Every hobby, by its very nature, runs the constant risk of losing contact with its own foundational intent or purpose. The closeness of specialization can, over time, turn into an abstraction where the tether to ...

Overview The history of the New York Audio Show can best be described as rocky. Decades ago, the show was run by Stereophile magazine, and it was a juggernaut. I remember making an annual pilgrimage ...

Elac Debut B5 $229 It’s little; it’s vinyl clad; it’s dirt cheap; and it sounds terrific. The B5 compact represents the first effort in what should be a long and fruitful collaboration between Elac and ...

Cables, Power Products, and Accessories AudioQuest carbon-fiber record brush, $19 Caig Deoxit Gold G100L contact cleaner, $33 Shunyata Research Venom 14 AC cord, $95 Wireworld Mini Eclipse 8 speaker cable, $560 Entry Level Grado Prestige ...

Stereo in its most basic form is a robust medium. One can hear the ancient demos of ping-pong games and trains traveling from left to right or right to left on cheap computer speakers sitting ...

The following is a press release issued by KEF. Marlboro, NJ | November 19th, 2018 – KEF proudly announces the addition of Spotify Connect and Roon to LSX, the mighty two-speaker, all-wireless music system that ...

The following is a press release issued by AudioVision San Francisco. November 6, 2018 - FREE LISTENING/LEARNING EVENT!! Thursday, November 15th, 2018, 7:30 -10pm: AudioVision San Francisco presents “Digital and Analog at its Best!”An evening ...

Audioengine A2+ $249 Easily one of the best deals in high-end audio, the Audioengine A2+ powered desktop speakers are simply incredible. How is it possible to get such low-end extension, wide soundstaging, pinpoint imaging, and ...

The following is a press release issued by Devialet. PARIS | October 19, 2018 - Devialet, the pioneering French technology brand, today unveils Phantom REACTOR, an ultra-compact speaker that delivers unprecedented power, fidelity and volume ...

Whenever I crossed paths with my colleague Jonathan Valin at RMAF 2018, he didn’t look happy. Though there were exceptions, he said, mostly the sound was not so great. My experience was different and the ...

I haven’t been to the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest in three years. And although the show is planning to change venues in 2019, after this latest visit to the Marriott Tech Center I’m not sure ...

The following is a press release issued by MartinLogan and Paradigm. MartinLogan Neolith (Room 1107) MartinLogan is showing the Neolith electrostatic speaker at the 2018 Rocky Mountain Audio Fest. Neolith was reviewed in TAS by ...

The following is a press release issued by Dali. ROCKY MOUNTAIN AUDIO FEST | OCTOBER 4, 2018 – Danish Audiophile Loudspeaker Industries (DALI), the renowned Scandinavian loudspeaker manufacturer distributed by Lenbrook Americas in the United ...

Stirling Broadcast LS3/6 loudspeaker $5595 These speakers are the contemporary redesign by Derek Hughes of a BBC model of decades ago. The original was derived directly from the Spendor BC1, which was designed by Derek ...