The new silver ChordOhmic plugs are now a feature on all factory cables and are available separately, too 3rd October 2018, Amesbury, Wiltshire: Following their debut at Sound and Vision (Bristol) in February and production debut at Festival of Sound (London) in September, Chord Company’s revolutionary new ChordOhmic silver-plated loudspeaker plugs, which have been developed... Read More »
MoFi Distribution appointed official North American distributor for Manger & finite elemente MoFi Distribution proudly announces the addition of two new brands to their product lineup: Manger and finite element, two manufacturers each with a long history and both based in Germany. Manger is a highly regarded speaker manufacturer best known for their distinguished "Bending Wave" sound transducer. Managed by... Read More »
Meze Audio, a high-end audio company developing premium audiophile headphones and earphones, are revealing at RMAF 2018 their new flagship: Empyrean – the first Isodynamic Hybrid Array Headphone. After the successful launch from New York, Tokyo, Munich or London, Empyrean will be available for audition at Rocky Mountain Audio Fest, October 5th to October 7th... Read More »
Amadeus has begun shipping its latest offering for the Hi-Fi community, passive versions of their award-winning Philharmonia speakers co-designed by world-renowned architect Jean Nouvel Paris, France - October 3, 2018 - Amadeus have announced they are now shipping the new Philharmonia Mini passive speakers, co-designed specifically for the Hi-Fi market by world-renowned architect Jean Nouvel. Amadeus unveiled the Philharmonia Mini at the High... Read More »
For the first time in the USA, ArtistCloner will be exposing products at the Rocky mountain Audio Fest in 2018. The products include amplification, speakers, cables and power distribution units. Their products were first introduced with great success at the Montreal audio show in the beginning of 2016. New products for 2018 will be on demo in room 7025... Read More »
New FPGA-based standalone upscaler (to 768kHz!) and powerful new desktop DAC/pre/head amp on demo! WHO: Chord Electronics, the world’s leading amplification and digital audio experts WHAT: US debuts for the new Hugo M Scaler (standalone upscaler) and Hugo TT 2 (desktop DAC/pre/head amp). Also on show: Hugo 2 (transportable DAC/pre/head amp), Mojo (portable DAC/head amp),... Read More »
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA October 2, 2018 Join Cary Audio at the 2018 Rocky Mountain Audio Fest (RMAF) in the Marriott Towers Room 8004 from October 5-7 in Denver, Colorado. Cary Audio will be debuting our two newest network audio players at this year’s show! Replacing the awarding winning DMS-500, the NEW DMS-550 and DMS-600 take the DMS platform... Read More »
Boulder, CO: 10/2/2018--- PS Audio is proud to be exhibiting at the 15th annual Rocky Mountain Audio Fest, October 5-7, in the Spruce 1 suite, directly behind show registration on the first floor of the Denver Marriott Tech Center hotel. Arnie Nudell, our longtime friend and mentor, founder of both Infinity Systems and Genesis Technologies, spent the last decade of his life refining and tuning a pair of... Read More »
Berlin, Germany - Oct 1, 2018. At the Rocky Mountain Audiofest this week in Denver, Voxativ GmbH is marking the US debut of the new T805 SET Integrated Amplifier. This is the Berlin born brand’s first higher-powered 30Wx2 tube integrated amplifier capable of driving a wider range of low to high-efficiency loudspeakers offered across the high-end audio marketplace. Now any... Read More »
Planar Magnetic Speakers | DAC/AMP/DSP | Room Correction | Dragonfire | Fire Breathing Audio 10/1/2018 | Orange, California | The Dragonfire Acoustics Mini Dragon DAC/AMP/DSP Speaker System is a technological breakthrough in full-range two-channel nearfield listening. The sophisticated DSP-controlled planar magnetic speakers deliver an astonishingly vivid, dynamic, full-range sound with one of the available subwoofer options. The... Read More »
Von Schweikert Audio will premier our newest ULTRA 9 flagship reference loudspeaker in the Maroon Peak ballroom at this year’s Rocky Mountain Audio Fest. California, USA 1st October 2018 Von Schweikert Audio is proud to introduce our ULTRA 9, the second loudspeaker in this flagship reference series. Its technology and performance are essentially identical to the... Read More »
Ye Olde Editor with pipe weed. Portrait by John Robinson. This seems to be a season for culminating projects. Given that autumn is upon us now, I reckon that the time matches the season, and the mood matches the moment. Having finished my summing up of the Audionet STERN and HEISENBERG reference products, it is... Read More »
