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Capital Audiofest Starts Friday
Capital AudioFest 2016News
Jason Victor Serinus  |  Jul 05, 2016  |  4 comments
The three-day Capital Audiofest runs July 8–10 at the Hilton Hotel at Twinbrook Metro in Rockville, MD. With new, noon–8 pm opening-day hours designed to accommodate 9-5ers eager to top off their Friday with great sound, and completely renovated rooms that should offer even better acoustics than before, the at-capacity show promises 38 exhibit rooms (including 14 large rooms and one two-room suite), and a combined Marketplace/CanMania with 20 exhibitors total. Put that all together, and you end up with 103 exhibitors and brands combined.
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What If They Gave a CES and Nobody Came?
As We See It
Jason Victor Serinus  |  Jun 14, 2016  |  First Published: Jul 01, 2016  |  12 comments
Last January, in Las Vegas, a record 170,000 people attended the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show. Most of them neither saw nor heard a trace of high-end audio gear. Not only was all mention of what CES calls "high performance audio" absent from the show's official Attendee Guide, but the hallways of the Venetian Tower, which in past CESes were filled with high-end manufacturers, dealers, and distributors, were anything but crowded.
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Primephonic's Hi-Rez Classical Downloads
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Jason Victor Serinus  |  Jul 01, 2016  |  7 comments
Primephonic, a Netherlands-based site that prides itself on its superior classical music metadata, has launched in the United States. Currently devoted to hi-rez classical downloads in WAV (stereo), FLAC (stereo/surround), and DSD (stereo/surround), Primephonic also intends to launch the beta version of its high-quality streaming service later this year.
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Decca’s 55 Great Vocal Recitals
Jason Victor Serinus
Jason Victor Serinus  |  Jun 17, 2016  |  2 comments
It would only be fair to expect that in the new historic box set, Decca Sound 55 Great Vocal Recitals, there would be a fair number of clunkers amongst the gold. But that is anything but the case. For just a bit more than $2 per CD, you will end up with so many superb performances, recorded by singers in their prime, that unless you already possess almost everything in the box—I do—or you require English translations for most of its contents, purchase is a no-brainer.
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Nearing the End of T.H.E. Show
T.H.E. Show Newport 2016
Jason Victor Serinus  |  Jun 10, 2016  |  2 comments
At one point, an attendee approached me in the hallway and said, "Is it just me, or are a lot of these rooms bright?"
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Into T.H.E. Show's Home Stretch
T.H.E. Show Newport 2016
Jason Victor Serinus  |  Jun 10, 2016  |  9 comments
Brooks Berdan Ltd. of Monrovia, CA eschewed the big stuff, and displayed, in two different rooms, "realistically priced Hi Fi Music Systems"…
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The Remarkable Triumph of T.H.E. Show
T.H.E. Show Newport 2016
Jason Victor Serinus  |  Jun 10, 2016  |  18 comments
Standing by the hotel check-in counter, next to T.H.E. Show's registration table, Marine was in overdrive to ensure everything was going smoothly…
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Day Two at T.H.E. Show: Can the Glories Continue?
T.H.E. Show Newport 2016
Jason Victor Serinus  |  Jun 09, 2016  |  9 comments
Only one question followed me to the 14th floor of Hotel Irvine: Will floor 2's unprecedented number of good-sounding rooms be repeated on other floors during T.H.E. Show Newport?
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Hope Springs Eternal at T.H.E. Show
T.H.E. Show Newport 2016
Jason Victor Serinus  |  Jun 09, 2016  |  2 comments
I've included the long view of this room to demonstrate the lengths to which Ocean Way Audio's Allen Sides, in partnership with Viola Labs, went to achieve reference quality sound at T.H.E. Show…
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T.H.E. Show Newport: Can It Really Be This Good?
T.H.E. Show Newport 2016
Jason Victor Serinus  |  Jun 08, 2016  |  4 comments
Was it really possible that so many excellent sounding rooms, both large and small, could be located on a single floor?
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