JVS Runs Out of Clever Titles as Day Three Continues
Wanna see the speaker component of my hands-down steal system of RMAF 2017
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Jason Victor Serinus
Jason Ascends Higher on Day Three
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.
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JVS Works His Way Up the Marriott Tower
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.
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The Rocky Mountain International HiFi Press Awards
Well-organized and presented, with winners that, in almost all instances, made sense, these were awards of substance, and worthy of your attention
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Jason's Lively Start to Day Two
When the Greek poet Hesiod and Roman comic dramatist Plautus wrote about moderation in all things, I'm not sure they had in mind RMAF's Saturday morning seminar, "High Resolution Audio: Have files Eclipsed Physical Media?" Nor, in fact, did I
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More Revelations on Jason's Day One
When unquestionably fine components were given sufficient room to strut their stuff, as happened when the new Wilson Audio Alexia Series 2 loudspeaker was mated with Constellation Audio electronics, the results were often magical.
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Jason Visits the Big Boys at RMAF
To paraphrase a classic early English song by Thomas Arne, “Where the big boys go, there go I.” Thus to the Marriott’s lobby and mezzanine, where many of the biggest systems found spaces congenial to their size, didst I head.
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JVS Hits the Floors at RMAF
Since I am accustomed to hearing VTL electronics paired with either Wilson or Rockport loudspeakers, I was eager to hear how the Siegfried II monoblocks would mate with the Vandersteens
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RMAF: Off to a Very Good Start
By the time the show officially launched at noon on Friday, the lines at the two registration tablesone for pay-at-the-door folks, the other for online pre-registrantswere long
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Going Wild Over Handel Goes Wild
If the last thing you need is one more serious dive into the depths of the human psyche, you will find happiness in Handel Goes Wild: Improvisations on George Frideric Handel. A delight from start to finish, this latest Warner release from theorbist Christina Pluhar and her crack early music ensemble, L'Arpeggiata, lives up to its director's reputation for refreshing baroque repertoire with new, out-of-the-box ideas.
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