High End 2017: Key Kim Report

June 7, 2017

Munich High End 2017. The world’s biggest and most popular high-end audio trade show happened once again. And once again it was wonderfully exciting.  This year’s exquisite demos and products from all over the world proved once again why this is my favorite show. Clement Perry (CP) and I arrived on the first day (Thursday […]

Dolby Atmos: New Dimensions in Sight and Sound

June 29, 2015

  While working out the details of my upcoming review of the KEF R300 stand-mount loudspeaker, the good folks at KEF (US) alerted me to an event that is the subject of this preview: the June 4, 2015 Orlando unveiling of an incredible Dolby Atmos THX-based surround sound/home theater system in genuine high end implementation. […]

Munich 2015: The Greatest Show on Earth: page 2

May 19, 2015

Munich 2015: The Greatest Show On Earth!

May 19, 2015

Munich High End 2015 This year’s High End 2015 , held each May in Munich, Germany is high-end audio’s equivalent of The Ringling Bros Barnum and Bailey Circus. And like Greatest Show on Earth, High End 2015 is arguably the biggest and most attractive show of its kind. It caters to high-end audio fanatics from […]

NY Audio Show 2014

October 10, 2014

Brookly, NY. Known for its iconic Brooklyn Bridge, Coney Island Cyclone, the New York Aquarium the newly established Brooklyn Nets basketball team, more recently Brooklyn was all abuzz once again as it played host to the 3rd annual NY Audio Show last month. I was born and raised there so, as an avid fan of […]

CES 2014 Dave Thomas

February 2, 2014

    advertiser Well, it finally happened. Every year that I plan to attend the Consumer Electronics Show and T.H.E. Show in Las Vegas, I always say a little prayer that the weather will cooperate and I will be able to get out of Chicago’s O’Hare Airport without incident. Sadly, this year a record breaking […]

Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2013c

October 28, 2013

The Art of Sound Roksan showed off from their Oxygene integrated ($5k) with a laser-engraved exterior from featured artist Jay Paul Apodaca.    Dick Diamond of YG Acoustics (left) and Joe Kubala (right) can always be found right outside the GTT Audio Audio/Video suite. This year’s setup and sonics were as impressive as anytime before […]

Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2013a

October 22, 2013

Adjacent to the AAudio suite was the PrimRose suite that featured HiFi Imports. Darrin O’Neill is the person responsible for turning my on FM Acoustics. Heard it right in this very suite some years back and simple marveled at its overall liquidity and sparkle. A rare component indeed. This year, there was no FM Acoustics […]

2013 Rocky Mountain Audio Fest

October 18, 2013

Time sure flies. This year’s Rocky Mountain Audio Fest celebrated its 10th anniversary in the mile high city. If my calculations are correct, this year’s visit served as my 8th straight, and I personally enjoy this particular event so much, I wouldn’t mind doing another eight! The RMAF is reminiscent of CES in the early […]

Capital Audio Fest 2013

October 1, 2013

  Ok… I had been to this show several times before. It was fun from a audiophile nerd’s perspective, close to home, and an easy truck down 95 South and around the Capital Beltway, so why not volunteer to cover the show again. I was sure it would be another pleasant experience. BUT, hold on […]