Stephen Mejias
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Ballad of the Red Glasses
RMAF 2012
Stephen Mejias • Oct 19, 2012 • 6 comments
My audiophile doppelganger, Music Hall’s Leland Leard, brought props to RMAF—a pair of bright, red glasses and a stuffed kitty cat doll—and asked attendees to smile for the camera.

I can’t help wonder whether one’s truest self is revealed when donning the bright, red glasses. Or, I suppose, while petting the kitty.

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Nordost & Raidho
RMAF 2012
Stephen Mejias • Oct 18, 2012 • 1 comments
In the Nordost/Raidho suite, I was very impressed by the spacious, delicate, detailed sound made from a system comprising Raidho C1.1 standmounted speakers ($20,000/pair, including dedicated stand), a Simaudio CD player, Hegel amplification, Quantum Resonant Technology (QRT) power conditioning, and, of course, Nordost cabling.
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Audio Feast’s Kenji Furukawa
RMAF 2012
Stephen Mejias • Oct 18, 2012 • 28 comments
Art Dudley’s already mentioned the many delights in the Audio Feast room, so I’ll just add that I was particularly delighted to chat with Audio Feast’s Kenji Furukawa, pictured here with his Feastrex NF9ex F90 field-coil loudspeaker ($19,118/pair).
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Big Sound in Pikes Peak
RMAF 2012
Stephen Mejias • Oct 17, 2012 • 8 comments
In the big Pikes Peak room, I heard a big, full-bodied sound that gave a gentle sparkle to electric guitars and rich texture to voices.

The system:

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Alissa Vassilkova of Estelon
RMAF 2012
Stephen Mejias • Oct 17, 2012 • 1 comments
In the Music Hall room, I also met Alissa Vassilkova, whose father, Alfred, is the founder and lead designer of Estonia’s Estelon loudspeaker company.
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Sensorium AVR
RMAF 2012
Stephen Mejias • Oct 17, 2012 • 0 comments
As Jason Victor Serinus mentioned, there was a party going on in the Music Hall room; and, while this meant that you really couldn’t evaluate the sound of the system, it also meant that you were bound to actually have fun.

Hmm: Evaluate sound or have fun, evaluate sound or have fun?

Oh, darn. I guess I’ll have fun.

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i-Fi from Avatar Acoustics & AMR
RMAF 2012
Stephen Mejias • Oct 17, 2012 • 3 comments
I ran into Avatar Acoustics’ Darren Censullo, who was buzzing with enthusiasm and excitement over the new i-Fi Micro line of components. And rightfully so.
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Rega's Union Jack
RMAF 2012
Stephen Mejias • Oct 17, 2012 • 3 comments
Jason Victor Serinus also mentioned that Rega has released their popular RP6 turntable with a new Union Jack finish. Here’s a closer look.
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Gingko Audio Upgrades for VPI's Traveler
RMAF 2012
Stephen Mejias • Oct 17, 2012 • 3 comments
Jason Victor Serinus has already discussed the products shown by Gingko Audio, but here’s a closer look at VPI’s Traveler turntable with Gingko’s Cloud 9T vibration-control platform ($349) and dust cover ($279).
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Apex Audio
RMAF 2012
Stephen Mejias • Oct 17, 2012 • 5 comments
I had thought things were pretty fancy over in Musical Surroundings’ Crestone Peak room, but nothing could have prepared me for what Apex Audio had set up in the Blanca Peak:
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