It’s a little bit of a cliché. This sport of audio is all about reproducing music, and audiophiles are inclined to blather on about how essential the music is to our world. But stroll round most audio exhibits and it’s all concerning the gear, the tools. There’s typically a market for used or new records, however it’s the tools that takes middle stage.
I’ve recognized Don Rhule, the Canadian distributor for Kimber Kable and Quadraspire, for over 30 years. We initially met at a automotive stereo store that we each used to frequent. The store was a contact sketchy, however the proprietor was a enjoyable character, and to this present day we wish to joke that we used to have the identical fence. People have a tendency to not get it, considering we imply that we had been neighbors, having shared the identical yard fence. We then clarify the joke and snort uproariously.
It’s uncommon for me to take a seat down in entrance of an unfamiliar system and soften right into a puddle. But that’s what occurred to me in retailer Filtronique’s bigger room. I’d simply sat down in entrance of a whole bunch of hundreds of {dollars}’ value of Nagra gear, enjoying via a pair of Wilson Audio Alexia V audio system, all absolutely wired up with Siltech cables.
TAD, short for Technical Audio Devices, brought the newest version of their Compact Evolution One standmounted loudspeaker to the Florida International Audio Expo for its North American debut. At a quick glance, the CE1TX looks an awful lot like the original CE1, which was introduced back in 2015. As always, the devil is in the details.
I know, I know—our beat here at Audio Video Show 2022 is supposed to be new products, but over breakfast this morning, Doug and I discussed a potentially different approach for covering this event.