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Rocky Mountain Audio Fest Starts Friday

Jason Victor Serinus Oct 02, 2016

The Rocky Mountain Audio Fest is set to begin this Friday, October 7, from noon to 7 pm, in the mostly remodeled Denver Marriott Tech Center. The three-day audio show, which ends on October 9 at 4pm, promises 128 exhibit rooms, 32 vendor displays, plus three more in the parking lot (including the fabled Sony Magic Bus), 332 exhibit companies, and, at 62 exhibits, the largest CanJam ever.

Robert Baird

The Best Beatles Solo Work?

Robert Baird Oct 02, 2016

To my ears, the masterpieces of the solo careers are obvious.

Headphone Reviews InnerFidelity

A Survey of Foster 443742 Variants - Subjective Listening Tests - Denon AH-D5000; Massdrop Fostex TH-X00; E-Mu Teak; and Fostex TH610 and TH900mk2

Tyll Hertsens Oct 01, 2016

This story originally appeared at InnerFidelity.com

In this survey, I'll be walking you through my listening experience of these headphones and making comments with in the context of how these headphones compare with each otherI listened solely to them until I compared a few other headphones at the end of the test.

Fred Kaplan

Darcy James Argue's Real Enemies

Fred Kaplan Sep 30, 2016

Almost a year ago, I wrote in this space about Darcy James Argue's Real Enemies, a multimedia big-band spectacle making its debut at BAM's New Wave Festival in Brooklyn. The CD of Real Enemies is out now . . . This is creepy fun soulful shiversome stuff.

Audacious Audio Stand Loudspeaker Reviews

Crystal Cable Arabesque Minissimo Diamond loudspeaker

John Atkinson Sep 29, 2016

I have been an advocate of small speakers since I began using BBC LS3/5a's in the late 1970s, continuing through Celestion SL6es in 1981, Celestion SL600s and SL700s in the late '80s, and B&W Silver Signatures in the mid-'90s. Yes, I do like accurate and extended bass reproductionbut you need a big speaker to be able to provide that, and, as the late Spencer Hughes, founder of Spendor, once remarked, "big speakers have big problems." I don't see the point of extending a speaker's low-frequency performance if the result is compromised soundstaging and midrange reproduction. And there is also the intellectual elegance of a speaker that is no bigger than it need be.

Solid State Power Amp Reviews

Bel Canto e.One Ref600M power amplifier

Kalman Rubinson Sep 29, 2016

Has it really been more than seven years since I reviewed Bel Canto's REF1000M monoblock? According to the Bel Canto website, that model, based on Bang & Olufsen's ICEpower class-D modules, is no longer available. But now, like so many manufacturers, Bel Canto has adopted for its new models the NCore class-D module from Hypexalthough the REF600M monoblock ($4990/pair) is not Bel Canto's first product to use it . . .

News

GamuT Premiere in Santa Rosa Friday Saturday

Stereophile Staff Sep 29, 2016

Friday, September 30, 48 pm and Saturday, October 1, 48 pm, Lavish HiFi (1044 4th Street, Santa Rosa CA 95404) are presenting special listening events featuring the premiere of GamuT's new flagship speaker, the Zodiac. Featured guests will be GamuT's chief designer, Benno Baun Meldgaard, and US president Michael Vamos.

Jana Dagdagan

A Visit to Oswalds Mill Audio

Jana Dagdagan Sep 28, 2016

Picture your typical high-end audio manufacturer.

It can be a spontaneous, self-generated hybrid of black shapes, brushed metals, and varying wooden finishes. You need not limit yourself to a single component or a single manufacturer. Whatever comes to mind first, really.

Got it?

Now picture the exact opposite of that.

Headphone Reviews InnerFidelity

A Survey of Foster 443742 Variants: Inside Photos

Tyll Hertsens Sep 28, 2016

This story originally appeared at InnerFidelity.com

They're certainly a family of headphones...but like any family, there's lots of differences. Small differences in most of the baffle plates and rear damping...could be lots of stuff going on around the driver that can't be seen.

Stand Loudspeaker Reviews

Dynaudio Focus 200 XD powered loudspeaker

Jason Victor Serinus Sep 27, 2016

The second I encountered Dynaudio's Focus 200 XD powered loudspeaker at the High End 2015 show in Munich, Germany, it called to me. I wasn't so much drawn to its unique functionswhich I describe belowas by the fact that it could help fill the black hole left by the dismantling of my reference system for my move from big, badass Oakland, California to the small, magical town of Port Townsend, Washington.