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Pacific Audio Fest 2023, Part Four

Carol Clark — Sat, 05 Aug 2023 20:30:29 +0000

The last few rooms, and some pictures from around the hotel. It's an interesting place. Dan Wright, me, and Marc Phillips. The ModWright room is one where you can easily sit and feel welcomed by Dan and his staff. Spatial Audio. Another shot of VAC. Conversing with Kevin Hayes. Not quite sure what these chairs... Read More »

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Pacific Audio Fest 2023, Part Three

Carol Clark — Mon, 31 Jul 2023 15:34:56 +0000

Continuing our coverage. The Tektons really showed what they can do. Miller Carbon, Origin Live, Townshend Audio, Soundsmith, Atma-sphere, Heartsound. MarkAudio-SOTA. Audiophiles we encountered. David, Jay, and Conor. They were having a great time wandering the hallways. They knew us by name! Hate that sort of thing... Cabasse, Upscale Distribution. Linear Tube Audio MicroZOTL preamplifier,... Read More »

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Pacific Audio Fest 2023, Part Two

Carol Clark — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 20:25:23 +0000

Continuing on with our coverage. Angel City Audio, EverSolo, Melody, Motet Distribution. Good sounding room. Hugh Nguyen, ACA. A truly loving guy! Bella Sound. Sound was... pretty good with the right music. Genesis Advanced Technologies, Profundo Audio, Merrill Audio Advanced Technology. Genesis Advanced Technologies, Profundo Audio, Merrill Audio Advanced Technology. Genesis Advanced Technologies, Profundo Audio,... Read More »

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Pacific Audio Fest 2023, Part One

Carol Clark — Thu, 27 Jul 2023 20:56:17 +0000

Pacific Audio Fest, Doubletree Hilton adjacent to SeaTac Airport. Great weather, nice flight via Alaska Airlines, wonderful room. This is like our 50th show in the past 35 years. Something like that, hard to remember them all. But after all these years we have learned that for the most part, rooms will reflect the music... Read More »

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Pacific Audio Fest, Part Four

Carol Clark — Fri, 05 Aug 2022 17:08:14 +0000

Continuing on with our coverage of the Pacific Audio Fest. Songer Audio, Whammerdyne. Images below. Simply stunning products. Clearly "not another black box with a knob" thing. Plus, for another single-driver room, it sounded rather good. Beautiful. Ansuz, Aavik, Børresen, a second room. Images below. Peter Hansen with Alan Kafton doing his best to not... Read More »

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Pacific Audio Fest, Part Three

Carol Clark — Fri, 05 Aug 2022 16:33:57 +0000

Continuing our coverage of the Pacific Audio Fest. Please keep in mind that at any show you are not listening to a speaker, amp, or whatever... but a system in a hotel room playing whatever music that is playing at the time. Whether something you like or don't, something well recorded or not. So yeah.... Read More »

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Pacific Audio Fest, Part Two

Carol Clark — Thu, 04 Aug 2022 19:07:38 +0000

Continuing on with our coverage of the Pacific Audio Fest. ModWright, Seattle Hi-Fi, SME, Revel, Cardas Audio. Images below. Pictured below is Dan's new Analog Bridge. It adds a tube quality to any solid-state device. As always, we had a great time catching up with Kristin Vittitoe and Dan Wright. Daedalus Audio, LampizatOr, WyWires, VAC.... Read More »

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Pacific Audio Fest, Part One

Carol Clark — Thu, 04 Aug 2022 18:38:31 +0000

The inaugural Pacific Audio Fest, July 29 - 30, 2022, in Seattle, Washington was a lot of fun. For many attendees it was the first time out among audio friends since 2019. A good time was had by all, and there seemed to be a fair amount of foot traffic. Dave and I managed to... Read More »

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Revisiting Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2016

Carol Clark — Sat, 01 May 2021 16:06:26 +0000

We are hopeful that audio shows will return some time soon. In the mean time, take a trip down memory lane with this look back at RMAF 2016. Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four

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Audio Show Flashback: CES 2003

Carol Clark — Fri, 01 Jan 2021 17:25:37 +0000

Until there are some new shows to attend, we continue our look back at shows from years gone by. For many, many years, audio industry folks from around the globe descended in Las Vegas for the Consumer Electronic Show. Here's a look back at 2003. Dave Glackin and Carol Clark From Dave and Carol Clark:... Read More »

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A Look Back at Klipsch Pilgrimage, 2017

Carol Clark — Sun, 01 Nov 2020 16:01:48 +0000

Robert Schryer and Dave Mallette report: A Story about Speakers, People, and Hope. Read about it HERE

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In Search of a Perfect Song, Part 9

Carol Clark — Thu, 08 Oct 2020 22:20:13 +0000

These Perfect Song articles have moved beyond my original intent: So, what is a perfect song? In my opinion, a perfect song touches you on many different levels. It goes beyond simply how it sounds into the more ethereal boundaries of how it makes you feel. It is a melding of music, lyrics, vocals, and... Read More »

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Rocky Mountain Audio Fest

Carol Clark — Tue, 01 Sep 2020 15:53:47 +0000

Sadly, the 16th annual Rocky Mountain Audio Fest, which was set for October in Denver, has been cancelled due to the Covid 19 pandemic. RMAF 2021 is scheduled for October 8 - 10, and you can read more about that here. We thought it would be fun to go back and look at the first... Read More »

