HIGH END Munich 2024: Just Weeks Away
It seems like I just finished unpacking from Axpona. Because I did just finish unpacking from Axpona.
Auralic Rolls Out Their New S1 Series Streamer and DAC (and More!)
Where “S” stands for “Sound”.
#NewMusicFriday: April 19, 2024
Each Friday, Stephen Mejias, AudioQuest’s Director of Communications and former Stereophile and Audiostream columnist, will browse through the many exciting albums released that day and select 15 worth a closer listen.
Album of the Week: Julia Holter | Something in the Room She Moves
On Something in the Room She Moves, Julia Holter’s latest released on Domino last month, she makes a subtle shift slipping into the beguiling.
Axpona 2024: Closing Thoughts
3 days, 200 listening rooms, 9,000+ attendees, 600+ high-end audio brands, 445 photos.
Axpona 2024 Favorite Rooms: DeVore Fidelity
DeVore Fidelity O/bronze + Komuro K300S Stereo Amplifier + spinning 78s = hifi heaven.
Axpona 2024 Favorite Rooms: Grimm Audio | Zellaton
I bet you saw this one coming from a mile away.
Axpona 2024 Favorite Rooms: Tone Imports
I first met Tone Imports proprietor Jonathan Halpern long before I started writing about hifi while he was working at NYC dealer In Living Stereo and just beginning to import the exquisite gear from Japan’s Shindo Laboratory.
Axpona 2024 Favorite Rooms: Innuos | Rockport Technologies | Soulution
One of my favorite systems I had the pleasure of living with and reviewing, ever, was comprised of a pair of Rockport Atria II loudspeakers powered by a Soulution 330 integrated amplifier.
Axpona 2024 Favorite Rooms: Well Pleased AV | QLN | Vinnie Rossi…
I first met and reviewed a product from Vinnie Rossi in 2005 and while I like to think we’ve both come a long way, Vinnie has more demonstrable proof in his line of BRAMA gear.
Axpona 2024 Favorite Rooms: Joseph Audio | Doshi Audio | Cardas Audio…
Some people know how to get great sound at a hifi show regardless of room gremlins and Jeff Joseph of Joseph Audio is one such hifi show setup pro.
Axpona 2024 Favorite Rooms: Fidelity Imports | Diptyque Audio | Audia Flight
Vive la différence!
Axpona 2024 Favorite Rooms: Fern & Roby
One of the things I love about a hifi show is difference because difference reminds us there are as many ways to approach hifi design as there are hifi designers.
Axpona 2024 Favorite Rooms: Fidelis Distribution & Audio Skies
I’ve heard a number of speakers from Switzerland’s Stenheim over the years at shows and my reaction to them, more specifically to the systems they’ve been part of, has been a bit mixed.
Axpona 2024 Favorite Rooms: Marten Speakers | Constellation Audio | Jorma Design
I hold fond memories of my time with the Marten Parker Trio and Constellation Inspiration Integrated 1.0, both things I reviewed that also sit on my Favorite Gear Lists.
Axpona 2024 Favorite Rooms: YG Acoustics & Ayre Acoustics
I know my way around some YG and Ayre having reviewed the YG Summit loudpseakers and an entire Ayre stack.
Axpona 2024 Favorite Rooms: Gryphon Audio Designs
It’s been some time, Axpona 2019, since I’ve had the pleasure of hearing a complete Gryphon system.
Axpona 2024 Favorite Rooms: High Water Sound
Distributor/Dealer Jeff Catalano of High Water Sound is a professional.
Axpona 2024: In Pictures
Lights, camera, (no) action! Axpona 2024 in pictures.
Axpona 2024 Coverage: Preamble
My approach to covering a show the size of Axpona 2024 is the same way I approach a meal at an all-you-can-eat buffet.
#NewMusicFriday: April 12, 2024
Each Friday, Stephen Mejias, AudioQuest’s Director of Communications and former Stereophile and Audiostream columnist, will browse through the many exciting albums released that day and select 15 worth a closer listen.
Album of the Week: Adrianne Lenker | Bright Future
I could survive on the music Adrianne Lenker makes for its warmth, kindness, compassion, and beauty.
In Barn for Review: LAIV Harmony DAC
A balanced discrete R-2R DAC. NOS or OS is your call with I2S as an option.
Review: Treehaus Audiolab ‘Phantom of Luxury’ Field Coil Loudspeakers
Trees, ‘hauses, audio, and labs are some of my favorite words as they, when combined, bring to mind all manner of lovely hifi things past and present.