The Home Entertainment (THE) Show 2022 is on this weekend in Long Beach, CA. Last year's show was very small. This year's version is supposed to be bigger, with a dedicated headphone area called The Headphonium. Impressions to come.

Microsoft introduced their original Surface Headphones a couple of years back, and they just introduced their new model, creatively called Surface Headphones 2. I tried the first model at a Microsoft Store but didn’t like it – the treble sounded too harsh and strident for me. However, my company...

There doesn’t seem to be a dedicated thread to discuss the excellent and often-overlooked (it seems) Woo Audio WA3 amplifier, so I thought I’d start one. I hear the WA3 is being discontinued by Woo Audio, which is a shame. The WA3 is a great amplifier for the right headphones. The WA3 is a...

What better way to celebrate the 2020 Leap Day than a mini-meet at The Source AV? I was very excited to be able to hear the new Dan Clark Audio Aeon 2 Open and Closed, and I’ll write my impressions in the respective threads. The short version is that they are both very good, and less different...

This year THE Show moved to Long Beach and had grown quite a bit from last year. This year the show had rooms on six floors at the Long Beach Hilton hotel. I thought the venue was quite nice – easy to get to and easy to navigate. There was even a hospitality suite that served sandwiches around...

T.H.E. Show has had an interesting history over the last couple of years. After being held every year for several years in Newport Beach (not really in Newport, but that’s what they called it) it moved to Irvine in 2016. In 2017 there was a competing LA Audio Show (LAAS) held near LAX airport...

This is a thread for impressions from the LA Audio Show that's happening on June 2-4 at the Sheraton LAX. I spent a couple of hours there today and I plan to go back tomorrow for a longer visit. I will post more impressions then. Here are a few quick tidbits from today: I visited the Audeze...