By Stephen Mejias • Posted: Oct 17, 2012 The people from TweekGeek (“Funny Name, Serious Audio”) have a great thing going. They’re starting the Knights of the Listening Room, “a group of friends where audiophiles can share their audio systems…” Knights of the Listening Room is a group of friends where audiophiles can share their […]
By John Marks • Posted: Oct 10, 2012 I’ve had Vivid Audio’s Oval K1 loudspeaker here for several months. Over many years, the only other speaker brands I’ve written about as much as I have Vivid have been Wilson Benesch and Shahinian Acoustics, whose speakers I still revere and can recommend without reservation—to the right […]
During The California Audio Show in San Francisco, Mike Latvis from HRS lent us a new heavier record weight, the ADH ($400), to try out on the Luxman PD-171 turntable. As a side note, we have been using the lighter version, the ADL ($200) which delivers excellent results on our Luxman turntable. Machined from aluminum […]
By Brian Boehler: “We then hooked-up the Luxman SQ-38u to the Vivid GIYA G3’s and took a listen. Wow, many of my perceptions flew out the window. While it was still a tube unit, many of the areas of concern were either eliminated or they were reduced in a dramatic way. Bass was not flabby […]
CALIFORNIA AUDIO SHOW 2012 The San Francisco Audio Show hosted by Dagogo was unfortunately the worst Audio Show that we have ever participated in. We had so much bleed through from the adjacent air wall, Legacy & ourselves had to alternate music every fifteen minutes. Unfortunately it is impossible to get a vibe going, then […]
Many audiophiles have a DAC in their system, that predates streaming music over a USB cable from their computer. I asked Luxman to develop the U-100R, it allows one to stream music from your notebook / computer either into a DAC or else into the digital input on Luxman’s own line of CD/SACD players, such […]
Rocky Mountain Audio Fest Denver Marriot Tech Center OAHN / Long’s Peak Oct 12th – 14th (Fri-Sun) Brinkmann, Luxman, Audio Aero, Vivid
California Audio Show Crowne Plaza SFO Music Lovers / 1177 Airport Boulevard Burlingame, CA 9401 Phone: 510 558 1000 Aug 3rd – 5th (Fri-Sun) Brinkmann, Audio Aero, Luxman, Vivid
ULTRA SONIC RECORD CLEANER Last November I was in Minneapolis helping Paul Blizel of Analog Audio of MN host a Music Seminar. While we were setting up the Vivid B1 speakers, I took the opportunity to clean all of my demo records. What struck me as a fantastic feature was the ability to press a […]
By Art Dudley • Posted: Apr 16, 2012 Doors to Perfection Some of the nicest analog playback I heard at the show came courtesy of GTT Audio, in whose suite the reliably well-dressed Philip O’Hanlon spun vinyl on a Brinkmann Balance turntable ($24,000, closest to camera) with Brinkmann 12.1 tonearm ($7500) and an Air Tight […]
