This Weekend: Toronto Audiofest 2024 Show
The Toronto Audiofest
2024 show, held from October 18th
through 20th, is one of Canada's best luxurious premium high-technology home audio
and video showcases. The Toronto Audiofest is made available to audio companies who believe that supporting the audio industry and its community, including the many enthusiasts who come to attend shows, is important to the industry's development and overall
vitality. These shows represent the only way dealers and manufacturers can meet so many audio enthusiasts face-to-face in one place, people who have come to see, hear, and shop hundreds of brands and products in a festive, quality environment that can't be found anywhere else, and to share their findings with
others. The Toronto Audiofest 2024
event brings together hundreds of audio brands featuring top rated high-end audio and video
(audiophile and videophile) equipment from around the globe.
---> Toronto Audiofest 2024 Show Report.
UK Audio Show 2024 Show Report
Discovering many glorious new companies and equipment too!
UK Audio 2024 Show Report By Clive Meakins
UK Audio Show was very enjoyable, I came across companies and equipment that were new to me. There was innovative thinking in evidence too. I also very much enjoyed the Alphason technical session where the highly experienced Mike Knowles clearly was very on top of his subject. The Bob Harris sessions were a masterstroke, they combined a love of music with highly interesting tales from the music
industry. The UK Audio Show at the Staverton Park Hotel, Daventry, UK took place 5th and 6th of October 2023. The show was expertly organized by Chester Group who operate internationally and has been running the UK show since 1997, however, times are
a-changin'. Not long before the show it was announced that Stereonet – a sponsor of the show – will be taking over for next
year.
---> UK Audio Show 2024 Show Report At The Staverton Park
Hotel.
Capital Audiofest (CAF) 2024 Show
Information
With over 120 exhibition rooms, Washington DC's premier high-performance audio event, the Capital Audiofest (CAF) 2024
is set to take place at the Hilton Rockville (Maryland) from November
8th through 10th. Capital Audiofest started out in 2010 as a very casual show and has evolved into a well-organized and well-attended event, while also being recognized as a fun, friendly, and family-oriented high-end audiophile show. Families can casually stroll from room to room listening to music, auditioning gear, and browsing many bins of vinyl LP records, CDs, and hi-fi accessories. During the evenings, CAF 2024 will have live music in the bar
area. Capital Audiofest, held at the Hilton Rockville in Rockville,
MD, is a beautiful venue and conveniently located next to a metro station. This
provided quick access to Washington DC.
---> Capital Audiofest 2024 Show
Report / Information.
Revox Announces Their New B77 MK III Reel-To-Reel
While posting new gear updates is rare within Enjoy
the Music.com's Industry News page, the new Revox B77 MK III surely qualifies as an exception to the rule. Revox's B77 MK III is a stereo
magnetic tape recorder / player developed to extremely high modern standards. According to Revox, "The entire electronics have been optimized with the components and simulation options available today. Proven components are still used, such as improved original Revox pickups with a considerably longer service life and the unique Revox motors. The result is this outstanding new version: the B77 MK III. All the new details, such as the audio technology for even better sound reproduction and recording quality, the precisely manufactured, high-quality Revox pickups, a digital counter, the ability to play all common tape standards, a wide range of connection and optional expansion options have been perfected by our developers, technicians and designers."
---> Revox Announces Their New B77 MK III Reel-To-Reel.
Statista's Digital Music Outlook On Digital Audio Streaming
According to a recent report from Statista, a global data and business intelligence platform, it says "Digital audio streaming has taken off in a big way in the past ten years. According to
Statista's Digital Music Outlook, the music streaming market size increased to $25.84 billion in 2023, reaching a total of around 900 million users. The pandemic years saw particular growth in the podcast industry, as people forced to stay home searched out entertainment, driving up listenership and advertiser investment. According to Megaphone, a podcast technology company owned by Spotify, where 2021 was a story of 'content explosion', 2022 became one of 'diversification', as the most significant jumps in podcast downloads came from markets newer to the medium, such as Spain (+298 percent), Italy (+244 percent), and France (+375 percent), while the highest growth in unique listeners in terms of age groups was the 13 to 17 year olds (+49 percent) and the 55 to 64 year olds (+45
percent)."
