For the “audiophile” breed of music lover who wants to confidently move away from vinyl, there is a way. Possibly you are younger or didn’t have a large vinyl collection to begin with, and don’t […]
For an audio manufacturer that has worked long and hard to craft equipment that sounds great under most normal listening conditions, taking that gear to an audio show can be as frightening as entering a […]
He may not realize it but Bruno Putzeys had a VERY good show. I say this because I don’t believe Bruno was at AXPONA. But he had two intriguing systems at the show. One was […]
Every show has a couple of rooms that generate a particular buzz. After the first day at T.H.E. Show in Newport, the scoop being passed from audiophile to audiophile was “MSB and YG Acoustics — […]
Back at RMAF 2013, I got to experience the MSB Analog DAC. It was their entry level DAC priced at $6995. 2 minutes into listening, it was clear…. I wanted to hear more and more of […]
There’s no mistaking Jeff Rowland Design Group products. For years they’ve sported his trademark impressively thick, artfully machined aluminum faceplates. But the units always have been more than audio jewelry, producing some of the best […]
Bill Leebens, my good friend (who now also happens to be PS Audio‘s director of marketing), grabbed Darko and me by the collar and dragged us up the elevator to the spacious PS Audio demo […]
Theoretically, the thing that should matter most when it comes to a hifi system is the sound, right? Well, yes, obviously. But I would be lying if I said it was only the sound that […]
I’m always a bit suspicious of high-end speakers sporting cabinets that cost the designers a chunk of change to manufacture. You know, rare hardwoods, automobile-painted polymer resins, structural foam, even metal. The result usually is […]
I swung through this room just before breakdown, so I didn’t get to hear the new $42k/pair YG Acoustics Hailey loudspeakers. Those lucky enough to catch the action would have seen and heard a full […]
I’m not going to CES this year. Sorry. Couldn’t do it. It’s not that I didn’t want to go. I did (God help me), and still do! It’s a lot of fun, there’s a ton of new […]
GTT Audio can always be counted on for a megabucks systems that sounds like, well, megabucks. This go-round, the offering consisted of the new YG Acoustics Sonja 1.2 passive speakers ($72,800), four Mola-Mola Kaluga mono […]
Pass Labs was on hand despite their lack of a Bay Area dealer. We listened to vinyl here, spun on a Merrill-Williams REAL turntable, with a Triplanar arm and an Ortofon MC Anna cartridge. The […]
This room was one that I heard a lot about from other attendees and, in fact, my young waiter at the bar as well. After fielding inquiries about what, exactly, we were all here for […]
My friend Paul introduced me to Accustic Arts about 5 years ago, and I’ve been a fan of the brushed steel beasts ever since. But I haven’t really run across them … well … ever. […]
MSB has been not-so-quietly making inroads as making, perhaps, the most technologically advanced — and best sounding — DACs you can buy today. The Diamond DAC, which can run over $40,000 when configured with all […]
Techno tour-de-force? Maybe so. The new Sonja 1.3 loudspeakers from YG Acoustics are certainly that. Offered at $106,800, the Sonja is carved from a solid block of aluminum. Okay, maybe not, but you’d be surprised […]
While not the full monty version of the Anat, the Studio Signature was far and away the better choice for this particular audio show. I’ve heard YG now at just about every audio show I’ve […]
Veloce Audio makes some very high-end preamps that I’m sure you’ve seen here, but their mono-block amplifiers have been a while en route. Here’s the latest from Vytas Viesulas, the Technical Director at Veloce: About […]
MSB showed here at Newport with YG, pairing up their electronics to the much-appreciate (by me) $75,000 Anat III Studio. MSB is known for their distinctive look and their extraordinary electronics. Personally, only one of […]
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