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Medeski Martin & Wood

August 18, 2018

Medeski Martin & Wood with Alarm Will Sound have announced the release of a new album, ‘Omnisphere,’ due September 14 via MMW’s own imprint, Indirecto Records. The collection poses a compelling question: What would happen [Read More]

High End 2018h

June 9, 2018

Kondo Audio Note of Japan debuted their new Gakuoh II 300B monoblock amplifiers (€160k) alongside a pair Kaiser Acoustics Kawero loudspeakers of Germany (€80k). The original Gakuoh was released back in 1998 (which is quite [Read More]

High End 2018g

May 31, 2018

 Jörn Janczak, whom I like to call the Long Man, is the chief designer behind TIDAL loudspeakers and electronics of Cologne, Germany. I met him many years back and am not surprised by the success [Read More]

High End 2018e

May 29, 2018

Walking HALLE’s was where I ran into Hervé Brasebin (above center), director of Sales for AudioNec of France. Standing on his left is Francis Chaillet, who is AudioNec’s chief designer and rocket scientist. I’m only [Read More]

High End 2018f

May 29, 2018

The last time I saw Ken Stevens, owner of Convergent Audio Technology (CAT), was about a decade ago, right here in the MOC in huge Ascendo suite. The sound was among the Best of Show [Read More]

High End 2018c

May 28, 2018

Once again, strangely shaped components were on display alongside massively built turntables and eye popping tube amplifiers. New and unknown products were everywhere I looked.         

High End 2018d

May 28, 2018

  High Efficiency loudspeakers of varying shapes and sizes were highly visible at this year’s High End show. Some of older vintage and some modern, they captured my attention just enough to have me sit [Read More]

High End 2018b

May 27, 2018

Wowing the crowdsAside from all the state-of-the-art electronics on hand, what usually goes unnoticed, is the amount of time, effort and expertise that goes into creating an acoustically-sound enviornment. Consider that each one of these [Read More]

High End 2018a

May 26, 2018

    Walking through the crowded HALLE, located on the ground floor of the MOC, is just one of the many treats at the High End show. There’s always something there that usually stops me [Read More]

High End 2018

May 24, 2018

I’ll say it again “the sheer magnitude and overall quality of High End 2018 would make PT Barnum and Ringling Bros blush!” That’s right, High End 2018, held in Munich each spring, simply has to [Read More]

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