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Get an insider’s view of the Toronto Audiofest in our specially curated articles! Find in-depth coverage of various exhibitors, and uncover the latest brands making waves in the industry. Our category is your backstage pass to the latest and greatest in audio equipment showcased at Toronto’s top audio event!
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TAF2023: Moon by Simaudio, Bowers & Wilkins, Cardas Audio, Tidal
Prices are listed in CA$. Moon by Simaudio’s new flagship series, the North Collection, will comprise six models in all, four of which will gradually be rolled out in the coming months, and two of which were released this month in time for the Toronto show. Powering a pair of 3-way, 90dB-sensitive Bowers & Wilkins…
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TAF2023: Hegel, Magnepan, Analysis Plus
Prices listed in CA$. The Hegel room was showing off its Viking CD player ($6000), on static display when I visited, and 308Wpc, dual mono, DAC-equipped H600 integrated amplifier ($15,000). The source was FLAC files streamed from a laptop hard drive, while the speakers were Magnepan’s model 3.7i ($11,875/pair), which looked taller to me, and…
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TAF2023: Vinyl Sound, Thorens, Accuphase, MoFi, Fleetwood, Furutech, Ortofon, Norstone
Prices listed in CA$. Some systems sound so effortlessly musical, so capable of preserving the music’s essence and soul, that while listening to them I tell myself that I’d be happy living with such a system for a very long time. Accordingly, I tell myself that this is my type of system, this is the…
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TAF2023: Lenbrook, DALI, NAD, Kimber Kable
Prices are listed in CA$. Since DALI released its $150,000/pair flagship Kore loudspeaker over a year ago, I’ve seen it consistently demoed with NAD electronics, to good effect. This match-up always delivered powerful sound, authentic tone, and a huge soundstage. At this show, the Kore was supplanted by the company’s latest model in the series,…
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TAF2023: American Sound, Audio Research, Rethm, Qobuz, Transparent Cable, AudioQuest
I can’t imagine bigger audio news this year than that of Audio Research filing for something akin to a Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Fearing that such an iconic company – one I always took for granted as being indestructible – might possibly go under and disappear from the audio landscape was disheartening and unsettling to me.…
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TAF2023: PSB Speaker, NAD, AudioQuest
Prices listed are in CA$. You might assume that my mood darkened when a bass beat began pounding through my hotel room wall from the adjacent room while I was trying to concentrate on my writing, but it was the opposite. My mood was lifted. Swayed by the music’s tribal pulsations and sense of immediacy,…
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TAF2023: Le Studio du Son, XTZ, Tough Nut Audio, Zidoo, Sona
Prices listed are in CA$. You want a simple-to-use system that sounds great, doesn’t clutter your room, and won’t break the bank? If you’re nodding yes, then the system being demoed in Le Studio du Son’s room just might be up your alley, especially if you don’t like big, heavy, inefficient amplification but do want…
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TAF2023: The Toronto Audiofest is here!
I’ll be covering so much cool stuff it’ll make you feel like you’re here, covering the show with me.