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2016 GUANGZHOU AV FAIR SHOW REPORT

December 21, 2016

Spread over two venues situated side by side (viz the Dong Fang Hotel and the China Hotel Marriott), this year’s Guangzhou AV Fair was held from the 18th to 20th November 2016 and promised to [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….  

High End 2016 Key Kim

May 19, 2016

  I’m so glad that I decided to take a trip to this year’s Munich High End show. This was an especially therapeutic trip for me. Lately, I’ve been very busy with my new restaurant, which I [Read More]

High End 2016 page 4

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….

High End 2016 part 2

May 12, 2016

Growing Trends  While turntables and LPs ruled the day at this year’s High End show once again (CD players have almost disappeared entirely), I was surprised by the increased popularity in USB supported DACs as [Read More]

High End 2016 part 3

May 12, 2016

Patricia Barber: café blu

May 2, 2016

Patricia Barber: café blue.  Michael Arnopol, bass; Mark Walker, percussion; John McLean, guitar. Premonition Records 90760-5, dual layer hybrid SACD   café  blue, widely regarded as one of the best female vocal albums of all [Read More]