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Munich 2017: Nagra, Kronos, and Wilson make listeners see red

June 12, 2017

We’ve all heard the phrase, pictured it in our minds, or seen a commercial based on it. Like waving a red flag at a bull. That’s what the Nagra room in the 4.2 Atrium level of High End at Munich felt like when I walked into it. The [...]

RMAF 2016 Preview: Getting High on Hi-Fi in the Rockies

October 6, 2016

Stereo nutjobs have one last opportunity this year to binge out on more than 150 systems gathered under one roof. Yes, it’s time to head to Denver for the venerable Rocky Mountain Audio Fest. The high-end equipment orgy, now in its 13th year, runs [...]

Newport 2016: VTL, Wilson score another knockout

July 1, 2016

If VTL’s megawatt Siegfried amplifier were a boxer, it would be a heavyweight champ who was still striking fear into rivals many years after its first fight. Indeed, a number of challengers have risen up since the hulking VTL reference amp first [...]

Newport 2016: Brian Berdan is in his (Audio) Element

June 20, 2016

Last year, ahead of the California Audio Show, I made a visit to Brian Berdan’s brick-and-mortar store, Audio Element, in Pasadena. I entered the shop, located in a thriving entertainment district on Union Street, and immediately saw five [...]

Newport 2016: Sunny’s Audio Video brings Meridian, MQA, Audio Research, Wilson Audio, Audioquest, & HRS

June 11, 2016

A day prior to the start of THE Show Newport, Meridian announced their new Reference Meridian Ultra DAC that caught my attention. Looking at the spec sheet- a dedicated clock card & dual mono DACs, this was the DAC to hear, if you want to [...]

High End 2016: Here we go

May 4, 2016

Scot is flying towards Munich; I will be doing the same at dawn. I hate flying that early and would do it for one reason only. It’s that time of the year. The biggest kermesse in this crazy audio world of hours, the High End Show of Munich, opens [...]

AXPONA 2016: Prine Time at Wilson Audio

April 27, 2016

Oh, I know what you are thinking, “I know the Wilson Audio sound. Why should I read more about Wilson speakers?” Well, the new Wilsons have reached a new plane in my opinion. If you have not listened in a while, the time is now to immerse [...]

RMAF 2015: Döhmann Helix 1 Turntable and SAT tonearm flirt with Audio Alchemy and Sabrina

October 17, 2015

I have seen a standout in turntable design and it is the Döhmann Helix 1. It’s no surprise to anyone who’s read my frantic scratchings here the past few months that I am an analogoholic. I will never enter a 12-step program for this [...]

RMAF 2015: VTL, Wilson cuddle up

October 3, 2015

Some audio manufacturers seem to be almost skipping the prototype stage these days and instead leave it to buyers to do the testing. Issues? Improvements? We’ll just get ‘em in Series II or Series III, which usually follow one after another at a [...]

Newport 2015: Sunny Components presents Wilson Audio and Audio Research

July 16, 2015

by Rafe Arnott Wilson Audio makes speakers that remind me of Darth Vader. Since I’m a huge Star Wars fan, this is a very good thing, and every time I see a pair of Wilson’s Sofia or Sasha, or in this particular room’s case, the big [...]