AvatarStereophileAvatarAvatar17 hours agoBrilliant Corners #13: The EM/IA Remote Autoformer and Listening with Master Jazzman Jerome Sabbaghverified_publisherStereophile - Alex HalberstadtEver notice that the language we use to talk about sound can be pretty aggressive? Reviewers often write about amplifiers "taking control" of a …
AvatarStereophileAvatarAvatar1 day agoBliss Acoustics, AudioNec, Nagra, Gryphon Audio, Aurender, Playback Designs, Luna Cables, Computer Audio Design, Modulum Audio, Stillpointsverified_publisherStereophile - Robert SchryerAll prices in Canadian dollars. If the AudioNec Evo 3 speakers ($125,000/pair) in the top photo look familiar, it's no accident. They're from the same …
AvatarStereophileAvatarAvatar1 day agoWhat Price Perfection?verified_publisherStereophile - Rogier van BakelWhen Ken Fritz died, many people wondered what would become of his stereo system. Fritz's rig was the stuff of legend. The audiophile from …
AvatarStereophileAvatarAvatar1 day agoAudio Noteverified_publisherStereophile - Robert SchryerAll prices listed are in Canadian dollars. Audio Note exhibiting at the Montreal audio show? Nothing new. Audio Note exhibiting an all-Audio Note …
AvatarStereophileAvatarAvatar1 day agoBrooklyn Audio, Soltanus Acoustics, Auralic, Zesto Audio, Synergistic Research, AudioQuest, Quadraspireverified_publisherStereophile - Robert SchryerAll prices in are Canadian dollars. Soltanus Acoustics from Serbia and Brooklyn Audio from Ontario served up a seductive system consisting of a pair …
AvatarStereophileAvatarAvatar1 day agoEmotivaverified_publisherStereophile - Robert SchryerAll prices listed in this post are in US dollars. What can you get for $4750? A lot, apparently. That was the retail price of the whole system set up …
AvatarStereophileAvatarAvatar1 day agoHearken Audio: Reed, Trafomatic Audio, 432 EVO, Playback Designs, Yeti Acoustics, Stein Music, HRS, Stealthverified_publisherStereophile - Robert SchryerAll prices are in Canadian dollars. Hearken Audio always comes to the Toronto and Montreal Audiofests with a trove of gear, much of it exotic to me …
AvatarStereophileAvatarAvatar2 days agoStudio Economik: Kii, Wattson Audio, Mogamiverified_publisherStereophile - Robert SchryerThe first time I heard a pair of standmount Kii Audio Three speakers, a few years back at a Montreal Audiofest, I immediately got them—their sound, …
AvatarStereophileAvatarAvatar2 days agoRevinylization #52: Nina Simone's Seminal Wild is the Windverified_publisherStereophile - Jim AustinBy all accounts, Eunice Kathleen Waymon, aka Nina Simone, who passed in 2003, was a troubled person and a brilliant artist. Why she was not more …
AvatarStereophileAvatarAvatar3 days agoSound Lab, Berning, and EnKleinverified_publisherStereophile - Mark HenningerSound Lab is an electrostatic speaker specialist. The company's pithily named G745-3C ($20,000/pair) debuted at the first Southwest Audio Fest. These …
AvatarStereophileAvatarAvatar3 days agoStenheim, Infigo Audio, and VPI with Van den Hulverified_publisherStereophile - Mark HenningerThis powerful yet precise system was tasked with filling a small ballroom with sound; in the process, it delivered a captivating performance. A pair …
AvatarStereophileAvatarAvatar3 days agoYG Acoustics Sonja 3.2 with Constellation Audio, Audio Research, and Pure Fidelityverified_publisherStereophile - Mark HenningerSouthwest Audio Fest v1.0 in Dallas, Texas, was the site of the North American debut of the YG Acoustics Sonja 3.2 loudspeaker. The Sonja 3.2 is a …