October 28, 2006
Rocky Mountain AudioFest 2006
One result of the fire was that I suddenly had more time on my hands than anticipated, so I began working on a couple of loudspeaker projects that had been in the back of my mind for some time. We showed two of these loudspeakers at the Rocky Mountain AudioFest 2006 in Denver. Here are some links to online photos and commentary about the loudspeakers we displayed:
- Stereophile's Jason Victor Serinus wrote up his impressions when he auditioned the Jazz Modules:
"Even with only two days of break-in [...] the speakers threw a huge soundstage, and sounded remarkably full, warm and luscious in the midrange"
- Audioasylum show report quote:
"A nice two-way using the 11" TAD and a conical 1" horn driver top end… IMO the best value at the show."
- AudioCircle's FMAF forum has a nice comments about my speakers:
"I was also very impressed by the AudioKineses speakers, especially the ones in the AtmaSphere room (which was the cheaper of the two). That was an extremely good-sounding and reasonably-priced setup."
- Enjoy the music has a brief write-up in their show report (search for JazzModule or AudioKinesis near middle) :
"[...] the JazzModule looks imposing but the sound is nimble, full-range and very impressive. Driven by the NTV amplifier from Richard Grey, they had one of the very best sounding rooms at the show."
- AudioXSell's photo gallery from the Stormbringer room
- AudioXSell's photo gallery from the Jazz Module room
- SoundStage's show coverage has a photo of me and a Jazz Module at the bottom of the page.
December 14, 2005
A Regrettable Incendiant...
In July 2005 AudioKinesis relocated from New Orleans, Louisiana to Preston, Idaho (just north of Logan, Utah). For those of you familiar with “Napoleon Dynamite”, we’re just around the corner from Pedro’s house.
Our plan was to open a retail space in downtown Preston, divided between my wife’s health supplement/floral/gift shop and my audio business. We leased a space, had it custom rennovated, and moved into it while waiting on the local city council to approve our business license (which took five weeks - they only meet every three weeks and we were left off the agenda the first time).
On December 13, 2005, the day after the city council met and approved our application, the building we had moved into burned to the ground. Since the letter granting our license application (which we needed to get insurance coverage) was actually in the mail at the time of the fire, none of our losses were covered by insurance. The fire started at the rear of the building (not in my space) and a faulty light fixture is suspected as the cause.