Archives: Hi-Fi

Milan TOP Audio 1995 Show Report

Fi Magazine and posted in Hi-Fi, Show Reports

Held every September at the Quark Hotel in Milan, TOP Audio is one of the shows to attend during the “European season”. It takes place smack in the middle — the season starts in August with the German shows and … Continue reading →

Stereophile Show, Chicago 1999

Inside Hi-Fi and posted in Hi-Fi, Show Reports

OK, so you’re all wondering how our own Wendy Griffiths upheld the magazine’s honour during her Chicago debut, as a guest on the ‘Women In Audio’ panel. You’ll be pleased to know that she impressed all by being articulate (Yanks … Continue reading →

Mondo Audio: Speakers and Style

Audio 3/1996 and posted in Hi-Fi, Columns

Bill Clinton’s actions in the Country Formerly Known As Prince, er, Yugoslavia might have restored Americans’ faith in the USA’s global image, but he really didn’t have to prove anything. (I’d like to think that his intervention was motivated by … Continue reading →

Mondo Audio: Las Vegas CES 1995 Follow-Up

Audio and posted in Hi-Fi, Show Reports, Columns

Just what the audio community needed: a smash hit. Given that even the industry’s most Pollyanna-like naif would have had a hard time smiling through the catastrophe that was the 1994 Summer CES, the January event in Las Vegas seemed … Continue reading →

Raymond Cooke’s Final Interview

Audio and posted in Hi-Fi, Interviews

One of the first names mentioned when Gene Pitts suggested a series of interviews with British audio legends was Raymond Cooke, founder and Life President of KEF. In late 1994, I met with Raymond at the KEF factory in Maidstone, … Continue reading →

Mondo Audio: CES Chicago 1995

Audio and posted in Hi-Fi, Show Reports, Columns

Public relations types develop incredible methods for being economical with the truth: they employ unbridled chutzpah. They demonstrate a nervelessness, an arrogance and a method of full-frontal attack that leaves the observer breathless. In some cases, they leave us impressed … Continue reading →

TDL Studio 1m

Audio and posted in Reviews - Loudspeakers

Doncha just love loyalty? In a world where the number of practitioners of transmission-line loudspeaker design can be counted on one hand, it’s nice to note that such die-hards as these remain unshakeable in their devotion. And that’s after years … Continue reading →

Mondo Audio: European Show Reports

Audio 12/1994 and posted in Show Reports, Columns

Europe likes to think of itself as one giant, happy trade zone. And so it is in many ways, what with the disappearance of trade boundaries, internal duty charges and the like. But it still consists of a number of … Continue reading →

1994 Chicago CES Report

Audio 10/1994 and posted in Show Reports

Arms waving to clear away the unsettled dust, I’m struck by the chaos following in the wake of the summer Consumer Electronics Show. Allegedly the last to be held in Chicago, it has inspired the usual half-full/half-empty responses depending upon … Continue reading →

Mondo Audio: China Report

Audio and posted in Show Reports, Columns

Witnessing a revolution: heavy-duty stuff for one whose mis-spent youth involved being part of one. A mere ten days in the People’s Republic of China was enough to convince me that something’s happening there, and what it is ain’t exactly … Continue reading →