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Audio Show Flashback: CES 2010

Carol Clark — Wed, 01 Jul 2020 16:47:59 +0000

Because the Coronavirus has halted audio shows for the foreseeable future, we thought it might be fun to go back and revisit some shows from days gone by. I believe this is the last CES that Dave and I attended. Carol and Mark O'Brien of Rogue Audio. We can all agree that 2009 was a... Read More »

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In Search of a Perfect Song, Part 8

Carol Clark — Wed, 01 Apr 2020 21:26:42 +0000

This edition of my Perfect Song series is sub-titled: The Coronavirus Edition. Many of us find ourselves self-isolating, or social distancing. We have been told the only way to flatten the curve is to stay at home, because we're "safer at home." For someone like me, a cancer survivor and lung surgery survivor, it makes... Read More »

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In Search of a Perfect Song, The Astell & Kern Edition

Carol Clark — Tue, 28 Jan 2020 17:37:06 +0000

By now, readers of this series have realized that it's a means for me to discuss songs I really like. In previous articles, these are songs that send a shiver down my spine, and I have outlined many times what I mean by that. I've also discussed the fact that these songs aren't "favorite" songs,... Read More »

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In Search of a Perfect Song, Part 6

Carol Clark — Fri, 06 Dec 2019 01:35:04 +0000

Something not so secret about me, I'm more interested in the music than the gear. I've documented elsewhere that I do acknowledge that better gear produces better music, but when it's all boiled down, I get distracted listening to gear because I'm identifying with the music. Granted, there are times when I listen to a... Read More »

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RMAF 2019 Photo Essay Part 6

Carol Clark — Sat, 14 Sep 2019 20:37:04 +0000

Continuing on with our coverage of RMAF 2019. All photos by Dave Clark, text by Carol Clark. This music lover loves Qobuz! Head Space! We visited the Head Space exhibits on Saturday, we heard the busiest day was Friday. Gautam Raja of Upscale Audio striking a pose! Bevin Mehrbach of ZMF Headphones. Glad to see... Read More »

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RMAF 2019 Photo Essay Part 5

Carol Clark — Sat, 14 Sep 2019 18:47:06 +0000

Continuing on with our coverage of RMAF 2019. All photos by Dave Clark, text by Carol Clark. Lumin AMP, Vivid Audio Giya G2, Lumin T-2 network music player and X-1 network music player. Lumin AMPs. Lumin music players. Innuos ZENith. Spectacular Innuos room. YG Vantage loudspeakers in the Innuos room. From Innuous: ZENith Mk3 music... Read More »

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RMAF 2019 Photo Essay Part 4

Carol Clark — Fri, 13 Sep 2019 21:26:47 +0000

Continuing on with our coverage of RMAF 2019. All photos by Dave Clark, text by Carol Clark. Well Pleased AV, a standout room at the show. Featuring Vinnie Rossi, Innuos, and QLN. QLN Prestige Three SE loudspeakers. Vinnie Rossi integrated, and Innuos music server. Vinnie Rossi L2i-SE integrated amplifier. Vinnie Rossi. Very accommodating, he handed... Read More »

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RMAF 2019 Photo Essay Part 3

Carol Clark — Fri, 13 Sep 2019 19:35:53 +0000

Continuing on with our coverage of RMAF 2019. All photos by Dave Clark, text by Carol Clark. Liked this! Klipsch room. The first Klipsch room. A second Klipsch room. Kanto Audio, this room sounded great! Kanto Audio TUK bookshelf loudspeakers. PrimaLuna, Pathos, Tannoy, Teliks, Sbooster, Kiseki. Static display. PrimaLuna, Feliks, Tannoy. A room worth a... Read More »

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RMAF 2019 Photo Essay Part 2

Carol Clark — Thu, 12 Sep 2019 23:25:40 +0000

Continuing on with our coverage of RMAF 2019. All photos by Dave Clark, text by Carol Clark. Uh, these sealed the deal on how good things could be at RMAF... stellar in every way. $39,000 a pair with their own internal tri-amplification and "DSP" room correction. Price includes delivery and calibration to your room by... Read More »

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RMAF 2019 Photo Essay Part 1

Carol Clark — Thu, 12 Sep 2019 23:22:48 +0000

The sixteenth annual Rocky Mountain Audio Fest kicked off a month early, and in a new location: The Gaylord Rockies. As with any audio show, there were pluses and minuses, but it never does anyone any good to focus on the negative. Marjorie Baumert again proved herself ready to meet any challenge, and able to... Read More »

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Women in Audio

Carol Clark — Wed, 31 Jul 2019 18:16:01 +0000

This article originally ran in Issue 41 of Positive Feedback, January/February 2009. This was the precursor to my last article, HERE. So …what do you want to be when you grow up? When I was in the first grade my class took a field trip to the fire station. At the time I thought... Read More »

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My Journey Into Audio

Carol Clark — Mon, 08 Jul 2019 23:04:52 +0000

I heard an interesting theory last year at the California Audio Show. Basically, I was informed that women aren't audiophiles because they're not wired that way. It seems boys spend time with their fathers working on cars, taking things apart and putting them back together, and are thus programmed to be gear heads. Girls, on... Read More »

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