RMAF 2017: Best In Show
This year dawned with plenty of questions facing the high-end audio industry. The most pressing were: Would the U.S. economy hold up, allowing manufacturers and retailers to [...]
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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: Zesto, Kharma, WyWires generate a buzz
I don’t know how Michael Fremer does it. The Analog Planet scribe, guru of all things vinyl, lugs around a bag full of rare wax to test equipment at shows. Me, I have a [...]
Best of 2015 and Product of the Year
2015 is over, much to my shock and chagrin. Honestly, I’m not quite sure how it happened. No. Seriously. I kinda feel like I’m Rick Grimes; I just woke up, [...]
RMAF 2015: Zesto Audio for fun (the second time around is waaaaay better)
I know, I know … readers will be all up in my business because Scot Hull already covered off this room more than a month ago, but after consulting with the Hull-ster he [...]
Updates from the bench
Thanksgiving is a weird holiday. Here in the US, it’s tied up with some Good Samaritan myths around the charity shown the settlers by the natives. Somewhat [...]
RMAF 2014: Goodbye, Rocky Mountain High
Or, an Introvert Goes to Denver I’ve attended a few audio shows in the last 5 years. Okay, that’s not true. I’ve attended a lot of shows in the last 5 [...]
RMAF 2014: You don’t have to go home, but you can’t stay here
You’d think that attending so many audio shows so very, very regularly would start to do some pretty serious damage to anyone’s enthusiasm. How exciting can it be [...]
RMAF 2014: Zesto Audio, WyWires and TAD team to show where the children play
George and Carolyn Counnas of Zesto Audio were spinning records all weekend long, but when I walked in, it was Cat Stevens’ shivering voice that sent me down the [...]
New York 2014: Wes Bender Studio NYC brings Zesto, E.A.R. and Marten, weaves magic
Wes Bender is a fantastic photographer and he’s way more meticulous about it than I am. He’s shown me some of this work — specifically, the G-rated product [...]
