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RMAF 2012 Recap!
Janice and Ric Mancuso attended the 2012 Rocky Mountain Audiofest this past weekend (10/12-14), and here is their recap: The Denver show featured 431 exhibitors in 174 rooms, 41 vendors (including the Acoustic Sounds booth which featured RR!), and 35 CANJAM booths (headphone and personal audio). Computer Audio was the hot topic among the many seminars, and there was some great praise from industry folks and panel leaders for RR and Keith O. Johnson getting…
Reference Recordings at the California Audio Show
This weekend at the Crowne Plaza in San Francisco, Tam Henderson and Marcia Martin will be guest panelists at the California Audio Show. They will join panelists Bruce Brisson, Tim Brisson, Cookie Morenco, Paule Stubblebine, and Tony Weber on the MIT Cables Discussion Panel to talk about “Listening to the Science of Audio” and “The Sonic Benefits of High Resolution Audio.” If you’re in the area, make sure to swing by www.caaudioshow.com to register for…
The Absolute Sound calls Delibes album an Instant Audiophile Classic
The Absolutes Sound hails our recent release Delibes: Sylvia & Coppélia an “instant audiophile classic.” From The Absolute Sound: “For 30 years, “Professor” Keith Johnson and reference Recordings have provided audiophiles with orchestral spectaculars to challenge high-end systems. This new CD of two perennially popular ballet favorites could be their best yet. The sense of individual instruments, or groups of instruments —say, four French horns— occupying their own space, is uncanny.The scaling of those instruments…
Reference Recordings’ CES 2011 Report
Reference Recordings’ Sean Martin brings you our CES 2011 Report: Well, another beginning of the year has gone by and in the blink of an eye so has CES/THE show. As usual the exhibits were a blur of too many incredibly interesting ideas and not enough time to check them all out. Reference Recordings titles were being sold at our Canadian distributor Liberty Trading’s booth in the Flamingo Hotel. Marcia and I did our best…
A Fun Timeline by J. Gordon Holt
We just wanted to share this fun timeline published originally by J. Gordon Holt of Stereophile Magazine. We just thought some timeline perspective would be fun as we prepare to roll back out LPs this year and as we prepare to launch our very first…we can’t spoil that surprise yet sorry… Where We Are and How We Got Here By J. Gordon Holt • March, 1982 As another Consumer Electronics Show rolls around, we are…
A Fun Vote from Stereophile Magazine
We wanted to share a link from our friends at Stereophile Magazine for their Vote section. The Vote is “What is the source component you use most in your home system?“ And you have to choose from: CD player ComputerMedia serverDVD-Audio or SACD playerTurntableTunerOther So, we thought it would be a good one to share. So make sure to go to the Stereophile Magazine Vote section and submit your vote! You can tell US your…
Something to Share
Hey Audiophile Fans, here’s something from the Audiophile Blogger at CNET that we thought we would share with you: There have always been good- and bad-sounding recordings, and advances in technology haven’t really tilted the balance all that much, but they’ve changed the playing field. Musicians and bands no longer have to go into a high-priced studio to make a decent recording. If you fancy yourself as any kind of recording engineer here’s your chance…
Britten’s Orchestra Review – Audiophilia
Today we would like to share a review of Britten’s Orchestra from Anthony Kershaw at Audiohilia: the Online Journal for the Serious Audiophile: Britten’s Orchestra — Stern/Kansas City Symphony/Reference Recordingsby Anthony Kershaw Its fourth music director, Michael Stern (son of violinist, Issac), has secured the recording services of Reference Recordings and the amazing recording engineer, Prof. Keith Johnson. Johnson’s recordings with Reference are legendary. Audiophiles know and love them, the mainstream should follow suit. The…
The Home Entertainment Show 2010 – Las Vegas
Okay Audiophiles, it’s time to mark your calendars! January 7th – 10th, 2010 is The Home Entertainment Show in Las Vegas! This is another great chance to see the world of everything hi-fi. Just like the Rocky Mountain Audiofest, we want to see you there, so we thought we’d give you all the information with enough time to make your plans! All information can be found at theshowlasvegas.comAbout The Home Entertainment Show T.H.E. Show has…