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Audio Advice Live 2025
Audio Advice Live Returns to Raleigh, August 1–3
Stereophile Staff  |  Jun 16, 2025
Friday, August 1–Sunday August 3: Audio Advice Live 2025 will take place at the Sheraton Raleigh Hotel. It is located at 421 South Salisbury Street Raleigh, NC. For more information about the show or to get tickets, follow this link.
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Munich 2025
Joseph Audio, Doshi Audio, SOtM, Funk Firm: Kicking Ass and Taking Names
Ken Micallef  |  Jun 14, 2025
Joseph Audio's Jeff Joseph teamed with Nick Doshi to present another fantastic‑sounding room at High End Munich.
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T.H.E. Show SoCal 2025
Ayon Audio and Lumen White
Julie Mullins  |  Jun 14, 2025

T.H.E. Show has plenty of jazz in the demo rooms, including Dave Brubeck's "Take Five," which I heard via Roon in the demo featuring Ayon Audio and Lumen White demo in Emerald Bay 1, a large banquet room, presented by USA Tube Audio Labs.

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Munich 2025
Ferrum's Firmware Finesse: An International Ear for Audio
Jason Victor Serinus  |  Jun 14, 2025
Drawn to the impressive sound and compact design of Ferrum's Polish-made, relatively affordable components, I was eager to visit the brand's booth and learn about the new 2.0.0 firmware update for the $2800 Wandla DAC. The update introduces Ferrum Streaming Control Technology (FSCT), which enables remote control of streamers and displays title and artist information on the DAC's touchscreen.
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Munich 2025
Tune Audio, Trafomatic, Rockna: An Enigma in Sound
Ken Micallef  |  Jun 14, 2025
This room presented a delightful enigma: a system consisting of largely unfamiliar-to-me brands that eclipsed much of the established competition. It delivered intricate detail and clarity with a sense of wholeness.
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Munich 2025
Mastersound: Teaching Old Tubes New Tricks
Ken Micallef  |  Jun 14, 2025
Mastersound's Antonio Ferro showed four products including the flagship Spazio preamplifier ($21,500, prices approximate and converted from Euros). It's a multi-drive stage preamp with six ECC82 and three ECC83 tubes, RCA and XLR inputs and outputs, and MM/MC phono inputs.
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Music and Recording Reviews
June 2025 Jazz Record Reviews
Larry Birnbaum, Thomas Conrad, Jason Victor Serinus  |  Jun 13, 2025
Kenny Dorham: Blue Bossa in the Bronx: Live from the Blue Morocco; Freddie Hubbard: On Fire: Live from the Blue Morocco; Steve Lehman Trio + Mark Turner: The Music of Anthony Braxton; Adrian Galante: Introducing Adrian Galante; Vijay Iyer, Wadada Leo Smith: Defiant Life; Simón Willson: Bet.
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Music and Recording Reviews
June 2025 Classical Record Reviews
Jason Victor Serinus, Stephen Francis Vasta  |  Jun 13, 2025
György Ligeti: Violin, Piano & Românesc Concertos, Isabelle Faust, violin; Jean-Frédéric Neuburger, piano; Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth, cond.; Tcherepnin, Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky: Prelude to La Princesse Lointaine; Capriccio Espagnol; Orchestral Suite, NDR Radiophilharmonie/Stanislav Kochanovsky.
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Music and Recording Reviews
June 2025 Rock/Pop Record Reviews
Robert Baird, Ray Chelstowski, Anne E. Johnson  |  Jun 13, 2025
My Morning Jacket: Is; Mike Farris: The Sound of Muscle Shoals; Jason Isbell: Foxes in the Snow; Sam Fender: People Watching; Drew And Ellie Holcomb: Memory Bank; Japanese Breakfast: For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women).
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Munich 2025
VAC, Acora, VPI, Esoteric, Hana, Cardas: All Killer, No Filler
Ken Micallef  |  Jun 13, 2025
Valerio Cora (Acora Acoustics/Audio Research), Kevin Hayes (VAC), and Mat Weisfeld (VPI) worked the halls in Munich with the confidence of seasoned entrepreneurs, showcasing their US-made gear at the world's biggest high-end audio show.
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