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A Taste of Rocky Mountain Audiofest.
|The Rocky Mountain Audio Fest is coming up soon. Airfares are still cheap and the room rates for local hotels (including the site hotel) are also inexpensive. Here's a link to a seminar from the ...read more -
RockyGrass Photographs
|In between playing mandolin, jamming, spending time with old friends, and trying to get a bit of sleep I made quite a few photographs. The on-stage photographs were made with a Panasonic G-1 at 800 ...read more -
How I spend My Summer Vacation
|How I spend My Summer Vacation Some people go on cruises, some putter around the house, but my “official” summer vacation starts this afternoon when I register for the RockyGrass Academy. This will be my ...read more -
Tributaries HDMI Right Angle Adapters Are Almost Useful...
|Tributaries HDMI Right Angle Adapters Are Almost Useful Recently I received a press release from Tributaries Cable Tributaries Cable announcing two new models of right angle HDMI Adapters. I immediately contacted their PR firm and ...read more -
TESTED: TEAC/TASCAM DV-RA1000HD High-Resolution Digital Recorder
|In the old days the mark of a true audiophile was owning a reel-to-reel tape recorder. Anyone who was serious about audio had at least one, and many music-lovers had two or more 10-inch-reel behemoths. ...read more -
The Antique Collector Installment 4 - More on H.H. Scott
|The Antique Collector Installment 4 By Steven Stone This installment will cover Scott integrated amplifiers and the Scott turntable. While none of the integrated amplifiers will deliver the performance of Scotts' separate components, there were ...read more -
TESTED: Logitech Transporter Network Music Player
|The Logitech/Slim Devices Transporter is the Grand Pooh-Bah of the Squeezebox line. Slim Devices claims it’s “designed to appeal to the most discerning audiophiles and music lovers…as a no-compromise attitude to component selection and electronic ...read more -
TESTED: Sound Science Music Vault II Network Attached Storage Device
|The words Music Vault conjure up the image of a stainless-steel safe full of CDs. That’s what the Music Vault is—almost. Except that the CDs are virtual and the vault is made of silicon. The ...read more -
TESTED: Wyred 4 Sound SX-1000 and Bel Canto Ref 1000 Mk II Monoblocks
|Many audiophiles aren’t crazy about Class D power amplifiers. I think it’s more a result of their early education than the innate sonic qualities of the amplifiers themselves. When I was in school if you ...read more -
New HDMI 1.4 specifications
|Imagine that you've finally gotten all your gear properly wired and working in your 1080P home theater and have everything upgraded to the latest HDMI 1.3 spec gear...this next bit technological info is going to ...read more -
PS Audio Factory Tour - The PerfectWaves Are Coming…
|I visited the PS audio factory in Boulder Colorado. I’ll let the pictures do most of the talking, but anyone who’s been waiting for a PerfectWave DAC, or PerfectWave transport, will be happy to know ...read more -
High Frequency Ringtones Test
|If you go to this site you can check out either your own hearing or your system's ability to reproduce upper frequencies. http://www.freemosquitoringtones.org/ With a modified Stereo 70 hooked up to Spendor SA1's in my ...read more -
I'm X-static for Voce
|X-static for Voce</h1></h1> I’ve been a fan of the AV123 X-static speaker since I heard the prototypes at the 2008 Rocky Mountain Audio Fest show. Additional listening at the 2009 RMAF and Wayne Garcia’s glowing ...read more -
The Oppo Blu-Ray Player and The Spears and Munsil Benchmark Disc - A First Look
|The Oppo Blu-Ray Player and The Spears and Munsil Benchmark Disc - A First Look I received a review sample of the new Oppo Universal Blu-Ray player about a week ago. It has the final ...read more -
TESTED: Triangle Titus EX Loudspeaker
|Writing about audio for twenty-five-plus years means I rarely hear a manufacturer’s name I don’t recognize. But when Neil Gader informed me I’d be receiving a pair of Triangle Titus EX speakers for review my ...read more