George Klissarov and David W. Robinson George Klissarov, AXPONA 2017 exaSound's new flagship device, the PlayPoint DM Dual-Mono D/A Converter and Network Audio Server, is the high point of my life-long obsession with audio and eight years of research, design, and the making of DACs and streamers. We entered the audiophile market with the introduction... Read More »
Viginti Earns Stereophile “Class A,” Shows At RMAF Denver, CO—October 5, 2018: EgglestonWorks, the Memphis-based manufacturer of “Small Batch” Handcrafted Loudspeaker Systems, will be demonstrating their flagship Viginti loudspeaker system at Rocky Mountain Audio Fest, 2018, Denver Marriott Tech Center, Room 1103, starting Friday, October 5. Following Michael Fremer’s rave review in the June, 2018... Read More »
Denver, CO--October 5, 2018: Doshi Engineering, designer and manufacturer of the world’s finest electronics, will demonstrate its latest components starting today at Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2018, Denver Marriott Tech Center, Room 589. Over the past six months, Doshi has become a juggernaut, gaining new dealers, rave reviews and an expanded product line. Adding “A-list”... Read More »
Cumming, GA USA September 28, 2018 - Black Cat Cable announces the launch of its entry-level line of handcrated cables: Coppertone The COPPERTONE Interconnect ($199.95 @ 1.0mpr + $50 per additional 1/2mpr) is an air-dielectric coaxial design employing a helically-disposed shield around a thin-walled Teflon tube. Inside the tube is our unique Nami-processed bare copper conductor (24awg soldi... Read More »
Thousand Oaks, CA, September 24, 2018 - Zesto Audio is pleased to announce the world premiere of their newest product, the Andros Deluxe Phonostage. This product will debut at the annual Rocky Mountain Audio Festin Denver, Colorado USA, October 5-7, 2018 in exhibit room 7009 at the Marriott Tech Center. The Andros Deluxe Phonostage is an exciting blend... Read More »
Ye Olde Editor: a portrait by John Robinson Audionet's STERN and HEISENBERG: Back to the mountaintop again! Fair warning: This is yet another one of my evaluations that is not going to be a typical "review." No, not with these designs. This is going to be more of a culminating mediation on my experiences with... Read More »
Selekt DSM – Linn’s launch events in North America Don’t miss your chance to see, hear and get hands-on with Linn’s latest streamer! Join Linn at a launch event for Selekt DSM and experience a revolution in digital music interaction. It’s easy to feel we’ve lost touch with the immersive experience of playing music. Take... Read More »
With shared commitment to advancing the state of digital audio entertainment, Aurender and Eikon Audio will partner in Rooms 8010 and 8014 of the Denver Marriot Tech Center during the 2018 Rocky Mountain Audio Fest. Together, they will harmoniously create an intelligent yet intuitive system showcasing each company’s latest advancements to simplify the delivery of... Read More »
Introducing Galileo SX Cables World Debut, Rocky Mountain Audio Fest, Room 5018 Galileo SX represents the pinnacle of what we currently know in the field of building audio cables for high-resolution audio systems. We start with complex hand built geometries with Air, Teflon, and Silk dielectrics, pure 99.9999% monofilament silver conductors, 4th generation Tricon geometries, custom designed silver connectors... Read More »
Denver, CO—October 5, 2018—Troy Audio, manufacturer of ultra-high-performance loudspeakers, will unveil a new loudspeaker that promises natural, realistic sound quality previously unheard from speakers of this size. The Troy Audio Achilles will be demonstrated at the 2018 Rocky Mountain Audio Fest in Denver, in Suite 1110 of the Marriott Hotel. The Achilles is a three-way... Read More »
SAN FRANCISCO (9/25/18) — Parasound will introduce its new Halo P 6, 2.1-channel Audio Preamplifier and DAC to audio enthusiasts at the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest in Denver, October 5-7. The Parasound Halo P 6, which is now in stock to replace the five-year-old P 5, improves upon its predecessor with a premium ESS DAC, ladder-style volume... Read More »
(September 25, 2018) Enjoy the Music.com , high-end audio's longtime online industry leader in providing industry news, gear reviews, and show reports is pleased to announce that we're sponsoring Rocky Mountain Audio Fest's (RMAF)Thursday night industry / press party plus all event seminars. For well over 20 years, Enjoy the Music.com has been a major resource for information about the high-end... Read More »
