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RMAF 2017

Herb's Final Three Rooms at the Denver Show

Herb Reichert Oct 15, 2017

Vana Ltd. had two rooms at RMAF. Both rooms had stereo systems set-up, but the first room I entered was filled by a hoard of standing, chattering people of all sexes. It looked like they were making big business deals so I decided to not eavesdrop or interrupt. However, the sound of music coming from the Vana room next door was inviting. I slipped in and was greeted warmly by Nancy Weiner and Audio Physic's Manfred Diestertich.

RMAF 2017

Jana's Final Rooms at the Denver Show

Jana Dagdagan Oct 14, 2017

Day three began with me feeling sick and beaten down. I needed to pay a visit to the doctor. Dr. Vinyl. (But also probably a real doctor, too.) Jose Ramirez (aka Dr. Vinyl) always knows how to make his listeners feel at ease.

RMAF 2017

Sunday with Herb

Herb Reichert Oct 13, 2017

Last year, Vaughn Loudspeakers' flagship Plasma Signature towers ($20,000/pair), featuring eight midrange drivers in a bipolar configuration (four front and four rear), a 12" powered subwoofer, and their signature plasma tweeter, were my BIG best-in-show discovery

RMAF 2017

Jana's RMAF Weekend Continues

Jana Dagdagan Oct 13, 2017

Everything matters. Everything is not always necessary, but everything does make a difference.

RMAF 2017

JVS Reaches the Top

Jason Victor Serinus Oct 13, 2017

For those who have been thinking it's time for the people in white coats to carry me awaythey actually did.

RMAF 2017

JVS Runs Out of Clever Titles as Day Three Continues

Jason Victor Serinus Oct 13, 2017

Wanna see the speaker component of my hands-down steal system of RMAF 2017?

RMAF 2017

Jason Ascends Higher on Day Three

Jason Victor Serinus Oct 12, 2017

Impressive bass control and speed on a recording of taiko drums, excellent timbres, and an equally captivating sense of spaciousness on Lyle Lovett's "North Dakota" left no question that this attractive mid-priced system from Paradigm and Anthem would make many an audiophile very, very happy.

RMAF 2017

Jana's Day Two at RMAF

Jana Dagdagan Oct 12, 2017

Overheard in the hallway:
"Babe, can you please buy me that cable?"
"But I just bought you so much for your birthday!"
And just like that, day two begins.

RMAF 2017

JVS Works His Way Up the Marriott Tower

Jason Victor Serinus Oct 12, 2017

I didn't need Rapunzel to let down her golden hair in order to ascend the Marriott Tower. Rather, on Saturday afternoon, I encountered so many good systems in a row on the 7th floor that the music simply pulled me up.

Stand Loudspeaker Reviews

JBL 18Ti loudspeaker

John Atkinson Oct 12, 2017

Introduced in 1985 as the smallest model in JBL's "Ti" range, the 18Ti ($590/pair) shares with its larger siblings, like the JBL 250ti (recently reviewed by J. Gordon Holt), a high-tech tweeter that uses a one-piece ribbed titanium-foil dome/surround just 25µm thick. This is both rigid and of very low mass, pushing its first-breakup mode up to the region of 30kHz. The tweeter is mounted above the polypropylene-cone woofer, offset a little to one side to make room for the 45mm diameter port (though the speakers are not supplied as a handed pair). The 10-liter internal volume box is well-constructed from 20mm chipboard, covered in real-wood veneer.