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Reviewer Profile Video: Tyll Hertsens

Jana Dagdagan Nov 07, 2017

In this video, we visit Tyll Hertsens, Editor of Stereophile's sister site InnerFidelity.com, in Bozeman, Montana. Tyll is a connoisseur of headphones and portable audio products, and is somewhat of a YouTube sensation within the headphone community. (Truthfully: Having spent most of my "early audiophile" years experimenting on headphone mods and lurking on headphone forums, I'd been watching Tyll's headphone review videos long before I ever knew about Stereophile's existence.)

Capital AudioFest 2017

Herb's Third Report from CAF

Herb Reichert Nov 07, 2017

When I walked into the VK Music room, I was jealous and embarrassed. I was jealous, because obviously VK Music's Victor Kung was doing something I admire; I was simultaneously embarrassed that I had never heard of his British Columbia-based operation.

Capital AudioFest 2017

Art's Saturday Afternoon at CAF

Art Dudley Nov 07, 2017

Because I'm ill-disposed to flyingwhen you get right down to it, I'm not wild about traveling in generalI usually go by train. That's where I'm working on this portion of my CAF 2017 coverage. (We're near Trenton, New Jersey as I write this.)

News NY Audio Show 2017

New York's Audio Show Opens Friday

Jason Victor Serinus Nov 06, 2017

Just one week after Capital Audio Fest, the three-day New York Audio Show opens on Friday, November 10, in Manhattan's Park Lane Hotel. With two live references close bythe great outdoors of Central Park is just one block away, and Carnegie Hall is just one block farther in the other directionthe three-day show promises 25 or 26 active listening rooms and up to 100 brands.

Capital AudioFest 2017

Art's Saturday Morning at CAF

Art Dudley Nov 06, 2017

Pros: Tactile, clear, colorful, and remarkably spacious sound; beautifully made gear
Cons: Audiophile music, audiophile demonstration protocol.

The sound in the room that featured the Daedalus Apollo 11 speaker ($22,800/pair), a selection of tubed electronics from ModWright, and cabling by WyWires was superb: detailed without sounding etched, and pleasantly liquid and warm, with good texture and a really great, spacious sense of scale. On top of all that, the gear from both brands is gorgeous: as rich and colorful in appearance as in sound.

Headphone Reviews InnerFidelity

Bose SoundWear Companion Speaker

Tyll Hertsens Nov 06, 2017

This story originally appeared at InnerFidelity.com

To say I looked at the Bose SoundWear Companion Speaker with a great deal of skepticism when I first saw one in the Bose kiosk at Denver International Airpot after RMAF is a serious understatement. Boy was I in for a surprise!

Robert Baird

Jackie Shane on LP

Robert Baird Nov 05, 2017

Obscure Sixties Soul Singer Rediscovered...

Capital AudioFest 2017

More CAF Coverage from Herb

Herb Reichert Nov 05, 2017

Fyssion? That rhymes with "fishin'," right? Every year I pop in the Fyssion room and every year I start thinking of fishin' before I even sit down, because these Fine Southern Gentlemen remind me of how good the bass fishing must be in their home state of North Carolina. I always cause a little friction 'cause I try to get them to have a room sheet with info about the gear they are playing and they always say, "Why should I do that?" I grin and explain that, "No words from you gets no words from me." They all laugh.

Capital AudioFest 2017

Art’s Second Report from CAF

Art Dudley Nov 05, 2017

I began the second half of my Friday in the room sponsored by Tone Imports and Connecticut dealer Old Forge Studio, enjoying a mix of the familiar and the unfamiliar. In the former category was the enduringly recommendable PTP Solid 12 turntable (2950 Euros, available direct) from the Netherlandsa cleverly refurbished idler-drive Lenco with a smart Corian plinth...

Capital AudioFest 2017

Herb's First Report from CAF

Herb Reichert Nov 04, 2017

I like the word tenacious. I consider myself tenacious. I admire tenacity. But I have to ask, what is Tenacious Sound? It is an audio dealer in Syracuse, New York, that is about to "tenaciously" open a new store in Nashville, TN. Tenacious had two rooms at the 2017 Capital Audio fest. The first was upscale and featured John Bevier demonstrating the hottest speaker of the moment, one I think sounds fast and lucid in a sometimes-thrilling way, the TAD ME-1K ($14,290/pair).