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2019 Axpona: Doug Schroeder Reports, Part 1
Nirvana B: Classic Line Source sound, but with power Utopia A: Legacy Val… er, V! Valor sold just before show! Qobuz on demo. Utopia B: BIG! Utopia B: BOLD! Sitting silent Atrium: Winner, most...
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2019 Axpona: Doug Schroeder Reports, Part 2
Also see Part 1 Room 1418: One sweet… Room 1418: …setup together! Room 1429: Predictably Puntiliar Panels Room 1229: Awesomely cute! Gift idea! Room 606: Best effort OB from Spatial to date, nice...
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The Real Billie Holiday, Part Three – 1950s
Also read The Real Billie Holiday, Part One – 1930s Also read The Real Billie Holiday, Part Two – 1940s Monterey Jazz Festival, 1957. This profile of Billie Holiday is presented in three chapters...
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CAS Exhibitor Profile: Selah Audio
Respondent: Rick Craig, Selah Audio, Room 5108, 2019 California Audio Show. What’s the “elevator speech” description of your company? We design and manufacture speaker kits and assembled systems for...
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Reign of the Mini-Monitors I: PSB Speakers Alpha P5
Publisher’s note: Announcing a new Series, “Reign of the Mini-Monitors.” Loudspeaker systems pressurize the space between the speakers themselves and the listener. Placing large, multi-driver speakers...
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Imagining Buddy Bolden
Publisher’s note: Bolden opens on May 3rd in select theaters. Created from the only known photograph of Bolden and his band. This column marks the release of the motion picture Bolden, directed by...
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Merrill Audio Advanced Technology Labs unleashes Element 114 stereo power...
Worlds ultra-fast power transistor Gallium Nitride (GaN) used again on 3rdPower Amplifier from Merrill Audio Advanced Technology Labs, LLC Berndsville, New Jersey, USA – Zero Feedback, Zero Dead time...
View ArticleAnthem Launches ARC Genesis™ Room Correction software
Anthem Launches ARC Genesis™—the Next Generation of Anthem’s Critically-Acclaimed Room Correction Software. Available for both Mac and Windows, ARC Genesis is the most advanced room correction system...
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Unisinger UIA – 2 Series Platinum loudspeakers Review
Debuting its UIA-2 Platinum loudspeaker system at the 2018 California Audio Show, Unisinger is registered in California while its speakers are engineered and made in Dalian, a port city in...
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Audio Blast: Exogal Ion PowerDAC with HyperDrive Upgrade
Also read Doug’s Exogal Comet DAC Review (2015) and Exogal Ion PowerDAC Review (2016) When my Dutch friend and ski instructor, Marty, taught me downhill skiing I was quite intense and asked him to...
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Audio Research launches new Reference 160S stereo power amplifier
MAPLE GROVE, MN – May 8th, 2019 – Audio Research is pleased to announce the launch of the Reference 160S stereo power amplifier. The new product distills the astonishing resolution, dynamic impact,...
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Sonus faber launches Minima Amator II bookshelf speaker
THE PROJECT – BECAUSE THERE IS NO FUTURE WITHOUT A PAST Some products are not meant to be tied to a singular historical moment. Electa Amator III and Minima Amator II were born with this concept in...
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Design Notes 3: Sound Lab “The Complete White Paper”
Publisher’s note: Every product comes with an Owner’s Manual to familiarize the customer with its operations. These documents are often written in a dry style and to the point. But once in a while, we...
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Naim Audio launches Mu-So 2nd Generation wireless music system
8th May 2019. New York Naim Audio, the British hi-fi specialist with 45 years of audio expertise, has launched the 2nd Generation of its multi award-winning Mu-so wireless music system. Mu-so 2nd...
View ArticleMirroring the Industry: Weekends come in all sizes and shapes
Long weekends…really long weekends. It comes as no surprise. Their hype and advance marketing make their impending … a foregone conclusion. For the attendee it is a chance to get away, embrace the...
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Audio-Technica Debuts Next-Generation OC9X Series Phono Cartridges
STOW, OHIO, May 9, 2019 — Since their introduction more than 30 years ago Audio-Technica’s OC9 Series moving coil phono cartridges have been acclaimed by listeners and reviewers worldwide for their...
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Conrad-Johnson Announces HVA1 Reference Headphone Amplifier
The conrad-johnson design team is particularly excited to announce the release of our latest product, a headphone amplifier that just sounds right. The HVA1 is a reference quality single-ended class A...
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Analog Manufaktur Germany (AMG) introduces Viella Forte turntable
INTRODUCING THE VIELLA FORTE TURNTABLE Viella Forte 12 Turbo turntable including 12JT tonearm $30,000 Viella Forte Engraved 12 Turbo turntable including 12JT $32,000 Analog Manufaktur Germany...
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iFi releases Aurora all-in-one music system
iFi Aurora wireless music system Light up your life with Aurora Electrify your music and immerse yourself in sound with iFi’s all-in-one music system Southport, England – iFi’s new wireless music...
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Duke Ellington Orchestra Live
Duke Ellington, Fargo, ND, November 1940. Location recordings, live broadcasts and transcriptions of Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra 1940-63 reveal performances distinctively different from...
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