Category Archives: Philip’s Musings

Philip O’Hanlon’s passion to find and great music sparked the start of his journey in connecting with high end audio manufacturers, artists, composers, engineers, audio consultants and music lovers at large.  Philip’s musings share many of his fun experiences, opening a dialogue with our community to fuel the passion.

Montreal’s SSI 2015 Show Report

Montreal Show 2015 Philip and Friends

Once again, congrats to Coup de Foudre Montreal for putting on a great show at the SSI 2015. Thanks again for the hospitality and warm welcome. Proud to announce that Doug […]

Montreal’s Salon Son & Image 2015 pre-show rundown, music in my suitcase!

Baniere SSI 2015

Off to Montreal we go! My affinity towards both Montreal, the city and their French Canadian residents is well-known. As a token of appreciation to the hospitality I receive, I […]

“The sweetest music this side of Heaven…” Louis Armstrong (BBC’s 30 minute 1968 interview)

Louis Armstrong

Growing up on the other side of the pond, we were not exposed to Jazz and unfortunately never really came across such greats as Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald & Louis […]

CES 2015 Show Report

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International CES 2015, Venetian Hotel, Las Vegas January 6 – 9, 2015 CES 2015 was once again a terrific success! Our gratitude: A big thanks to my good friends: Bruno […]

My TIDAL! experience – High fidelity lossless music streaming with Luxman D-100r

SQ-N10 and D-100R playing Tidal

David Solomon and Pal Bratelund from TIDAL came by during Rocky Mountain Audio Fest and installed WIMP on my notebook computer so I could test drive TIDAL ahead of its launch.  TIDAL offers full […]

Music evening with Steve Williams: Him “smittened” by 2 things I love, and my offer to help you access your hi-fidelity music collection anytime, anywhere, anyhow!

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Since 1998, I have been searching for a DAC, a way to rip my collection and to catalog/store/access it in a manner that meets my criteria.  High end audio is a means to […]