RMAF 2018: Audio Research, Sonus Faber, and UHQR
Fast on the heels of a successful AXPONA show which saw Audio Research introduce the Ref 160 monoblock amplifiers with Wilson Alexia 2 speakers, the team showed up again with [...]
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RMAF 2017: Lee’s Best of Show
This year’s Rocky Mountain Audio Fest was a blast. With the Marriott Tech Center all put back together and a lot of manufacturers and people in attendance, it felt [...]
dCS brings on MQA
dCS products age like a fine wine, getting better over the years as the dCS team adds a flurry of new capabilities to keep their products fresh and current. Most of these [...]
Munich 2017: Nagra, Kronos, and Wilson make listeners see red
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 [...]
RMAF 2016 Preview: Getting High on Hi-Fi in the Rockies
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 [...]
Newport 2016: VTL, Wilson score another knockout
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 [...]
Newport 2016: Brian Berdan is in his (Audio) Element
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 [...]
Newport 2016: Sunny’s Audio Video brings Meridian, MQA, Audio Research, Wilson Audio, Audioquest, & HRS
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 [...]
High End 2016: Here we go
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 [...]
AXPONA 2016: Prine Time at Wilson Audio
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 [...]