http://audiofederation.com/blog Tue, 06 May 2008 21:38:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Neli represented Audio Federation at this years’ AudioFest down in Dallas, Texas. She brought the small Audio Note system, this year focusing on affordability and portability. To that end she just took the CD player, the OTO integrated amplifier and a pair of speakers. Oh and some Sogon cables Instead ... http://audiofederation.com/blog/archives/461 With the mortgage finance crises and just a general malaise here in the states, February and March were some of our slowest months ever. But April is making up for both of them and more. Lots of people wanting to hear things - and lots of people buying things. Which is ... http://audiofederation.com/blog/archives/459 As people may (or may not, it has been awhile) remember - we have been trying to determine how effectatious, sonically, it is to burn in the ElRod power cords on the Nordost ViDar cable burn-in device. The short and sweet is… not that much. We tried this on the low-power ... http://audiofederation.com/blog/archives/458 The rumor is that show attendance was down from about 11,000 to 8,000 and the number of rooms down 20% year over year. Considering that the Canada economy is doing well (oil, the Olympics, their dollar vis-a-vis what is left of ours) one can only think that it is those of ... http://audiofederation.com/blog/archives/457 Checking out the reports…. Cruising AudioXSell, it looks like Lamm brought their $139K ML3 amplifiers to the show. Looks like the Lohengren or Sarastro speakers. I guess this means we can show the Marten Coltrane Supremes one of these years without shocking the Canadians. It also looks like Tenor is showing ... http://audiofederation.com/blog/archives/456 [The following is their press release. I was of the opinion that RMAF was the ‘largest consumer electronics show open to public in North America’, but FSI is certainly up there. Maybe the U.S. has succeeded from North America and nobody told any of us. Wouldn’t surprise me these days. And ... http://audiofederation.com/blog/archives/455 A lot of unrated bits and pieces. Apparently Hi-Fi+ was in dire straits when it was purchased. Besides that nugget, 98% of what goes on Audio Asylum is bickering. So, yeah, nothing new there. Mike (me) is miffed that 1/2 of the hallway A on the 29th floor of the large photos ... http://audiofederation.com/blog/archives/454 Some photos: The tops are now on the new Audio Note Kegon Balanced amps. Even with the old $700 used M1 serving as preamplifier, these amps are killer. Very controlled. Very perfect. Like the Nordost ODIN interconnect, it can be hard to find any flaws [we try, it is our job ... http://audiofederation.com/blog/archives/452 We have so many things in the queue … so many things lined up to try, that it gets a little overwhelming. The exact sequence of things gets a lot of discussion and seems to be updated on an almost hourly basis. We have: 1. Compare the charged ELROD powercord that has ... http://audiofederation.com/blog/archives/451 … and system Three has none. Both RixRax equipment racks are now over on the second system. We wanted the added capability to compare two turntables, two phono stages, and the Audio Note Ongaku to the Kegon Balanced to the Kegon. We put the Kehon Balanced amps on the Kharma Mini Exquisites. The ... http://audiofederation.com/blog/archives/450