Blogs
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Hi-Fi+ Interviews Marjorie Baumert of the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest
|The 13th annual Rocky Mountain Audio Fest at the Marriott Tech Center in Denver, CO is almost upon us. It runs from October 6 to October 8 (October 6 is a press/trade day). In the ...read more -
Meet Your Maker – Westone Laboratories
|It’s a mistake to underestimate Westone. On the face of it, to the untutored audiophile eye, Westone comes across as a relatively small, if powerfully professional company making high-quality earphones and custom-fit in-ear monitors. Westone ...read more -
Meet Your Expert: Stirling Trayle of Audio Systems Optimzed
|To date, in our ‘Meet Your…’ series, we’ve concentrated on dealers and makers. This time, we’re making a bit of a change. Audio Systems Optimized is a small company specialising in the set-up and installation ...read more -
Burmester at the Mercedes Benz apartments
|In the world of high end, there are often many synergies, many luxuries that are juxtaposed seamlessly; a 30 year old Glenfarclas single malt whisky pairs beautifully with a King of Denmark cigar, for example. ...read more -
Meet Your Dealer: GTT Audio
|GTT Audio is not your average high-end audio store, and Bill Parish is not your average high-end audio retailer. His work space is his home; not a converted living room, but a dedicated centre of ...read more -
What is Roon?
|Over the last year or so many articles have been written that include something like “Roon Ready” or “Roon compatible” If you are a new or even an experienced audiophile you may be wondering what ...read more -
CanJam London 2017 – Introduction
|Across the last weekend of Wimbledon fortnight, the heart of London buzzed to the sound of personal audio, as CanJam came to town. In the same venue as last year – the Park Plaza hotel, ...read more -
CanJam London 2017 show – part five
|In the final part of our definitive multi-part round-up of the best personal audio products on show at CanJam London, 2017, Chris Martens and Alan Sircom feature Stereo Pravda to Westone! StereoPravda Who? Micha Kucherenko, ...read more -
CanJam London 2017 show – part four
|In the penultimate section of our definitive multi-part round-up of the best personal audio products on show at CanJam London, 2017, Chris Martens and Alan Sircom run from Noble to Sony! Noble Audio Who? Brannan ...read more -
CanJam London 2017 show – part three
|In the third part of our definitive multi-part round-up of the best personal audio products on show at CanJam London, 2017, Chris Martens and Alan Sircom cover everything from HeadAmp to Mr Speakers! HeadAmp Who: ...read more -
CanJam London 2017 show – part two
|The second part of our definitive multi-part round-up of the best personal audio products on show at CanJam London, 2017. Here, Chris Martens and Alan Sircom cover everything from Cardas Audio to Flare Audio! Cardas ...read more -
CanJam London 2017 show – part one
|The first part of our definitive multi-part round-up of the best personal audio products on show at CanJam London, 2017. This time, Chris Martens and Alan Sircom run through all the products up to and ...read more -
LA Audio Show – AS Round Up
|With AXPONA, Munich High End, and the Los Angeles Audio Show falling within six weeks of one another, it’s a pointless task asking, “What’s New?” at the last of the three events. There were a ...read more -
Munich High-End 2017: Final Thoughts and Product of the Show!
|As is often said – including by myself – Munich High-End has become the most important event on the audio calendar. This is not simply because of the attendance figures (even if they are continuing ...read more -
Munich High End 2017 – Loudspeakers over €15k
|I’m not making excuses for the sound at the Munich High-End show. It was uniformly awful, with a few exceptions. This actually works in our favour because we can concentrate on products of interest rather ...read more