PAF 2022
Göbel in the USA | PAF 2022
Last May, when I attended High End 2022 in Munich, I walked into the Göbel High End room and was so knocked out by the system that I awarded this German company Best of Show. […]
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Munich 2022
Göbel High End, Kronos and True Life Audio | High End 2022
In the world of high-end audio shows, you have systems that are wild and crazy and incredibly expensive and exotic, and you have systems that perform at a high level and take all the “best […]
Munich 2022
The Big Avantgarde Room | High End 2022
The buzz about the big Avantgarde Acoustics room was thick in the air at High End 2022 in Munich. Also thick? The crowds in the big Avantgarde room. I think half the show attendees could […]
Munich 2022
High End 2022
As I write this, High End 2022 in Munich has just ended. I originally intended to start coverage today, but there’s a small problem. I have to get home first. From a high-end audio show […]
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
Stenheim, CH Precision, WADAX, Neodeo, Brinkman, Koetsu, Audioquest, HRS | T.H.E. SHOW 2021
Sunil Merchant of Sunny Components, a Stenheim dealer right here in Southern California, was putting on perhaps the most trafficked and popular room of the show. The room was so popular that despite being one of […]
CAF 2019
American Sound Distribution presents WADAX, Avantgarde, Phasemation | CAF 2019
WASHINGTON DC (PTA) — American Sound Distribution was debuting electronics from WADAX, along with Avantgarde Acoustic loudspeakers, and Phasemation amplification. The Story American Sound Distribution debuted the WADAX (of Spain) Atlantis line of digital components […]
Munich 2019
Göbel, Engstrom | High End 2019
One of the things that stood out about Munich was the absolute beauty of select gear. We saw breathtaking speaker quality in John DeVore‘s O/Reference line; we saw amazing Forte turntables from EAT; and we […]
Munich 2017
High End 2017: Stenheim, VTL and Wadax
Bumped into Luke Manley of VTL while walking down one of too many Munich corridors. Hey Luke, what’s up? Have you listened to our room Yeah, the VTL – Albedo one? You’ve got to listen […]
Las Vegas 2013
Las Vegas 2013: Audio Power Labs
Art Deco? Sign me up. I do like the design of the Audio Power Labs amplifiers, whose motto “Our Tubes Are Bigger Than Your Tubes” can be challenged by only one manufacturer that I can […]