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CAS 2013

CAS Day Two: The High and the Mighty

Jason Victor Serinus Aug 14, 2013

I've previously praised EnigmAcoustics' Sopranino self-polarizing electrostatic supertweeter ($3690/pair), which I first encountered at T.H.E. Show Newport Beach. The Sopranino claims a flat response to beyond 40kHz and fully passive operation without the need of external bias. Here I heard a pair of Sopraninos in two different configurations. . .

CAS 2013

CAS 2013 Day One: Scaling the Heights

Jason Victor Serinus Aug 14, 2013

Far more beckoned on the lobby level, but you can only keep them down on the farm so long. Eventually, the lure of unexplored territory pulled this Cancer crab out of the questionable security of his shell onto the wilds of the Westin's second floor. There I encountered the wildest of them all, Sean Casey (above), spinning platters in the Zu Audio room.

CAS 2013

CAS 2013: Day One, Lots More Lobby

Jason Victor Serinus Aug 13, 2013

Time to settle into deeper listening. We'll spend a bit of time in Loggie Audio's second room, built around Ypsilon and (TEAC) Esoteric electronics and the equally excellent YG Acoustics Sonja 1.2 loudspeakers ($72,800/pair), not only because it sounded so good, but also because it presented the US debut of what may very well prove to be a major cable line.

CAS 2013

CAS 2013: Day One, Poking Round the Lobby

Jason Victor Serinus Aug 13, 2013

JIB cabling, long linked to its factory in Berlin, has now birthed a distinct US branch. Aptly named JIB-USA, it's located in Fremont, CA. At CAS, Allen Ong and his son displayed, among other models, the company's new DSP-001 speaker cable ($7150/2.5m pair). Composed of UP-OCC that is cryogenically treated, insulated with Teflon, and terminated with rhodium connectors, the cable made its silent show premiere.

CAS 2013

CAS 2013 Gets Underway

Jason Victor Serinus Aug 13, 2013

Ensconced in the third hotel in its four-year history, the three-day California Audio Show opened on August 9, 2013 in the five-floor Westin Hotel in Millbrae, CA. Otherwise known as the Westin SFO, the hotel resides on One Old Bayshore Highway, a hefty stone's throw from San Francisco Bay, directly across the water from the airport runway where Asiana Flight 214 crashed on July 6.

Interviews Think Pieces

Music Matters 2013—John Atkinson at ListenUp, Denver

Stereophile Staff Aug 09, 2013

In April 2013, Stereophile editor John Atkinson took part in two Music Matters evenings held by Colorado retailer ListenUp. JA took time off from the formal presentations to talk to ListenUp's George McClure about how we perceive music and about what matters most when we record and playback music.

Think Pieces

Nothing is Too Wonderful to be True

John Atkinson Aug 08, 2013

"Nothing is too wonderful to be true, if it be consistent with the laws of nature . . ."Michael Faraday

"When a true genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in confederacy against him."Jonathan Swift

The Fifth Element

The Fifth Element #80

John Marks Aug 08, 2013

First, two noteworthy CDs. San Francisco's Cypress String Quartet, whose set of Beethoven's late quartets and high-resolution downloads I praised in the April issue, is back with a new CD (Avie AV2275) that explores their musical roots.

Music and Recording Features Interviews

Terence Blanchard: Animal Magnetism

Robert Baird Aug 08, 2013

Down deepest, beneath everything he does, underlying all the facets of his ever-expanding career in music, Terence Blanchard is still a New Orleans guy. Question that and you can hear his dander rise.

Headphone Reviews The Entry Level

The Entry Level #32

Stephen Mejias Aug 08, 2013

Even before I'd really listened to PSB's Alpha PS1 powered desktop speakers (see last month's column), I suspected that I'd like them: They're affordable, attractive, small enough to actually fit on my desktop, and designed and manufactured by a true high-end audio company. Besides all that, the PS1s had been highly recommended by a friend, AudioStream.com's Michael Lavorgna. I only needed the speakers to sound good in my home. And they didclean, clear, detailed, and dynamic, with a surprisingly big and bold overall sound.