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For nearly four decades, Totem Acoustic has been a world leader in combining the utmost in spatial restitution and maintaining an expansive, musically dynamic and involving sound field. This accurate, three-dimensional expansiveness and musical liquidity can be augmented via a smaller chassis design as we have proven through our storied history. The new Totem LOON as its…
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Prices listed in Canadian dollars. Chord Company makes cables and is not to be confused with Chord Electronics known for making bestselling DACs. And Chord Company’s cables have quite the following, which includes me. I have tried 16 pairs of various interconnects and would include their Anthem cables in my top 3 cable products. In…
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Denied her rightful place for decades, Antonia Brico shattered classical music’s gender barriers—from her Berlin Philharmonic debut to mentoring Judy Collins—becoming a pioneering maestra whose legacy still resonates through concert halls and classrooms.
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Prices listed in CA$. As soon as I walked into the Brooklyn Audio room, I started to worry. ‘Oh no,’ I thought. “They have electrostatic speakers!’ Don’t get me wrong, I love flat panel speakers, like the planar-magnetic Magnepans I have at home, but both planars and electrostats are dipole designs, meaning they project sound to…
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On the third day of April in 1956, a spectacle unfolded that was nothing short of a cultural earthquake, with Elvis Presley at its epicenter. This wasn’t your garden-variety television appearance; it was an event that would ricochet through the annals of music and television history, leaving an indelible mark on the fabric of American…
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In this interview, Chad Kassem recounts his journey from a halfway house in Kansas to founding Acoustic Sounds, sharing how personal struggles, a passion for blues, and a relentless pursuit of quality helped revive vinyl’s prestige.
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Prices listed in CA$. Like in all the other rooms, the Motet room was playing music when I walked in. I waited to take the seat dead center and when I did, I slipped on my critical listening hat. Right after the song that was playing ended, as luck would have it, the next two…
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The world’s first ultraportable DAC with K2HD Technology
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Sonus faber and IsoAcoustics have worked together to optimize the decoupling of the new Sonus faber Suprema flagship speaker system retailing for US$750,000. This 2.2 system consists of two main speaker columns, two subwoofers, an active crossover and employs IsoAcoustics GAIA-Capsule isolators in its base to mitigate vibrations. Markham, Ontario, 19th March 2024 – IsoAcoustics…
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Prices listed in CA$. I loved the ArtistCloner room, the simultaneously industrial, psychedelic, and archaic decor, the whimsical outfits of the two hosts, designer / owner Sylvio and his colleague / wife Isabelle. ArtistCloner stood out, not just aesthetically, but sonically. Their room sounded amazing. The sound was warm yet tight. It was colourful, fast,…
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On the eve of March 28, 1842, Vienna—a city already buzzing with the whispers of musical innovation and cultural renaissance—was about to witness an event that would carve a new cornerstone into its artistic edifice. The Imperial Opera Theater, a beacon of operatic and symphonic excellence, set the stage for a concert that would mark…
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A zero-gravity chamber promising “weightless sound” has become the latest obsession among audiophiles, blending luxury, pseudoscience, and orbital listening societies into a surreal new frontier of musical immersion.
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Montreal, Canada – March 22, 2024 – The release of Vivaldi & Piazzolla: The Four Seasonsrepresents a significant milestone in the fusion of classical and modern music. Featuring Canadian violin virtuoso Isabella d’Éloize Perron, the dynamic conductor Francis Choiniere, and the FILMharmonic Orchestra, this album breathes new life into the revered compositions of Vivaldi and…
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Diving into the whirlwind recording session of The Beatles’ debut album “Please Please Me” is akin to unearthing a time capsule filled with musical marvels, quirky anecdotes, and the birth of legends. This album, crafted in a single day’s sprint on March 22, 1963, at Abbey Road Studios, is a tapestry woven with tales of…
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In this Copper Magazine piece, Paul McGowan argues that specs alone can’t capture what makes music magical—highlighting the emotional pull, holographic soundstage, and personal ritual that define the audiophile experience.
