Helsinki HIFI 2024
More room, more sonic successes.
Venturo Hi-Fi
A design icon with an utopian sound system.
Custom Sonic Line Fuses
Custom Sonic Line from Greece has handcrafted a series of effective audio fuses.
Restless fingers
Abstract artist Lars-Gunnar Nordström had one of the largest collections of jazz records in Scandinavia.
Søren Lee
Søren Lee’s tribute to his late wife gives hope to every listener.
Experiments in Concretism
The EMMA exhibition makes a bold attempt to enlighten the diversity of concrete art.
Munich Highend 2024
Omnis and dipoles.
Oskar Heil Kithara
Heil Kithara moves air quickly and efficiently where it matters.
Immersive sound, great music
With an ambitious catalogue, TRPTK presents itself as an audiophile Immersive label.
Poetic narratives of sound
Problematica is India Gailey’s third solo cello album.
Rituals of disembodiment
O Indio’s new album presents two collisions tracked in real time.
Noisy but competent
BW Broadcast RBRX1 FM is a Pro Receiver, and it’s OK.
Dubious images
Communication Grounds, Minh Lan Tran’s first solo exhibition is Paris.
Quad FM4
Among the mid-fi vintage tuners, Quad’s legendary FM4 stands out.
McIntosh MR 78
McIntosh MR 78 must be the most pleasant sounding FM Tuner I’ve ever heard.
INNER congratulates
INNER’s long-time technical expert Mr Pännäri turns 75.
QSA fuses
Kai Ekholm reports of his personal impressions of the QSA fuses.
Robin Audio Oloron Monitor
The new Monitor sports the same technology as the larger model with 1/10th of the price.
Krix – 50th Anniversary
Krix celebrates its 50 years of loudspeaker innovation.
Birds Catching Fire
London-based collective, UKAEA will release its second album end of January.
Émotions Terranaissantes
A solo exhibition by Elise Guillaume at L’Espace Croisé.
Celebrating Barbara Strozzi
Anousha Nazari’s beautiful video-interpretation of Barbara Strozzi’s Eraclito Amoroso.
Revenge EL/PL36 SE Amp
Revenge TV sweep tube SE amplifier was designed to revive the lost chords of music.
Hifi Expo Helsinki 2023
A better show with lesser exhibitioners.
DIY – Do It Yourself
A therapy project turned into a series of innovative instruments.
Wilson Audio AlexxV
A short visit to a dealer shop offered an unforgettable experience.
Robin Audio Oloron
A highend loudspeaker with all the goodies now in its final form.
Pegaso PA50
A purely analog integrated tube amplifier with microcircuits at the bow.
Oscillating everyday objects
When pendulum physics meet digital sound synthesis.
Lights
Alf Carlsson travels in the footsteps of Jan Johansson, but does it in his own way.