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Simaudio Moon 860A v2 power amplifier

Jason Victor Serinus Oct 28, 2022

We've all been in similar situations. We approach an undertaking with the highest of expectations. Then reality intervenes, expectations change radically, and we have another story to tell, post on social media, or use to begin a review.

This tale of altered expectations began a few years after my birth, at AXPONA 2022, where I covered several stellar-sounding rooms that included Simaudio Moon electronics. By the third such room, I'd resolved to contact Simaudio, check in with Jim Austin, and see if there was a product that made sense to review in my system.

Warsaw Audio Show 2022

Ferrum's Prelude to the Warsaw Audio Show

Jason Victor Serinus Oct 28, 2022

The Warsaw Audio Show, officially titled “Audio Video Show 2022"the second largest audio in Europeis set to begin today, October 28. Up at 6:20AM yesterday in Paris; flight to Poland with us the only masked passengers; Uber through traffic traffic traffic to the Radisson Sobieski Blu hotel boom boom; and off to a tour of the Ferrum Audio Factory.

Stand Loudspeaker Reviews

Mission 770 loudspeaker

John Atkinson Oct 27, 2022

Some audio experiences stick in your memory. For me, one such was in 1978, which I reminisced about in a 1987 review for Stereophile of the Mission PCM 7000 CD player, Mission 780 Argonaut loudspeaker, and Cyrus Two integrated amplifier. Mission founder Farad Azima (footnote 1) was a driving force in the UK audio scene in the late 1970s, when I was deputy editor of the English magazine Hi-Fi News & Record Review.

Digital Processor Reviews Gramophone Dreams

Gramophone Dreams #66: Audio-GD R7HE MK2 D/A processor

Herb Reichert Oct 26, 2022

Whenever I install a new, in-for-review DAC, after some amount of spaced-out not-listening listening I find myself just sitting there, being happy I got the damn thing working. Once I recover from the stress of installation, my brain begins, without prompting, to examine the character of sound coming out of my speakers.

Toronto Audiofest 2022

Toronto Audiofest 2022: Final Words and Observations

Robert Schryer Oct 26, 2022

The Toronto Audiofest 2022 may not have been the busiest audio show I've attended, but it was still a success. It had plenty of new product launches, great-sounding rooms, and a good amount of traffic, especially on Saturday, when seats became a hot commodity in many exhibit rooms.

Toronto Audiofest 2022

EQ Audio/Rotel/Monitor Audio/Focal/Musical Fidelity/Kimber Kable/Norstone/Audience

Robert Schryer Oct 26, 2022

Like at the last Toronto Audiofest, I listened to two of EQ Audio's main systems that were setup at both ends mirror-image-like along the length of the back wall of their huge, subdivided exhibit space. One system included another North American premiere!the Monitor Audio 3-way PL200 3G speakers ($17,500/pair)the second system consisted of a pair of Focal Sopra No.3 speakers ($33,798/pair) and electronics by Musical Fidelity.

Toronto Audiofest 2022

Eon Art/Oracle/Gershman Acoustics/IsoAcoustics/Cardas

Robert Schryer Oct 26, 2022

And now for something completely different, Part 3.

Ever heard of a monophonic integrated amplifier? An amp that includes a single amplification channel along with its single channel preamplification stage? I hadn't until I visited manufacturer Eon Art's room, which was demoing a pair of such a rare, in fact, one-of-a-kind, beast, called the Boson ($72,537/each).

Toronto Audiofest 2022

Hearken Audio/Atelier Audio/Jean Nantais/Lenco/Bird of Prey/Miyajima Labs/Ilumnia/Ocellia/Tzar/Aqua

Robert Schryer Oct 26, 2022

A room I can always count on to deliver soul-stirring, heart-warming, duct-tearing, yearning-to-possess sound is the one hosted by Hearken Audio/Atelier Audio, an oasis of some of the least mechanical, most musical sound I've heard this side of real-life music.

Brilliant Corners Phono Preamp Reviews

Brilliant Corners #1: Auditorium 23, EMIA, Murasakino, and Sound Tradition Live! phono step-ups

Alex Halberstadt Oct 25, 2022

The first audiophile I met lived near a sewage treatment plant on the outskirts of Moscow. It was a few months after the Soviet Union collapsed, in 1992, when I was a college senior, and I recall walking with my father to his home past block after block of the identical dingy white tenements that encircle most Eastern European cities.

Toronto Audiofest 2022

EQ Audio/Focal/Vicoustic/Kaleidescape/Dolby Atmos

Robert Schryer Oct 25, 2022

And now for something completely different, Part 2

On the gentle urging of one of the nicest guys in the biz, Ed O'Herlihy, owner of Ontario retailer EQ audio video, I visited, among the many exhibits Ed was hosting in his nearly stadium-sized space, was the Focal 1000 series Utopia 7.0.4 Dolby Atmos demonstration, the exact same setup that Focal presented in Dallas at this year's CEDIA Expo.