Blogs
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T.H.E. Show Newport Beach 2016: Alan Sircom's Best in Show
|This was my first time at Newport Beach. It’s almost half a day’s travelling across nine time zones from London to LA, but strangely there seems to be something oh, so very attractive about visiting ...read more -
T.H.E. Show Newport Beach 2016: Chris Martens' Best in Show
|T.H.E. Show in Newport Beach, California is perhaps the best example of how to make a friendly, professional audio show. It might not be the biggest event in the calendar – and coming soon after ...read more -
New products at Newport
|Coming so soon after Munich High End, Newport Beach is more about showing what was launched in the first half of the year than it is about new products. Nevertheless, the show has gained importance ...read more -
First Listen - Wilson Audio Alexx floorstanding loudspeaker
|In truth, there aren’t many places to hear a top-end loudspeaker in the UK. Very few of the dealers in the country have the space, the budget, or the clientele to handle loudspeakers costing £100,000 ...read more -
Munich High End 2016 – The ones that got away
|In trying to be egalitarian to each category in audio at the Munich High-End show, some exhibits naturally slip through the net. It might be that a brand launched several products in a category, and ...read more -
Headphones, etc. - A Baker's Dozen from Munich High End 2016
|At the Munich High End show one of my assignment(s) involved new headphones and headphone-related products. Compared to years past (and to some shows I have attended in the US and the UK), there were ...read more -
Amplifiers – A Baker’s Dozen from Munich High End 2016
|Munich High-End is a hot-bed of amplifier activity, and that is reflected in the sheer diversity of products on display each year. Not all are in demonstration – many appear in the main halls and ...read more -
Loudspeakers – A Baker’s Dozen from Munich High End 2016
|Although this year’s ‘theme’ appeared to be cost-no-object turntables, there is always a strong loudspeaker presence at Munich. This year was no exception. A walk along any of the halls, corridors, or atria returned countless ...read more -
Digital Sources – A Baker’s Dozen from Munich High End 2016
|The Munich High End show is massive and my assignment(s) this year involved several key product categories, one of which was digital source components. Since I visited nearly 110 different manufacturers over the course of ...read more -
Analogue Sources – A Baker’s Dozen from Munich High End 2016
|At Munich High End 2016, one of my key coverage topics was Analogue source components. However, given that I visited over 110 manufacturers at the show, it quickly became apparent that doing a brand-by-brand show ...read more -
AXPONA 2016 Show Report
|Editor's Note: Due to unforeseen circumstances, our AXPONA coverage arrived at about the same time we were coming in to land in Munich for the High-End show there. Our coverage of Munich will roll out ...read more -
Audiovector QR 1 and QR 3 loudspeakers - exclusive Munich High-End Preview!
|There are hundreds of new audio product launches at Munich High-End this week, but one of the most important will be the new QR range of loudspeakers from Audiovector. The two new loudspeakers – a ...read more -
Meet Your Dealer - The Audio Consultants
|Perhaps one of the most consistent specialist dealers in the UK, The Audio Consultants represents the independent face of high-end audio. Rather than ploughing the familiar furrow of standard brand names foreign and domestic, The ...read more -
Meet Your Maker – Zellaton
|There are very few family businesses in audio. Brands rarely pass down father to son; they either disappear, or get bought out by a larger interest. Sometimes the next generation becomes more of a figurehead ...read more -
The shock of the old
|If you love music and the sound it makes, you need to play that music on good equipment. This becomes all the more important as you explore the wider repertoire of classical and jazz, with ...read more