Small regional audio shows aren’t supposed to be this big. The boasting of a gazillion exhibits in the lead up to the event left some of us trembling. Capital Audiofest is considered “the east coast show” by all in and around the industry. It’s hallmark vibe (as stated earlier in our PREVIEW article) is that …
Our high-end audio show calendar reaches its season finale this coming weekend. The Capital Audiofest 2023 show is billed by many as the more casual event of the year, and yet it no less represents the finest opportunity for audiophiles and those new to high-end audio to an experience that only dreams are made of. …
The Introduction: Vivid Audio Giya G4 S2 Outside of the Paddington Station west entrance there is a man inside the face of a clock, and every minute he wipes away the minute hand and paints a new one in its place – watch him long enough and you’ll even see the hour hand replaced. I …
The Distillers One of One auction is a unique collaboration between The Worshipful Company of Distillers, the Distillers’ Charity, and Sotheby’s auction house. Distilleries across Scotland are invited to contribute a unique one-of-one lot into a charity auction to benefit the disadvantaged youth of Scotland. Reporting by Eric Franklin Shook This marks the second year …
Virginia based High-End Home Audio showroom Alma Audio East will be hosting a landmark event for YG Acoustics in 2023. This occasion marks a celebration for Alma Audio East’s opening of their first east coast location. The celebration began with an event, held in August 2023, that we reported on here. In that reporting, we …
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One of the first (if not the first) Rega Naia turntables is coming to America, and I know where it’s going. But more on that later. Firstly—what is the Rega Naia? The Naia represents the new production flagship turntable from Rega. Notice how I said “production”, that’s because the Naia comes as the result of …
Gratitude is a beautiful thing. How would one go about manifesting that feeling? Some would argue the M.A.D.1 GREEN might be the champion of returning kindness. This release marks the third iteration of the M.A.D.1 timepieces that bear the M.A.D.Editions branding. The more affordable M.A.D.Editions brand was launched in the summer of 2021 and comes …
As part of their CEDIA Expo exhibition earlier today, McIntosh Labs introduced to the world what feels like the longest and girthiest subwoofer we’ve seen in years. Though, I cannot confirm that it is in fact the ‘longest’ or ‘girthiest’ on the high-end home audio market right now, the new McIntosh Labs PS2K is definitely …
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Driving around downtown Chicago’s West Loop, you’ll find no shortage of restaurants, bars, and cafe storefronts to captivate the passing eye. Almost hidden among them Green Street Smoked Meats stands apart as a pinch of home for this partially-Texas-raised boy from North Carolina. From the street, an unremarkable marked-up, mostly black painted, factory-like building with …
The Roman Theatre of Orange (Théâtre antique d’Orange) in Orange, Vaucluse, France was constructed sometime in the earliest years of the first century, AD. It remains one of the most cherished, well preserved, and active theatres in European history. Playing home most recently to the well known Chorégies d’Orange since 1860, a summer opera festival …
The Wilson Audio Chronosonic XVX is the second largest loudspeaker in the Wilson Audio catalog. Hard to believe, isn’t it? Standing at almost 74-American-inches tall, with a waistline circumference of nearly 100-American-inches, and a weight per speaker of 685-American-pounds the Chronosonic XVX is a sight (and sound) to behold. “Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing …
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Technical Audio Devices Laboratories (TAD) is a sleeping giant in the American high-end home audio market. Having a neutral sound that derives its strongest attributes from the most prestigious recording, mixing, and mastering studios around the globe. Less stylized and more matter of fact, with the right electronics the overall presentation can be more than …
At this moment I’m not sure what’s tougher: the shot of small batch Kentucky Bourbon making its way down my gullet (at 9:50am), or the (non-ONENESS X G-SHOCK) G-SHOCK DW5600 that’s wrapped around my left carpus as I try to one-eye-write this intro. Thinking back to my first G-SHOCK, I recall it being acquired as …
ONENESS X G-SHOCK 40th Anniversary Limited Edition READ MORE
Earlier this summer Porsche and still-newcomer Backdrop shook hands and joined forces to create a premium home decor product that celebrates in full color the 75th Anniversary of PORSCHE cars. Collaborations like this one, from Backdrop specifically, hit home (pun intended). For almost almost a decade I was the owner of a ‘specialty high-end coatings …
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Fresh off the heels of her turning the classical world on its head with a bold interpretation of the ‘Beethoven violin concerto’ style in ‘Beethoven & Beyond’, Spanish violinist and composer María Dueñas reaches further into her bag of tricks to unleash on the classical world something foundational and breathtakingly original with her latest work, …
Sonus faber partnering with fellow Italian maker of dream machines Maserati, created a one of a kind experience that took place alongside this year’s Pebble Beach event. The Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance began in tandem with the Pebble Beach Road Races in 1950, but in truth the Concours was a last-minute addition — a social …
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The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering 2023 For ten days each August, connoisseurs and enthusiasts from around the world converge on the Monterey Peninsula to celebrate the ultimate in automotive design, engineering and camaraderie among fellow aficionados. Gunther Werks makes their sixth consecutive appearance at this year’s gathering. Reporting by Eric Franklin Shook The crown jewel …
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