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Jason Visits VTL: A Video Report

Jana Dagdagan Jul 07, 2017 First Published: Jul 07, 2017

One day before the Los Angeles Audio Show, Jason Victor Serinus, his fresh haircut, and I visited VTL Amplifiers, Inc. in Chino, California. We were given a tour of the factory by Bea Lam and Luke Manley, who were featured in this 2007 interview by Jason.

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A Video Tour of AudioQuest

Jana Dagdagan Jul 01, 2017 First Published: Jul 01, 2017

Before the Los Angeles Audio Show, I spent a few days in southern California, and was able to schedule a visit to AudioQuest's massive facility in Irvine. In this video, Bryan Long (VP Operations), accompanied by Joe Harley's dog Pumpkin, gives a condensed version of his usual tour, which is normally well over an hour.

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High-End Dealer Jeffrey Catalano Talks Horns, Tubes, & LPs with Herb Reichert

Jana Dagdagan Jun 26, 2017 First Published: Jun 26, 2017

This video is about Jeffrey Catalano and his shop High Water Sound, located in Manhattan's South Street Seaport, right under the Brooklyn Bridge. Though it was my first time meeting Jeffrey, I had long been familiar with his nameoften associated with good sound at audio shows and a true appreciation for music.

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Zu's Sean Casey Talks Loudspeakers

Jana Dagdagan Jun 22, 2017 First Published: Jun 22, 2017

At the Los Angeles Audio Show, held June 24, John Atkinson spoke with Zu Audio's founder, owner, and chief engineer Sean Casey about the Zu Audio Druid (pictured), Sean's background and his "unconventional" approach, and historic speaker designs. And toward the end of the video, Sean Casey turns the tables on JA by interviewing him about the role of the audio reviewer!

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Elac's Andrew Jones Talks Loudspeakers

Jana Dagdagan Jun 18, 2017 First Published: Jun 18, 2017

At the Los Angeles Audio Show, held June 24, John Atkinson spoke with Elac's Andrew Jones about speaker design, building affordable loudspeakers, and Elac's Adante AF-61 speaker, which made its debut at the show, driven by Audio Alchemy amplification.

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Steve Guttenberg: I am an Audiophile

Jana Dagdagan May 31, 2017 First Published: May 31, 2017

The Audiophiliac, Steve Guttenberg, is a long time industry heavyweight, a prolific audio journalist, and a wild "As We See It" contributor to Stereophile. In this video, Steve shares his personal background and offers his perspective on a variety of audio related topics.

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A Video VPI Tour with Mat Weisfeld

Jana Dagdagan May 22, 2017 First Published: May 22, 2017

Last week, I embarked on a nearly three-hour public transportation trek from Queens to Cliffwood, NJ to take a tour of turntable and tonearm manufacturer VPI Industries, with Mat Weisfeld as my host. During the tour, I got to meet every member of the VPI family, learn about each step of the process, and get a firsthand look at a couple of unreleased products!

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MQA: Yes or No? An AXPONA 2017 Poll

Jana Dagdagan May 05, 2017 First Published: May 05, 2017

With any large gathering of people who share a common passion, one is bound to encounter polarizing issues and the fiercely opinionated standing on either side. In the world, it's politics and religion. In our world, it's tubes vs solid-state, whether cables really matter or not, and, most recently . . . Master Quality Authenticated.

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Audiophile Humor: Herb & Steve

Jana Dagdagan May 02, 2017 First Published: May 02, 2017

Some say audiophiles have no sense of humor. One well-known writer for another magazine even lectured John Atkinson a while back that "there is no place for humor in audio!" So here is audiophile humor at its best, brought to you by Stereophile writers Herb Reichert (left) and Steve Guttenberg (right).

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Innovative 1 Minute Escape

Jana Dagdagan Apr 19, 2017 First Published: Apr 19, 2017

For this 1 Minute Audiophile Escape, we visited longstanding New York hi-fi shop Innovative Audio. This video features three (out of their many) systems readily available at the time of our visit.

Because this 1 Minute Audiophile Escape features a bit more gear than our other videos, here is a list of gear in order of appearance...