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A Conversation with Philly Audio Retailer Doug White

Jana Dagdagan Mar 29, 2017 First Published: Mar 29, 2017 0 comments

This past weekend, John Atkinson, Herb Reichert, and I drove down to Philadelphia to visit audio retailer Doug White of The Voice That Is. In this video, Doug and JA discuss the challenges of a rapidly changing internet based market, the differences between buying online versus buying from your local dealer, and much more.

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1 Minute Audiophile Escape: Music Matters 12

Jana Dagdagan Mar 20, 2017 First Published: Mar 20, 2017 0 comments

Last week, at Seattle dealer Definitive Audio's 12th Music Matters, there were six different systems being demonstrated. With the inevitable craziness of such a well-attended event, I wasn't able to get enough footage for each room to have its own standalone minute. I therefore compiled shots from each room to give you a visual overview.

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Michael Fremer at Definitive Audio's Music Matters 12

Jana Dagdagan Mar 13, 2017 First Published: Mar 13, 2017 0 comments

Last week at Seattle retailer Definitive Audio's 12th Music Matters, I got to watch one of Michael Fremer's legendary vinyl presentations. (If you have not witnessed Magic Mikey in actionhe will be reprising his dem at AXPONA in Aprilit is truly a must-see!) In this video, Mikey demonstrates the difference between record pressings by playing three different pressings of Nina Simone's debut album Little Girl Blue: the 1958 original; a Pure Pleasure reissue; and the Analogue Productions reissue.

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Reviewer Video Profile: Herb Reichert

Jana Dagdagan Mar 09, 2017 First Published: Mar 09, 2017 0 comments

When we released the "Thoughts on CES 2017" video, we received an overwhelming amount of feedback from readers who were pleased to finally be able to associate faces to the writers they had long read and revered on paper.

This video attempts to capture the essence of Stereophile writer and audio industry veteran Herb Reichertat least as much as is possible in a 10-minute, streamed video.

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1 Minute Audiophile Escape: Vivid, Luxman, Koetsu, Stealth

Jana Dagdagan Mar 02, 2017 First Published: Mar 02, 2017 0 comments

The path of an audiophile is one of arduous sonic pursuit. Such a worthy cause is often accompanied by an unquenchable aesthetic thirst.

With this video we introduce the "1 Minute Audiophile Escape": the first of many in our series of experiential segments purely dedicated to audiophile eye candy.

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Southern Avenue: The New Stax!

Jana Dagdagan Feb 27, 2017 First Published: Feb 27, 2017 0 comments

Booker T. & the M.G.'s, Sam & Dave, Otis Reddingfew studios have ever achieved the kind of distinct sound that once poured out of Stax Studios in Memphis, TN. A bit of that gritty, funky mojo lives again in the music of Southern Avenue, a new R&B act from Memphis that's named after the street that runs by the old Stax Studio.

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Vivid Video: JA Interviews Speaker Designer Laurence Dickie

Jana Dagdagan Feb 17, 2017 First Published: Feb 17, 2017 0 comments

This past weekend, John Atkinson and I attended the debut of Vivid Audio's new flagship speaker, the G1 Spirit, at a private home in Itasca, IL (to the west of Chicago.) The event was hosted by concert pianist and audio retailer George Vatchnadze of Kyomi Audio. Prior to the event's start, JA and Vivid speaker designer Laurence Dickie had a stimulating conversation about speaker design, focusing on the G1 Spirit loudspeaker.

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MBL's Juergen Reis talks Digital with John Atkinson

Jana Dagdagan Jan 30, 2017 First Published: Jan 30, 2017 0 comments

Last week, we posted a video on AudioStream of a conversation between Juergen Reis (MBL's Chief Designer), Michael Lavorgna (AudioStream), and John Atkinson, which we filmed during CES 2017. During that same session, we also filmed a conversation between JA and Juergen that focuses more specifically on MBL's new N31 DAC, which JA will be reviewing in a future issue of Stereophile.

In this video, Juergen and JA discuss digital filters, aliasing, Nyquist ringing, USB inputs, inter-sample "overs," and many of the other arcane issues involved in DAC design.

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CES 2017: An Unlikely, Impromptu Duet at the Venetian.

Jana Dagdagan Jan 24, 2017 First Published: Jan 24, 2017 0 comments

On the final day of the show, our special guest, ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro and our very own Jason Victor Serinus came together to form the most unlikely of duos. We originally attempted to film this while in a moving gondola but were sternly prohibited from doing so by the gondola ride manager.

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CES 2017: A Video Snapshot

Jana Dagdagan Jan 17, 2017 First Published: Jan 17, 2017 0 comments

"What are your thoughts on this year's CES?": A multi-dimensional question that means many different things to the many different people who share the high-end audio realm. For my first attendance at the annual Consumer Electronics Show, I had a mission: to compile answers to this complex question and fit my findings on a visual medium, a time capsule of sorts. Is this the last year of CES? Was the low attendance in the high-end audio segment at the Venetian just a temporary lull? Or could it be a turning point for the high-end audio industry? Whatever might happen, 2017 struck me as a pivotal year for CES, and a show that begged to be captured.