Author: Dave Thomas

2003 HE Show San francisco

May 4, 2013

Mark Twain is credited with saying: “The coldest winter I ever spent, was a summer in San Francisco.” To be completely honest, I’ve always thought that that quote came from Mae West in protest of [Read More]

Chicago AXPONA

May 4, 2013

2013 AXPONA: “The Best Rooms”   The Blues Brothers would put it this way: “Come on, baby don’t you want to go Back to that same old place Sweet home Chicago!” WWE Wrestler and movie star Dwayne [Read More]

The Mark Levinson (The Man) Experience

May 3, 2013

I’m starting off this year’s report by telling you about the most memorable experience I had during the week because it actually sets the stage for what I thought about a lot of what I [Read More]

Pass Labs XVR-1 Electronic Crossover: Approaching Sonic Nirvana

February 18, 2013

    February, 2013  Those of you who may have read some of my reviews from the latter half of 2012 already know that I made an interesting addition to my reference system when a bought [Read More]

Entreq Audio Apollo Cables

January 7, 2013

  If you’ve been a regular reader of my reviews over the last few years then you know that the Entreq Audio Konstantin 09 cables have been a fixture in my reference system. They are [Read More]

Vitus Audio RL-101 Reference Series Linestage

January 7, 2013

The DNA of Spectacular     October, 2012 Entry Level?! Hans Ole Vitus has made quite a reputation for himself with a variety of gorgeously built, thoughtfully designed and very expensive audio products. Earlier this [Read More]

My Audio Design 1920 Loudspeaker

June 18, 2012

My Audio Design 1920 Loudspeaker When It’s All About the Music    June,2012        One of the numerous problems that I tend to encounter whenever I attend a high-end show is the gnawing [Read More]

Jones Audio PA-M300 Series 2 Mono Amps

May 22, 2012

Jones Audio PA-M300 Series 2 Mono Amps Less Noise, More Music!   May, 2012 One of the highlights of the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show was wandering into the Jones Audio room where I was impressed [Read More]

Classé Audio CP-800 Preamp

April 20, 2012

  Preamp Zeitgeist   April, 2012   Worth the WaitIt was about a year ago that I spoke to Dave Nauber, President of Classé Audio about getting their $14,000 CA-M600 mono amps and $5,000 CP-800 preamp [Read More]

Hemingway Audio Prime Signature Cables

March 16, 2012

  An Enigma No More   March, 2012        Hemingway Audio is a brand of high-end audio cables made by a Seoul, Korea-based company called Sigma Wire Labs, Inc. The cables are a [Read More]

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