---> Statista's Digital Music Outlook On Digital Audio Streaming.
audioXpress' November 2024 Issue
From the Editor's Desk: Other Ways Of Listening
PSI Audio AVAA C214 Digital Active Bass Absorber
Wolf von Langa Field Coil Powered Speaker Driver
Non-Linear Amplitude Modulation Of Loudspeakers
ACX-100: An Analog Four-Way Active Crossover
Audioscenic Amphi Technology High Dimensional Sound
Pushing The Boundaries Of Active Noise Cancellation
The Road To Dolby Atmos
Classic Hollow State Hi-Fi In The 1950s And 1960s
And Much More!
---> audioXpress' November 2024
Issue.
High-End Audio Sound? Audiophile Music? Both? What?
Some basic questions about our hobby.
Article
By Roger Skoff
I First wrote about how music and sound interrelate to enhance each other
years ago within my
2018 article Coming At It From Both Directions ). At that time, I looked at it – even after more than half a
century as a music lover and audiophile – more from point of view of an
audiophile drawn to great music and cultural expansion by a love of great sound
than as a music lover carried inexorably in the other direction by a search for
greater involvement in and enjoyment of one of humanity's greatest arts. Now, like Joni Mitchell, I'm seeing things from both sides. Here are my
latest thoughts on the subject. They say that the difference between audiophiles and music
lovers is that music lovers buy a system to listen to their music and
audiophiles (I and my friends call ourselves "Hi-Fi Crazies") buy music to
listen to their system.
--->
High-End Audio Sound? Audiophile Music? Both? What?
Jadis DA88S MkII Vacuum Tube Integrated Amplifier Review
The ultimate music machine.
Review By Dr. Jules Coleman
Too often, I have been guilty of 'burying
the lead.' Not this time: the Jadis DA88S MkII integrated amplifier is the
most musically convincing and enjoyable vacuum tube stereo integrated amplifier
I have ever experienced – in my home or elsewhere. From the moment it was
installed in my system until the moment shippers were summoned to remove it,
this handsome piece of kit brought joy and fulfillment to my listening
experience that had eluded me since my decade-long love affair with various
Shindo-centered reference systems fell victim to life's often unforeseeable
and unwelcome interventions. At different times my Shindo systems were anchored by the (no
longer in production) Sinhonia push / pull monoblocks featuring the F2 output
tube as well as the ne plus ultra 300B Ltd monoblocks. The former offered
a dynamic realism that the 300B Ltd could not match, while the latter offered a
texture, color, and density that was in equal measure beguiling and bewitching.
--->
Jadis DA88S MkII Vacuum Tube Integrated Amplifier Review.
iSonic Cleaner 6.2-PRO Ultrasonic
Vinyl LP Cleaner Review
Ultrasonic deep cleaning and spin drying 10 LP
records in 30 minutes.
Review By Bob Grossman
The
iSonic Pro 6.2-PRO is the latest variation and upgraded record cleaner design
from a company that specializes in commercial ultrasonic cleaning machines. They
have styles and sizes for various products with personal and industrial
applications. The iSonic company has dozens of cleaner models for medical
applications, jewelry, and personal items used in the home. Jerry Fan of iSonic
said, "Over the past six years, we have made a lot of progress with cleaners
for audio systems." Jerry modestly told me he "doesn’t know too much about
anything else, but we do know about ultrasonic cleaners!" They started with
processing 5 to 10 records for cleaning only, then added the PRO accessory kit
for spin drying with an in-water filter two years ago. Those developments were
with the model P4875II+MVR10-PRO which was an upgrade to the early model
P4875II+MVR5 or MVR10....
--->
iSonic Cleaner 6.2-PRO Ultrasonic Vinyl LP Cleaner Review.
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