Paris — Iranian students have clashed with security forces at a top Tehran university amid the wave of unrest sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, state media and rights groups said Monday. Kurdish Iranian Amini, 22, was pronounced dead on September 16, days after she was detained for allegedly breaching rules forcing women to…
I stalk a few audio forums because the chatter shows me what different varieties of audiophiles are thinking about, what’s pleasing them, what’s making them angry, and—potentially—what issues reviewers like me are failing to address. Similarly, I watch a lot of DIY and audio review videos on YouTube. I especially love watching my friend Steve…
A famed extreme skier from the United States who was killed after falling from one of the world’s tallest mountains was given a traditional funeral at a Sherpa cremation ground on Sunday, as Buddhist monks officiated a ceremony attended by family, friends and government officials. Click Here: Hilaree Nelson, 49, fell from the 6,775-foot summit…
Photo: John Atkinson If buying a hi-fi product from an internet retailer is like an arranged marriage, a hi-fi show is like speed dating. Not everyone, I realize, approaches hi-fi shows (or speed dating, for that matter) the same way, and anyway, the analogy between hi-fi and dating is far from perfect. Speed dating is…
Distributor Aldo Filippeli of the Luxury Audio Group sure knows how to get the press’s attention. Schedule a room in the Convention Center that he can set up beforehand, invite the press to hour-long sessions before the show begins, and ensure that we come away fulfilled. When Alexander Vitus Mogensen, CEO of Vitus Audio, quipped,…
To say that I had good memories of the Luxman-Magico room at an earlier AXPONA would be an understatement. Two years ago, I heard Magico’s phenomenal, $185,000 M6 speakers driven by two just-launched Luxman M-10X stereo amplifiers running in mono. The preamp was a Luxman C-900u. I wrote that “the sound pressure changes in the…
SAN DIEGO, CA — To keep your weekend fun and lively, Patch has rounded up some entertaining events going on throughout the San Diego region — from the southern border, to East County, through beach towns, to the uppermost points of North County and communities in between. Some are free. Some have a fee. Click…
CONCORD, NH — The Libertarian Party’s vice presidential nominee was campaigning in New Hampshire this week, attending the annual Porcfest Freedom Festival and stopping in Concord before heading to Pennsylvania. Mike ter Maat, a former Florida police officer, professor, and economist in President George H.W. Bush’s administration, was nominated by the party on the second…
What better way to start the first day of an audio show than with some light joyful music? In this case, it was with a 1974 LP, Heinz Holliger: Famous Oboe Concertos, on which the famous oboist joined players of the Dresden State Orchestra under Vittorio Negri for, among other works, Leclair’s Concerto in C…
Well Pleased AV’s Mark Sossa corralled me for an early-morning listen session. I’m glad he did. Mark brought an Innous Statement Next Gen Music Server ($25,000), a Mearson DAC1 MKII ($8500), and an Innous Phoenix NET network switch ($4350) to complete the all-digital front end. Vinni Rossi’s Brama Integrated Amp (rated at 200Wpc into 8…