Jaton - Exite Your Senses

When I think of China, it’s not the New World Order that comes to mind, or the glittering postmodern skyline of Shanghai, or the ownership of most of the US’s debt. I don’t think of roasted duck in black-bean sauce, the corner Yuck-in-the-Box, or penny toys my daughter gets in a Happy Meal from McDonald’s. I think of the great poets of the T’ang Dynasty -- eighth

It’s always a good day when a delivery truck pulls up, and the driver grabs a one ton pallet jack to pull ