In October 2022, a notable group of accomplished musicians including Lyle Lovett, Jason Isbell, Kacey Musgraves, Steve Earle, Bob Weir, Valerie June, Dwight Yoakam, and others gathered at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville to perform and record the soundtrack for the film You Got Gold: A Celebration of John Prine.
At SouthWest Audio Fest 2026, Ken Micallef speaks with Reference Analog's Jeff Harris (shown above) and Musical Surroundings' Garth Leerer about the all the gear in this room at the show, including Rockport Orion speakers, a Boulder 2108 phono preamplifier and 2160 amplifier, and the Döhmann Helix One MK3 turntable. Plus: We get an early look at DS Audio's new SC-001 sonic cleaning brush.
At SouthWest Audio Fest 2026, Ken Micallef speaks with Scott Walker of Scott Walker Audio about the all the gear in one of his company's room at the show, including a McIntosh preamplifier, McIntosh amplifier, Sonus Faber loudspeakers, and REL Acoustics subwoofers.
At SouthWest Audio Fest 2026, Ken Micallef speaks with Dan Wright of ModWright Instruments about the company's latest offerings, including the KWA 300 stereo power amplifier.
At SouthWest Audio Fest 2026, Ken Micallef speaks with Dave Slagle of EM/IA (seen at left above) about the company's transformers and tube amplifiers and John Semrad of Semrad Audio (right) about his eye-catching horn-loaded loudspeakers.
At SouthWest Audio Fest 2026, Ken Micallef speaks with Jacob Knibb of Linear Tube Audio, Jason Messina of Prodigio Audio (shown above), and Cameron Rector of Spiritual Sound about the gear seen and heard in this room, including the prototype for the Linear Tube Audio Century preamplifier, Prodigio Audio WR1 Sicambria electrostatic loudspeakers, and Spiritual Sound cables and interconnects.
