcome to the Part-Time Audiophile Buyers Guide for 2021! This year we decided to mix it up a little by breaking up the Buyers Guide into sections, which makes it […]
Buyers Guide
The Best Preamplifiers | Buyers Guide 2021
The Best Preamplifiers [Editor’s note: Welcome to the Part-Time Audiophile Buyers Guide for 2021! This year we decided to mix it up a little by breaking up the Buyers Guide into sections, which makes it […]
Audio-Life
Vitus Audio Factory Visit | Man About Town
A trip to the Vitus Audio Factory Denmark, a country with a landmass 1/25th the size of Ontario Canada and a population of only 5.6 Million, occupies one of the most prestigious spots in the […]
RMAF 2019
High End by OZ, AudioSolutions, Vitus Audio, Ansuz Acoustics | RMAF 2019
DENVER (PTA) — High End by OZ gave us a US debut from Vitus Audio with their monster integrated amplifier, AudioSolutions brings an incredibly dynamic loudspeakers to the table, and Ansuz Acoustics cable worms its […]
Components
Vitus Audio RS101 and RL102 | Review
Looking at the Vitus Audio RS101 amplifier, or the matching Vitus Audio RL102 linestage (updates to the line that included the RS100 and RD100, which we reviewed a few years ago), it’s hard to dispute that […]
THE Show 2019
High End by Oz, United Home Audio, Vitus Audio, AudioSolutions, Ansuz Acoustics | T.H.E. SHOW 2019
LOS ANGELES (PTA) — High End by Oz and United Home Audio were hosting one of the few rooms with the real organic sound of reel-to-reel tape, and DC power. Along for the ride, AudioSolutions loudspeakers […]
Munich 2019
Joseph, Purist, Alluxity, Doshi | High End 2019
When I walked into Jeff Joseph’s room at High End 2019 in Munich, I thought of one thing–Orange Creme. Coca-Cola has just come out with an Orange Vanilla flavor and is pushing it hard here […]
LAAS 2017
LA Audio Show 2017: Raidho D1.1 speakers create big sound from small box
I get the impression that Raidho Acoustics is one of those high-end companies that does things in what it believes is the “right” way, no matter the cost. Raidho essentially confirms this on its website. […]
Cables & Power
Review: Purist Audio Design Luminist Revision Dominus and 25th Anniversary
I feel like I need to be wearing a hat and a trench coat while I write this. Preferably with a sunglasses, while backlit and speaking through a voice changer. On a dark and stormy […]
Components
Review: Pure Audio Reference and Control
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, I bought a boatload of Plinius electronics. The reason? I wanted bass. Like most things, it was a matter of timing and circumstance. My Merlin VSM-MXR loudspeakers […]
Components
Review: Zesto Audio Bia 120
Adding Zest-o I first found the Bia 120 from Zesto Audio in, of all places, a Zesto Audio demo at an audio show. Crazy, right? Okay, maybe not, but that’s okay — that’s how I […]
Components
Mini-Review: TIDAL Audio Preos preamplifier, Impulse amplifier and Contriva Diacera SE loudspeakers
Luke Skywalker: She’s rich. Han Solo: Rich? Luke Skywalker: Rich, powerful. Listen, if you were to rescue her, the reward would be …. Han Solo: What? Luke Skywalker: Well, more wealth than you can imagine! […]
Components
Vitus Audio RS-100 and RD-100 | Review
Recently, I got a little frisky with the amplifiers in the Bat Cave and decided to just line them up and point them at some loudspeakers, the Tekton SEAS Pendragon and the Magnepan MG 3.7. […]
Loudspeakers
Review: Genesis Loudspeakers 5.3, Hear Me Roar
My biggest fear in writing just about anything is that I’m not going to do the subject justice. These are only words, after all, and far too often what I intend to convey and what […]
High-End
High End 2014: Estelon + Vitus = Extreme
By Dr. Panagiotis Karavitis What would you expect from a speaker that goes by the name “Extreme”? To push the limits of proven concepts to the edge? To use some of the finest materials for […]
Components
Magnepan and Tekton meet Pass Labs, Odyssey, Job, Merrill, Red Wine Audio, First Watt and Vitus Audio
Amplifier Madness Filed Under: Why The Hell Not. Wild hair? Yeah, maybe. Two over-achieving and “moderately priced” transducers fell into my Magical Hand of Loudspeakers — the Magnepan 3.7s and the Tekton Designs SEAS Pendragon […]
CES 2013
CES 2013: Estelon, Vitus and Light Harmonic
So, with nothing precisely new here, the Estelon X-Diamond is still a magnificent loudspeaker. Physically dominant, the big white dinosaur-bone shape is elegant and most definitely different — certain to inspire some rather definitive opinions […]