HiFi Thoughts
Top Ten Rules For Buying a HiFi
Just like the title says. I give you…
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HiFi Reviews
Review: Audioengine A2+ Wireless Speaker System
The Audioengine A2 speakers and I have history. We go back, way back.
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HiFi Show Schedule 2019
What’s next? I was thinking the same thing. Here’s a (mostly) complete list of the upcoming HiFi Shows for 2019.
HiFi Reviews
Review: Shunyata Research Hydra Typhon QR Power Filter
The last several years have seen Shunyata Research enter a particularly creative period with the release of the Hydra Denali Series and the higher performance Hydra Triton v3 power distributor. Caelin Gabriel, founder and President of Shunyata Research, has released his new version of the […]
HiFi Thoughts
HiFi Extremists: Fighting The Wrong Fight
Extremism in HiFi? How can there be such a thing in a hobby whose purpose is the enjoyment of music? The answer, which applies to many cases of modern day extremism? The Internet.
HIGH END Munich 2019
High End Munich 2019: Just The Facts
Hot off the press, here are the attendance numbers for High End Munich 2019 (impressive):
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High End Munich 2019: The Wrap
This year I took a different approach to the High End Munich Show as compared to years past. Instead of beginning with the knowledge that there is no way one person can cover all of this show and then trying to do so, I wandered […]
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High End Munich 2019: Cries & Whispers
I’m not one to gossip. But.
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High End Munich 2019: Photo Extravaganza!
OK, it’s a photo gallery. Extravaganza just sounded more exciting!
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High End Munich 2019: Interesting Products
Here are some of the things I spied at High End Munich 2019 that captured my attention mainly because they strike me as being in need of further examination in Barn (some exceptions where noted). Warning: not everything I found interesting is new.
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High End Munich 2019: A Tradition In Listening with MBL
The MBL room at Axpona 2019 ranked among my favorites—”All enveloping, all consuming, nearly overwhelming, this MBL system grabbed every bit of me and didn’t let go.” I repeat these words because they easily apply to Munich, which is one reason I always spend some […]
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High End Munich 2019: A Tradition In Listening with DeVore Fidelity
I have owned, used, lived with, and loved speakers from DeVore Fidelity for decades. These days, my gibbon X fill the Barn with sweet, sweet music damn-near every day and listening to them now, after being away for what feels like a while, is like […]
HIGH END Munich 2019
High End Munich 2019: “Nice Phono Stage” or The Ugly Truth About Reporting On Sound At Shows
Many moons ago, I walked into a NYC hifi shop with a person/reviewer I had just met. We were there to hear the just-arrived-from-Germany Auditorium 23 loudspeakers.
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High End Munich 2019: A Tradition In Listening with Silbatone
It’s difficult, at least for me, to make appointments during show hours because time at the massively massive and heavily crowded High End Show is dear and I prefer to wander where my interests take me.
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High End Munich 2019: Odeon Audio or Why HiFi Is About Much More Than HiFi (a story)
My father and I had our differences, who doesn’t with theirs?, but our meeting place, the thing that always brought us together, was hifi and music.