In our latest video interview from Montreal Audiofest 2026, Robert Schryer speaks with Bliss Acoustics proprietor Dragan Reljic about the equipment shown in this room, including the J.Sikora Reference turntable, Gryphon Antileon Revelation amplifier, and Kroma Atelier Jovita loudspeakers.
In our latest video interview from Montreal Audiofest 2026, Robert Schryer gets the scoop on all the ArtistCloner, Saturn Audio, Baetis Audio, and Tough Nut Audio gear shown in this room.
We loved this analog-based setup in one of retailer Filtronique Son-or's rooms at Montreal Audiofest 2026—not too complicated setup-wise but packing a powerful sonic punch that defied analysis because it was so well-blended, coherent, and right-sounding.
How did an almost all-Quad system, featuring the brand’s 33 preamplifier w/ phono stage ($2299) and a pair of 303 power amps ($2299/each) in monoblock configuration driving flagship ESL 2912X speakers ($26,495/pair), sound in the Codell Audio room at Montreal Audiofest 2026? Read on to find out. . .
I was so enamored by the look of the BMR Monitor, I initially thought its name didn't do it justice. It sounded too nondescript. But with time and growing familiarity, I came to find the BMR moniker fittingdare I say sleekly masculine sounding, like a phonetic cross between "Bimmer" and a wolf growl. The BMR Monitorthere's also a BMR Toweris so named for its midrange drivera Balanced Mode Radiator. We don't come across many of these in our hobby, but it's not new: The technology was invented in 1925.
