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NYAV12: Sound by Singer presents Verity, VAC, Playback Designs
Sound By Singer‘s Andrew Singer put on a double-feature at the NYAV Show. On the center-right stage was a demo by Verity and VAC that played to a standing-room-only crowd — unless you waited in line....
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RMAF12: VAC and Gershman
Kevin Hayes of VAC makes some truly remarkable gear — it just looks great and sounds even better. Sadly, this gear commands a price that respects that level of performance … and if wishes were purchase...
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CES 2013: VAC
Anyone else have a tube fetish, or is it just me? I mean, aside from Kevin Hayes of VAC. He’s clearly lovin’ hisself some thermionic goodness. Mmm hmmm! Kevin’s one of those fixtures at audio shows,...
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CES 2013: Talon
Talon Loudspeakers is one of those brands that occasionally crops up in Internet forums, you know, whenever someone starts a flame war over “the best loudspeakers ever”. I’ve never had a chance to demo...
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RMAF 2013: Endeavor Audio Engineering Presents Dean Peer
This is our third show report in five months, which means that Kirsten and I have started to develop some regular habits. The most obvious habit is that we play a familiar game when we get home. It’s a...
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RMAF 2013: Tannoy and VAC
Hi, everybody. My name is Mal, and I have a Tannoy problem. I have it mostly under control these days. I accept that there may be other speaker brands. I can even say nice things about some of them....
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RMAF 2013: Wrapping it up, Kirsten’s Best In Show
I don’t habitually do a “best in show” thing, especially when I know I haven’t actually had opportunity to listen to everything available. But RMAF is so dauntingly huge that I really want to take the...
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CES 2014: What’s Up?
I’m not going to CES this year. Sorry. Couldn’t do it. It’s not that I didn’t want to go. I did (God help me), and still do! It’s a lot of fun, there’s a ton of new products, and I have a … Continue...
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Newport 2014: Chapman Audio Systems meets VAC, results in glory
Chapman Audio Systems is re-introducing their T-7 speaker for a new generation. This loudspeaker, originally produced from 1981-2001, has been reissued with updated components and the option for some...
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New York 2014: Focal and VAC go B-I-G
I like to joke about big speakers being some kind of compensation thing, but the truth is, they have a distinctive sonic presence that’s just impossible to fake. They sound, not to put too fine a point...
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RMAF 2014: VAC versus the Real Thing
By John Stancavage Valve Amplification Company was spinning one great LP after another at RMAF 2014, when suddenly an attractive blond woman on the first row jumped out of her seat. “Where did you get...
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RMAF 2014 Roundup, Part 2: Big Rooms with Big Speakers
by Darryl Lindberg VAC, Apex Audio: Focal Grande Uptopia EM The two large rooms featuring the Focal Grande Utopia EMs—VAC and Axis—produced fine sounds, as you’d expect, given prices asked for this...
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AXPONA 2016: Blue Smoke locates Black Box
Usually in the high-end, “blue smoke” is not something you want to hear in the same sentence as “tubes.” Unless, of course, we’re talking about Blue Smoke Entertainment Systems and their AXPONA 2016...
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Newport 2016: Nola, VAC soar into the atmosphere
When I entered the Nola/Valve Amplification Co. room at T.H.E. show in Newport, a distinctive repeating pattern of delicately plucked notes began playing. As the rhythm line continued on the acoustic...
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RMAF 2016: VAC, Harbeth Make the BBC Proud
I occasionally stumble across an album I haven’t played in decades, and a quick spin brings back the high school or college memories of where I was, what I was doing and which girl (or girls) I had a...
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RMAF 2016 Wrap: Mission Accomplished/Best of Show
Escaping on the last jet out of Denver after the close of Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2016, I felt a little like the nervous spy-support staff member Faisil in the 1994 movie “True Lies.” Reporting on...
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AXPONA 2017: Von Schweikert and VAC go big, listeners go home envious
It’s always fascinating to see what speaker makers come up with when cost is no object. I’m not referring to the many models out there that use expensive drivers, top-shelf parts or intricate cabinets....
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High End 2017: Von Schweikert Audio goes ultra
I can tell when I get to speak to smart people and Damon Von Schweikert with Leif Swanson gave me that impression, of knowing what they are doing and better yet, knowing that brute force is not the...
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AXPONA 2017: Lee’s Best of Show
This year’s AXPONA was the second one I attended and I thought it was a very well produced event. Many manufacturers were represented and attendance appeared very healthy. And there is no shortage of...
View ArticleRMAF 2017: VAC has Renaissance with Tannoy
It’s not uncommon to hear an audio manufacturer boast that a less-expensive model benefits from “trickle-down technology” developed for a flagship, or that the humble product “shares the same DNA.” In...
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