Audio shows can sometimes feel like a round up of the usual suspects. But during T.H.E. Show Newport Beach 2014 there was an abundance of interesting and sometimes wonderful new models, many of which were ...

T.H.E. Show at Newport in Southern California is a far more relaxed and convivial affair than the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Not least of its attractions is that it remains for the most ...

T.H.E. Show Newport Beach is unquestionably a unique high-end audio show, and the 2014 rendition was a crazy whirlwind of rushing from room to room in search of that special system that grabbed ahold and ...

Click Here To Read Part 1 Filling a cavernous ballroom ain’t easy but Perfect 8 pulled it off with reasonable aplomb. It’s The Force line source (est. $350K), a provocative and evocative speaker/subwoofer combination combined ...

Who would have thought that at T.H.E. Show Newport–the 2014 edition–LP playback would continue to assert its dominance as THE sexy audio medium. Meanwhile there were attendees bearing their trusty CDs who, with fingers crossed, ...

The 2014 Newport show was another huge success, so much so that it may move to a larger and more deluxe venue next year. The Hilton and Atrium hotels are stretched to their limits by ...

The Munich 2014 High End Show featured more turntables on display than any other show I’ve attended this year—perhaps as many as I’ve see at all the major U.S. audio shows in 2014 combined! Companies ...

If there was any doubt that Munich is world’s most important audio event, the 2014 show held May 16-19 will put any uncertainty to rest. The MOC convention center was packed with 493 exhibitors (up ...

Forget Rocky Mountain, AXPONA Chicago, New York, and Newport Beach, Montréal, Hong Kong, Tokyo, CES. With over 450 exhibitors displaying 900 different brands—all of them as high-end as hi-fi gets (and many not to be ...

In an effort to dig a little deeper into the world of loudspeakers and electronics under $15,000 at AXPONA 2014, I wanted to follow up my standard-length report with a second report that shed a ...

The newly revamped AXPONA was definitely a mixed bag of emotions for attendees and exhibitors alike. As Jonathan Valin and Steven Stone have reported, the new location at the Westin O’Hare was a sonic obstacle ...

Road Trip! Those were the words of Jonathan Valin earlier this year when he asked if I was interested in covering analog at AXPONA Chicago this year. I checked my schedule, shifted a few things ...

Although this year was the first time I’ve attended AXPONA, I doubt it will be my last. I was impressed with the quality of the Westin O’Hare venue, despite the fact that most of the ...

After last year’s exciting debut, I think everyone at TAS was expecting AXPONA Chicago 2014 to be a huge success—and it may well have been financially. (Several record dealers told me that they had never ...

The Montréal Audio Show is a high-end audio fest that generally receives less attention in the American press, so when I had the chance to see how our neighbors to the north do hi fi ...