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AXPONA 2017: Clement Perry

May 8, 2017

Chicago, May 2017For the record, I had no intentions of attending this year’s AXPONA. The reason is because it’s just too close to the Munich High End show which always takes up all my energy [Read More]

Bybee Super Effect Speaker Bullets Mk IV

March 3, 2017

Jack Bybee is busier than I’ve seen him in five years or more—and he only turned 87 last December! He’s recently introduced some very interesting products, starting with his power supply upgrade, Bybee AC [Read More]

Stereo Maraschino amplifier

February 3, 2017

This past summer, a friend and accomplished jazz bassist, John Hébert, and I, paid a visit to the home of fellow audiophile John Jonczyk, who is also the proud owner of a new pair of [Read More]

New Audio Frontiers Supreme 300B Special Edition Integrated Amplifier

December 2, 2016

The name says “New” but in fact New Audio Frontiers has been designing state-of-the-art vacuum tube amplifiers since 1980 in a small factory in Viadana, northern Italy. Their products are based on directly-heated triodes [Read More]

Kemp Elektroniks MAXiiMus P16 Shunt Conditioner

October 6, 2016

Ron Kemp, a consummate tweaker, founded Kemp Elektroniks in 1999 in Amsterdam. He regards himself as more of music lover than an audiophile and after getting to know him during a review of his products [Read More]

High End 2016 page 8

June 6, 2016

Magnum Dynalab, makers of fine over-the-air FM tuners had me looking with great intrigue at their newest products to be released this fall. Designed by Zdenko Zivkovic (formally of Sonic Frontiers), the attractively handsome MD [Read More]

High End 2016 page 7

May 25, 2016

The ground floor of the MOC, home of the High End show is where the open, convention center-like atmosphere is located – and usually where I start out. It is expansive as it is crowded [Read More]

High End 2016 page 5

May 19, 2016

Advertisments were literally anywhere and everywhere AGAIN at this year’s High End show… On Friday, the crowd swelled to near full capacity. Everyone was so well-behaved that it made the show that much more enjoyable [Read More]

High End 2016 page 6

May 19, 2016

Tube components, in every form imaginable, strapped to some of the most outlandishly designed loudspeakers, is what makes this show so appealing and worth attending. Here’s just a smidgen of what was actually there….

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May 13, 2016

Sporting colors more vibrant than the NBC peacock, this year’s High End had me snapping more photos than ever before. Again, here’s just some of what I thought were worth sharing….