RMAF 2017: Travel Overture
Sights of arrival, and what not to miss Photojournal by Eric Franklin Shook Everyday good day begins with a burger. It occurred to me while walking through Denver [...]
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AXPONA 2017: Trends, rants and John’s Best of Show
The audio-show year kicked off for me with an eardrum-flexing snare shot in Chicago at Audio Expo North America. If those three hectic days near the end of April are any [...]
AXPONA 2017: Acoustic Zen, Wyred 4 Sound offer undistorted truth
It’s almost taken for granted these days that most products in high-end audio are not going to produce significant distortion. One exception is tubed gear, but enthusiasts [...]
“Affordable high-end” — is that like “jumbo shrimp”?
How many Simolians do you have to part with these days to get good sound? I mean, really? Is it even possible, or just a frustrating pipe dream? That seems to have been Topic [...]
Best of 2016 and Product of the Year
So here we are again. Somehow, the year has turned, we’re all facing yet another New Year, and yet no one is running through the streets screaming about “the end [...]
RMAF 2016: Wyred 4 Sound Stays Wired
There must be no shortage of coffee pots at Wyred 4 Sound’s Atascadero, Calif., offices. I’m imagining an entire team of heavily perspiring executives, engineers and [...]
RMAF 2014: Wyred 4 Sound and Ampzilla
The upscale Emerald Physics EP-2.7 loudspeakers ($9k; offered at an on-site special price of $6k/pair) were clad in an inky black. This speaker features an upgraded [...]
RMAF 2014: Emerald Physics conquers the room
Emerald Physics, the brand known for flat-panel, DSP-controlled, open-baffle loudspeakers has been crushing audio show demos for several years now. Part of their success is [...]
CAS 2014: I left my heart in San Francisco
Running around the Westin San Francisco hotel for three days with a press badge on, feeling like John Atkinson (or even, shrudder, Scot Hull), certainly had its moments. Even [...]
CAS 2014: Wyred4Sound keeps it simple
You can lead music lovers to a better lifestyle system, but can you make them buy? That’s the question a lot of companies are asking as they seek to offer an alternative to [...]