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VPI Open House in New Jersey Saturday

Stereophile Staff Nov 13, 2015

Saturday, November 14, 16pm: VPI Industries (10 Riverside Lane, Holmdel) will host an Open House/Listening Party. Guests will be able to enjoy four rooms, each furnished with a system that has been carefully optimized for the specific listening environment. The event will highlight two new pieces of electronics: the Luminous Audio Arion Phonostage (above) and the Fern & Roby Integrated Amplifier, both engineered by Mike Bettinger of Bettinger Audio. Manufacturer representatives from all three companies will be on hand to answer questions and demonstrate the products.

CD Player/Transport Reviews

Marantz CD-94 CD player

Thomas J. Norton, Sam Tellig Nov 12, 2015

Let's go back a few years. Well, more than a few, actually. The electronics end of high-end audio consisted of two companiesMarantz and McIntosh. If you were not up to shopping at their stratospheric price leveleven though the industry hadn't yet invented components priced to compete with automobilesyou could always fall back on Dynaco, the poor man's high end in kit form. You hooked all this together with two-dollar connecting cables and 16-gauge zip cord purchased from the local electrical supply house, orif you felt particularly flushyou'd spend a few (very few) bucks more at Fred's Stereo for the cables with the fancy molded plugs. Hoses were used for watering the lawns.

As We See It J. Gordon Holt

A Measurement that Says Something

J. Gordon Holt Nov 12, 2015

When we first heard rumors that Shure Brothers was about to unleash something called "trackability" on the audio world, our reaction was mainly one of indifference. We already had loudspeakers with listenability, tape recorders with portability, and amplifiers with stability and dependability. Trackability, we figured, was just another clever sales gimmick; a catchy word that the advertising department had thought up to describe what everyone wanted in a pickup.

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Chicago Dealer Event This Weekend

Stereophile Staff Nov 12, 2015

Chicago dealer Musical Artisans will host their winter open-house event on Saturday, November 14, from 6:309:30pm, featuring the North American premiere of four exciting products. Ulrik Madsen, President and lead engineer at Argento Audio and Organic Audio will present the official introduction of the new Organic Reference cable line, and the world premiere of the FMR Extreme Edition interconnects. Irv Gross, Vice President of Sales at Constellation Audio will present the Virgo III preamplifier and all-new Centaur II amplifier in their first appearance at a US dealer. Allan Moulton, US Market Representative for Kharma, will debut the new-generation Exquisite Midi-Grand loudspeakers featuring the radical new F-Driver technology.

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Special Events at Manhattan's Innovative Audio, Thursday, Friday, Saturday

Stereophile Staff Nov 11, 2015

Manhattan dealer Innovative Audio Video Showrooms (150 East 58th Street) is celebrating its recent renovation with three “VIP” events: Thursday, November 12, 69pm; Friday November 13, 47pm; and Saturday, November 14 126pm. Special presentations will feature Peter McGrath of Wilson Audio Specialties, Ryan Donaher of Meridian Audio, Dr. Edgar Choueiri of Theoretica/BACCH-SP, and Bill McKiegan of D'Agostino Master Audio Systems.

Robert Baird

Allen Toussaint

Robert Baird Nov 10, 2015

For many years the centerpiece around which much of New Orleans music revolved, he was the last in a long line of New Orleans piano professors.

NY Audio Show 2015

The New York Audio Show: Finis

Art Dudley Nov 10, 2015

The word flagship takes on new meaning when the product in question is literally the size of a small boat; so it is with MartinLogan's 75"-tall, 385lb Neolith loudspeaker ($79,995/pair), which combines electrostatic and dynamic transducers in a high-tech phenolic frame. Appropriately enough, the Neolith's appearance at the Rye Brook Hilton took place in one of the two largest rooms reserved for the New York show. (One day after the show, I'm still not sure if those are sound-enhancing accessories, objets d'art, or dinner plates on the wall behind the Neoliths: There exist some questions that even the bravest reviewers are too squeamish to ask.)

Katz's Corner InnerFidelity

Katz's Corner Episode 8: My Current Affair

Bob Katz Nov 10, 2015

This story originally appeared at InnerFidelity.com

This episode is full of ideas on what makes audio sound better (or worse). If you're like me, constantly searching for scientific reasons, you'll enjoy this episode. Join me in trying to make audible sense of it all.

NY Audio Show 2015

The New York Audio Show: Saturday Part Two

Art Dudley Nov 09, 2015

The day after I met manufacturer/industrial artist David Stanavich, it dawned on me why I was so taken with his Waxrax record racks: These sturdy, stylish, steel-and-aluminum structures resemble the shelving in my elementary school's library, ca 1960. If I could, I'd fill my home with multiples of the Waxrax LP-V3 tower seen here (LP capacity: 550). But at approximately $4000 per unit, depending on finish and options, this Brooklyn-built rack is too pricey. (To store 550 LPs for $4k works out to over $7 per recordwhich is more than many records themselves are worth.)

Robert Baird

Ghosts in the Machine

Robert Baird Nov 09, 2015

This pair of accomplished downers have a fiercely loyal following who like to get gothic.