Thousand Oaks, CA, September 24, 2018 - Zesto Audio is pleased to announce the world premiere of their newest product, the Andros Deluxe Phonostage. This product will debut at the annual Rocky Mountain Audio Festin Denver, Colorado USA, October 5-7, 2018 in exhibit room 7009 at the Marriott Tech Center. The Andros Deluxe Phonostage is an exciting blend of Zesto’s... Read More »
Nelson Pass: a portrait. Sea Ranch, CA, 2018. Photograph and image processing by David W. Robinson. Introduction – Why do we care about 2nd harmonic? Historically, audio amplification has been about the elimination of all forms of distortion. Early on, the premise has been that low distortion is one of the keys to audio quality... Read More »
Sarah Reich, New Change. Tap Music Productions B07FTXR22W, CD $9.49 from Amazon.com "I want to be the first tap dancer to win a Grammy Award!" Okay yeah, it's nice to have dreams, kid—wait a minute, did you say tap dancing? A Grammy Award? When you think of tap dancing as an art form, do you think about... Read More »
A couple of weeks back, I arose on an otherwise unremarkable Sunday morning, had my coffee and checked my losing lottery numbers. I then proceeded downstairs to remove and replace the Hana EL cartridge that's been the recent mainstay of my analog playback system. The Hana SL (with its Shibata stylus) had recently arrived from... Read More »
In a discussion with Managing Editor Dave Clark in regards to what may be slated for review, it was noted that my loudspeakers may prove difficult for the readership to connect with since I design, build, test, and measure my own. Crossover design is a particular fascination of mine. Dave then challenged me to write... Read More »
I just back from a quick (two day) trip to Chicago, courtesy of the good folks at Linn in Scotland. On Tuesday, September 18, a very limited number of audio press representatives received an important briefing about new developments at the company. In addition to myself, my longtime audiobud Greg Weaver of The Absolute Sound... Read More »
Music streaming pioneer, Linn, today announces the launch of Selekt DSM, an all-new Linn network music player that promises to bring the feeling back to digital audio. Delivering a tactile and beautiful musical experience, Selekt DSM will make any system sound better and help you fall in love with music all over again. Gilad Tiefenbrun,... Read More »
The Beat MagDrive™ Turntable with Schröder Linear-Tracking (LT) Tonearm Ye Olde Editor, in medias puffus (photograph by John Robinson) Me, I call it "Big Red." Here was a real mountaintop moment for me with turntables earlier this year. It came in two parts: First, getting to meet Steve Dobbins, the creative master turntable craftsman at... Read More »
Steve Dobbins of Xact Audio and Dr. David W. Robinson I asked Steve Dobbins to give the background story of the design of the remarkable Schröder LT tonearm for his The Beat reference turntable, which I have reviewed elsewhere in this issue. He sent along the following comments for your benefit. Dr. David W. Robinson, Ye... Read More »
Dr. David W. Robinson and Steve Dobbins This sidebar article is by Steve Dobbins of Xact Audio, the designer of The Beat turntable that I've reviewed else in this issue. I asked Steve to provide the tale of how he ended up doing what he does in the wild world of turntables. He has generously sent... Read More »
Pioneer, Creative, Razer and HyperX are among the latest headphone calibrations - at no additional charge to existing customers Riga, Latvia, September 18, 2018 – Sonarworks, the revolutionary audio calibration software company, announced that its consumer application True-Fi has achieved a significant milestone, and now supports 232 different headphone models ranging from common consumer models... Read More »
A letter to the audio industry; First, please know AXPONA will not be moving to the fall dates as stated last week but will remain in April for 2020 and beyond. As stated in our announcement last week, we have been encouraged by many exhibitors in recent years to move far away from Munich, to... Read More »
The Jo N05 moving coil cartridge, LPS dual linear power supply and Massive Weight are upgrade essentials for vinyl aficionados (Lake Grove, NY) September 17th, 2018 – VANA, Ltd. (www.vanaltd.com), the North American distributor for fine audio products has announced the arrival of the European Audio Team (E.A.T) Jo N05 moving coil cartridge, the LPS dual... Read More »
