Retail Price: $2,495 per pair There was a time when you could walk through Circuit City or other major electronics retailers and see speakers similar to MartinLogan’s ElectroMotion ELS on display alongside all of the traditional cones-in-cabinets speakers. These days, though, there’s a good chance that a young first-time homeowner could look at the company’s latest entry-level hybrid-electrostatic loudspeaker (i.e., a large, translucent electrostatic panel […]

One of my stated goals as a consumer is to support local retailers. Sure, I buy my fair share of crap from Amazon.com just like everybody else but when possible, I try to shop local. One store that I used to love was called Top To Top which was a serious runner’s store. I used to buy […]

You want to know why I’d rather be a high-end sports car dealer than an audiophile store owner these days? More often than not, high-end cars, over time, wear out or get old. People wreck them more frequently than you’d think. Hell, sometimes exotic cars even end up burned to a crisp and at the […]