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Part 10: Best Of Capital Audiofest 2024 Blue Note Awards
Plus Honorable Mentions to great-sounding high-end audiophile gear.
Capital Audiofest 2024 Show Report By Rick Becker
After
452 photos and over 41k words of copy submitted for Parts 1 though 9, it's time
to salute some of the Best Rooms and make some Honorable Mentions. This has been
the hardest Part of my chronicles to write. Not only were there 125 rooms, 15
tables, and 17 booths listed (though a couple of rooms were no-shows and I
missed one other room, and some of the booths in the Atrium were filed at the
last minute while others remained empty), but good sound quality and musicality
were easy to find. We all have our personal sense of what constitutes those
values and I won't go down that rabbit hole. I encourage you to read the
summaries of other journalists for comparison. We don't all think or listen
alike, nor do the manufacturers.
---> Part 10: Best Of Capital Audiofest 2024 Blue Note
Awards.
Florida International Audio Expo
2025 Show In Tampa
In about two months, the
Florida International Audio Expo 2025 takes place from February 21st through
23rd at the Sheraton Tampa Brandon, the event's new, and larger, venue. The Florida International Audio Expo will showcase many floors
filled with exhibit spaces featuring the latest in home and portable audio gear.
You may enjoy an abundance of great sound from mono to stereo and immersive, plus various
exhibit room will feature never before seen new products! Show attendees are the
world's first to experience many of the best new high-performance, hi-resolution
modern audio
products.
With many floors and large conference rooms of demonstrations to explore, attendees can experience
luxurious immersive premium audio electronics, loudspeakers, turntables, and high-end
audio headphones produced by manufacturers from all around the world.
---> Florida International Audio Expo 2025
(FIAE 2025) Show Report.
FireAid Benefit Concert On January 30th
The FireAid Benefit Concert is set to take place on January 30 (2025) at the Intuit Dome and Kia Forum in Los Angeles. This star-studded event will feature performances by Lil Baby, Billie Eilish, Lady Gaga, Tate McRae, Jelly Roll, Gwen Stefani, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and many others. The concert aims to raise funds for the communities affected by the recent devastating wildfires in Los Angeles, focusing on rebuilding infrastructure, supporting displaced families, and advancing fire prevention technologies. No word about this
benefiting those in North Carolina or Florida, who have also greatly suffered from recent
devastation due to weather events. SoCal's FireAid Benefit Concert will be broadcast live on various platforms, including Apple Music, Apple TV, Max, iHeartRadio, KTLA+,
Netflix / Tudum, Paramount+, Prime Video, and YouTube beginning at 6pm PST. Tickets will go on sale on January 22, 2025, via
Ticketmaster.
---> FireAid Benefit Concert On January 30th. 
audioXpress'
February 2025 Issue
Editorial: Love It Or Hate It, 2025 Is About AI
mh acoustics Eigenmike em64 Sixth-Order Ambisonics Microphone
Sony MDR-M1 Closed Monitor Professional Headphones
Getting Out Of The Ear
A New Op-Amp For Phono Preamps Part 1 — The Design
Modern Op-Amp Distortion Tests Part 2
MEMS Microphones In The Age Of AI
An In-Depth Look At WMAS
Sabine, Models, And Measurements
The Legendary Dynaco ST-70 And ST-70 II Tube Power Amps
And Much More!
---> audioXpress February 2025
Issue.
HDMI Version 2.2 For Hi-Res Immersive Audio And Video
The HDMI Forum, comprised of the world's leading manufacturers of consumer electronics, personal computers, mobile devices, cables, and components, has announced Version 2.2 of the HDMI Specification. The new HDMI Specification delivers enhanced options for the vast HDMI ecosystem, with more advanced solutions to create, distribute, and experience the best end-user outcome.
New technology enables higher quality options now and in the future for content producers while enabling multiple distribution platforms. Higher 96 Gbps bandwidth and
next-generation HDMI Fixed Rate Link technology provide optimal lossless immersive Hi-Res Audio and modern video for a wide range of device
applications.
---> HDMI Version 2.2 For Hi-Res Immersive Audio And Video.
AGD Productions SOLO Limited Edition GaN-Power Monoblock Amplifiers And Andante Mk II Preamplifier / DAC / Phonostage / Music Streamer Review
The apex of musical reproduction in ways no other Class D design has yet achieved.
Review By Dr. Michael Bump
As a classically
trained percussionist / composer whose forte gravitates towards modern chamber
music, I naturally seek out and explore the most current of musical ideas –
Those that delve into sonic territory yet undiscovered. Contemporary percussion
recognizes the fundamental responsibility of the percussionist-as-inventor.
Indeed, we percussionists are creatures donning many hats, an amalgam of
scientists, naturalists, engineers, archeologists, et al, compelled to follow
the sonic siren of our artistic goals, unconventional or otherwise, that
ultimately shapes our art. We are musicians in search of a sound, whose
obsession it is to seek the source and its means of actuation (Yes, in the right
hands, everything is a potential musical instrument!).
--->
AGD Productions SOLO Limited Edition GaN-Power Monoblock Amplifiers And Andante Mk II Preamplifier / DAC / Phonostage / Music Streamer
Review.
Hegel Music Systems H400 Streamliner Review
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
Review By Paul Schumann
One
of the rites of passage into adulthood for my generation was the purchasing of
an audio system. You saved up enough scratch at some point, went down to the
local fi-fi store, and picked out a system. The heart of this system would be
the receiver. It had everything you needed: a phono preamp, tuner, tape loop,
and power amp. All you needed was a turntable with a pre-mounted cartridge and a
pair of speakers, and you were set. If you had some extra cash, you could pick
up a cassette deck to record the "King Biscuit Flour Hour" on the radio. That
sustained many of us until we were compelled to buy a multi-channel home
entertainment system or go into high-end equipment and demote our receiver to
the garage. Eventually, dust, humidity, and father time would take their toll
and our stalwart would give up the ghost.
--->
Hegel Music Systems H400 Streamliner Review.
Triangle
Borea BR03 Connect Monitor Loudspeaker Review
No muss and no fuss for only $699.
Review By Ric Mancuso / Bargain Audiophile
Triangle is an audio company based in France and has been developing and manufacturing
Hi-Fi loudspeakers for more than 40 years. The BR03 CONNECT speaker system is a
lifestyle sound system that incorporates multi-source connectivity offering a
simple and elegant way to listen to music. I own a pair of the BR02 passive
speakers and use them frequently to introduce myself to electronic pairings with
various components. They are used in my stable of speakers, which are of high
efficiency and can reveal the nature of upstream components. In an obtuse way,
they are the canary in the coal mine. Being the Bargain Audiophile that I am, the customer for the
BR03 CONNECT system would be someone(s) who would like a no-fuss way of getting
good sound with the ease of set-up and good value.
--->
Triangle Borea BR03 Connect Monitor Loudspeaker Review.
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