SCHAUMBURG, IL, March 16, 2024 -- AXPONA (Audio Expo North America), the largest consumer audio show in North America, returns to the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center and Hotel April 12-14. The show attracts nearly 300 exhibitors featuring 700 brands coming from 40 different countries including dozens of first-time exhibitors making their debut at the 2024 show.
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By Juan C. Ayllon MOUNT PROSPECT, IL –- SOTA Turntable's proprietor, Christan Griego, delivered a masterful presentation of his prototype direct drive turntable to an appreciative crowd of 35 at a Chicago Audio Society meeting at the Unitel Technologies offices this past Sunday, February 18.
Vacuum Swing Arm Allows for Simultaneous Cleaning of Two Sides of a Record; Powerful New Rotation Motor Turns the Record GRAND RAPIDS, MI, November 20, 2023 – Pangea Audio, a developer and manufacturer of high performance, high value audio accessories, announced today a new edition of its acclaimed Record Doctor vacuum record cleaning machines that simultaneously cleans both sides of a record, saving time and effort over current versions.
By Juan C. Ayllon I've heard it repeatedly: more important than loudspeakers, DACs, and other audio gear, the most important factor in getting optimum sound from your system is your ROOM! And nine pages into his tome, Get Better Sound, audio veteran Jim Smith nails down that point. However, he also adds, "Most of us don't have the luxury of selecting from several good rooms. We only have one, and it may not be wonderful. So the question becomes, how can I make my system play its very best with the room that I have?" And then in the balance of the book, he goes about addressing exactly that with the grace and aplomb of a wise and seasoned audio industry professional.
Qobuz Partners with the Memphis Listening Lab to Provide Hi-Res for Music Exploration Space10/14/2023 Qobuz, the music lovers’ high-quality streaming and download provider, is teaming up with The Memphis Listening Lab to bring its Hi-Res audio to Memphis, Tennessee’s only non-profit music exploration space. Founded in 2021, the Memphis Listening Lab was created to honor the memory of and house the 10,000+ LP record collection of John King. King, who died in 2022, co-founded Memphis’ Ardent Records and was a veteran music promoter and radio historian. (Read today's A1 story by Bob Mehr HERE in The Commercial Appeal). Photos and text by Juan C. Ayllon It was a mix of "something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue" (make that blue-green). This past Sunday, August 27, 2023, retired capital equipment salesman and full-time audiophile Jeff Kenton hosted the Chicago Audio Society at his riverfront home in a far corner of Chicago's northwest suburbs.
New floorstanders incorporate technology originally developed for top-of-the-line Reference Series speaker systems HANOVER, MA – Technical Audio Devices Laboratories, Inc. (TAD Labs, TADL) today announced the TAD-GE1 (Grand Evolution One) floorstanding speaker system as the newest addition to its Evolution Series of hi-fi audio components. Borrowing internal technology and design language from TAD’s top-of-the-line Reference TX Series as well as the distinguished wood-grain finish of the critically acclaimed CE1TX standmount speaker, the GE1 epitomizes the very best of TAD.
By Juan C. Ayllon Like corporate golf outings, the hi-fi consumer audio industry has remained one of the last vestiges of a boy’s club, however in this present age, that’s slowly changing. And as with Fortune 500 companies, that's beginning to impact its leadership. For the first time on January 1, 2023, female CEOs broke the 10 percent barrier in terms of Fortune 500 CEOs; historically, it’s hovered around eight percent (Shrm.org). And in a 2021 survey of 70 music companies, 13.9 percent of the Presidents, CEOs, and chairs were women (annenberg.usc.edu).
Groundbreaking WaveFormingTM Technology to make its debut in booth 4233 Paris, France and East Hampton, Connecticut, USA, August 15, 2023 -- Trinnov Audio, the market leader in the design and manufacture of reference audio processors for home theaters, high-end hi-fi, professional audio and commercial cinemas, is pleased to announce the first U.S. demonstration of its breakthrough WaveFormingTM technology at CEDIA Expo 2023.
Qobuz’ David Solomon to participate in “Trends In High-Performance Audio” panel - Saturday 8/5, 2 pm8/5/2023 The Premier Audio and Video Experience, Audio Advice Live set for 8/4 - 8/6 in Raleigh, NC Qobuz, the music lover's go-to Hi-Res music streaming and download platform, will be the official streaming partner of this year’s Audio Advice Live, the premier audio and video experience (August 4-6, 2023 in Raleigh, NC). At this year’s event, Qobuz will participate in a special panel focused on the latest trends in high-resolution audio, the latest advancements in high-performance loudspeaker technology, and the ways in which these developments are affecting the high-end audio landscape.
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