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 …
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 …
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, …
We’re no strangers to sartorial opinions or the Common Yellowthroat at INDULGR magazine. So, the next time you’re at an event that’s being covered by our editorial team, just look for our own in-house accumulator of haute couture Grover Neville. Grover will likely be peacocking about, wearing a myriad of bespoke and vintage pieces amassed …
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The final stop of our tour takes us back to our original mission: to find the best-of-the-best at the Audio Advice LIVE ’23 show. Our journey to find the best that high-end home audio and high-end home theater has to offer has also transcended our expectations. Here are the best exhibitions we’ve found during our three days …
Our third, but not final, stop in a whirlwind tour that takes us through what we believe to be the highlights of the Audio Advice LIVE ’23 show. This is just a glimpse of the best that high-end home audio and high-end home theater have to offer—each at varying strata of the lifestyle. Here are the debuts …
We continue our stop-by-stop tour through what we believe to be the highlights of the Audio Advice LIVE ’23 show. Reminding you that this is only a glimpse of the best that high-end home audio and high-end home theater have to offer—each at varying strata of the lifestyle. Here are the debuts (of which there are several) …
To the uninitiated, this is a stop-by-stop tour through what we believe to be the highlights of the Audio Advice LIVE ’23 show. Yet, this is only a glimpse of the best that high-end home audio and high-end home theater have to offer—each at varying strata of the lifestyle. Here are the debuts (of which …
UPDATE: COVERAGE HAS BEGUN To the uninitiated, this is a stop-by-stop tour through what we believe to be the highlights of the Audio Advice LIVE ’23 show. Yet, this is only a glimpse of the best that high-end home audio and high-end home theater have to offer—each at varying strata of the lifestyle. Here are the debuts (of which …
All of us on the INDULGR team have become accustomed to the phrase “the jury is still out on this one“, meaning that enough data points have not been collected over time to say one has formed an opinion worth sharing. As far as new products go this is the norm, and especially so when …
Peaks by YG Acoustics, Black by Bel Canto, Cardas | AXPONA 2023 READ MORE
If you started off your Axpona 2023 experience by rushing to floor sixteen (the uppermost altitude-iness floor of the show) exiting the elevators to the short end of the hallway, and set off on your weekend tour, letting gravity take the lead, then you likely encountered Bayz Audio via New York City based ultra-high-end dealer …
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Zesto Audio, a California based high-end electronics company, was debuting their new Eros 500 Select Monoblock amplifiers, sold in pairs for $35,000 pr USD. Showing in the system: loudspeakers from YG Acoustics, electronics from Zesto, turntable from Dr. Feickert, cables from Cardas, and support from Stillpoints. Reporting by Eric Franklin Shook The new Eros 500 …
Zesto Audio, YG Acoustics, Dr. Feickert Analogue, Stillpoints, Cardas | AXPONA 2023 READ MORE
Next Level HiFi is a high-end audio dealer serving the Chicagoland area from their showroom in Wayne, Illinois. At the head of their hi-fi activities is Tyler and Dana Mueller, who have become quite renowned for their audio show exhibits. Somehow, always finding a clear path to consistent and honest sound no matter the show …
Børresen, Aavik, Ansuz, Axxess, Next Level Hi-Fi | AXPONA 2023 READ MORE
Linear Tube Audio is a high-fidelity audio manufacturing company based in Takoma Park, Maryland. The heart of all LTA amplifiers is the patented Berning output transformerless ZOTL technology. Sonically, this delivers the best of both worlds: tube tone and solid state detail. Each unit is expertly built by hand in the United States. Reporting by …
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