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High End 2019: The Key Kim Report

June 3, 2019

Once again, the world’s biggest and most important two-channel, high-end audio show was spectacular and incredibly, it’s still growing.   Impressively, this year’s High-End there were 551 exhibitors from 42 countries (+3.8% compared to 2018). In [Read More]

Xavian Perla Esclusiva Loudspeaker

May 7, 2019

  The Mighty… Oak!? For four years, the Xavian Perla monitors were made of walnut. They also used to be named the Xavian Perla, instead of the more regal sounding Perla Esclusiva. “We found oak to [Read More]

Origin Live Zephyr Tonearm

April 13, 2019

      Just How Good Should It Sound?   After my experience of “Spring Cleaning with Origin Live” (see review here) I managed to set up my ‘Reference’ listening room system with 6 different [Read More]

Munich High End 2019

January 1, 2019

Once again, the world’s biggest and most important two-channel, high-end audio show was spectacular and incredibly, it’s still growing.   Impressively, this year’s High-End there were 551 exhibitors from 42 countries (+3.8% compared to 2018). In [Read More]

2019 Capital Audio Fest: Clement Perry

January 1, 2019

Capital Audio Fest 2019 – The Bill Wells Report!

January 1, 2019

puresound P10 Phono Preamplifier

October 25, 2018

    The puresound P10 is an all-tube phono preamplifier designed to work with phono cartridges of medium to high output requiring a 47K Ohm loading impedance.  A stand-alone moving-coil transformer is available at extra [Read More]

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]