I had no idea science fiction and hi-fi would meet when I started my review of the Michell Gyro SE turntable. Michell, pronounced Mi-shell, like the girl’s name, is another Cinderella story of an unsatisfied […]
Maybe it’s my engineer brain or maybe I bumped my head too many times as a kid, maybe both, but I like complexity, nuance, details. That’s probably why most of my hobbies are complicated. Being […]
As a first-timer to Munich 2024, quite possibly one of the largest and perhaps most important audio shows in the world, I was both in awe and somewhat intimidated with the prospect of attending. Firsts […]
This ain’t your daddy’s ARC. The Audio Research 330M monoblocks are the first Audio Research Company’s first product to market since being acquired by Val Cora of Acora Acoustics. The unit was on static display […]
It was locked down like Fort Knox. Anybody that didn’t know somebody wasn’t getting in the TIDAL Audio room during the business to business days. And that’s probably for the better. Words and Photos by […]
I’ve been on a bit of a TAD bandwagon of late, so I was excited to see what was going on in the TAD and Protone room at Munich. When I walked in not only […]
Supported by local brick and mortar dealer Holm Audio, Antal Audio Group (Triangle, Electrocompaniet and Soullines) featured the Triangle Magellan 40th Anniversary Duettos ($7,000/pr) that our Editor-in-Chief Marc Phillips just recently reviewed–and loved. The Duettos […]
What’s a British-created and Hong Kong-based cable and electronics company doing running VR-55 Special Edition loudspeakers with Foundation/ARC bass controllers ($85,000/pr) from Von Schweikert Audio? Making fabulous music! I first heard WestminsterLab playing on Von […]
Distributor Fidelity Imports had six rooms on the 12th floor with various iterations of gear from their catalog of brands. Many of the rooms sounded great, but there were a few that really got a […]
The Zesto Audio and The Voice That Is room, which also included Cardas, TIDAL Audio, Ortofon, Dr. Feickert Analog, Stillpoints and Tri-Planar, benefitted from the set-up talents of Doug White. Doug White, if you don’t […]
Distributor and custom studio designers PAD had the sponsors of the AXPONA badge lanyards, TAD Laboratories, in rooms 1239 and 1240. TAD president Shinji Tarutani-San was in attendance, showing that TAD is serious about making […]
Luxman was showing with Magico in a similar setup to Axpona 2023. But what was different this year was flying in top brass from Japan. Activities setup by Luxman included a presentation by Chad Kassem […]
One of the few true brick and mortar stores in the Chicago area, Quintessence Audio commandeered the four rooms and hallway/lobby area under the main entrance escalator area. They have been using these four rooms […]
[In my best announcer voice] And in this corner, weighing in at 65 lbs, is the new ATC 2024 Limited Edition SCM20ASL Active Loudspeaker presented by Lone Mountain Audio! One of only 150 made, and […]
I love attending AXPONA. Where else can you find a smorgasbord of audio gear that you never would have dreamed of otherwise? For example, walking into the Treehaus room is always a treat. Not only […]
In one of the three rooms from Next Level HiFi, a dealer in the Chicago area, and Audio Group Denmark, the Børresen X3 loudspeakers ($12,000/pr) were pumping the jams with the Axxess Forté 2 integrated […]
Do I need MoFi in my hi-fi? MoFi expanded beyond their vinyl offerings and their importing and distribution division, and now they’re venturing now into the electronics game–the music giant is shaking the audiophile tree. […]
Technical Audio Devices debuted the TAD C1000 preamplifier at Capital Audiofest this past November, and I was excited to be the first in the queue to get my hands on this new piece of kit. […]
Gallium nitride (GaN) transistors have created quite the buzz in the audio industry over the last few years–some of the buzz is good, and some maybe not so good. When I had the chance to […]
Hot on the heels of reviewing the impressive Triangle Antal 40th Anniversary loudspeaker, I had to look up the rest of this French speaker manufacturer‘s product lines. The flagship line is known as Magellan, and […]
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