Coming of age
Penaudio now celebrating its 20th Anniversary, Sami Penttilä looks back to the youth, his own and the company’s.
Auditory hedonism
In addition to audio and music, Penaudio’s head designer Sami Penttilä has a soft spot for other finer things in life.
Penaudio Cenya and Rebel Three
Two past reviews of Penaudio’s cool looking stand-mount and floorstanding loudspeaker.
Sinfonia, Sinfonietta and Sonata Signature
Penaudio’s new flagship Sonata Signature draws from the experience gained with the two former top models.
Honorable sound from Denmark
A record number of exhibitors participated in the Copenhagen HighEnd 2019 fair.
No longer with us
Ken Ishiwata passed away leaving a lasting impression on the highend-hifi, not only with his Signature devices, but also with his colorful personality.
South America meets the Baltics
Two modern musical pioneers, Robert Jürjendal and Miguel Noya, combine their ethnic background and musical forces in their new album The Power of Distance.
Northen sounds
The nature itself as the main artist, humans merely accompanying as featuring artists.
Noise perceivers
Industrial designer and sound-enthusiast Lola Mijouin is not indifferent about noises.
Radio live
Rava vavàra is an experimental radio broadcast and sound art/sound poetry project created by Italian artist Eva Macali.
A full-range ESL from Russia
The mighty Statik-2M electrostatic loudspeaker was born as a by-product of the military industry.
Copenhagen Highend 2019
The Novotel Fair in Paris just closed, the Warsaw Fair two weeks ahead, it’s time to direct the sight and steps to Copenhagen where the annual HighEnd Show will be held this weekend for the 22nd time in a row.
Complexity of hi-fi design
How to design electronic devices to people who not only are ambivalent about design/outer appearances but often openly hostile to it?
Horns at art’s service
A sound artist Yuri Suzuki unveils a new participatory artwork at Tuner Contemporary. Once again horns occupy the lead role.
Bodily music to the letter
One-plus-one-is-three performs using EEG signals to control sounds, lights and images.
Stay tuned with the tube
Audiolici A1/A25 integrated amp adapts to the musical taste of the listener. Just swap the output tubes.
Helsinki Hi-Fi 2019
Snapshots. Quick thoughts.
Highend from Scandinavia – Part III
Extracts from the Copenhagen, Stockholm and Helsinki Highend Shows. Part III: Helsinki-Vantaa
Burson Audio Timekeeper
Just a few observations on the Timekeeper driving a half a dozen of loudspeakers, of different kind.
Highend from Scandinavia – Part II
Extracts from the Copenhagen, Stockholm and Helsinki Highend Shows. Part II: Stockholm.
Highend from Scandinavia: Part I
Extracts from the Copenhagen, Stockholm and Helsinki Highend Shows. Part I: Copenhagen.
Speaker park
Speaker Park steers thoughts away from the commercial hi-fi markets.
INNER under spotlight
Yours truly interviewed by the High Fidelity magazine for their “The Editors” series.
In the shadow of Schubert and Beethoven
Georg von Wright is widely known for his enormous contribution to the philosophy of the 20th century. But what do we know about his relation to music? And sound, if any?
Men, masculinity and technology
Two recent independent exhibitions reflected masculinity. Neither of them too optimistically.
Hypostatic Indigenum
Fundamental reality and the original, Absolute Dimension pursues both with its unusual magnetostatic loudspeaker Hypostatic Indigenum.
What is it that he loves?
Hi-Fi seems to be thoroughly gendered.
Captiva
Zeena Parkins’ latest album makes captivating listening.
Musical value and its reproduction
In the article Jules L. Coleman criticizes putting the fidelity to the recording first and suggests that the true aim of our hobby should be some musical point.
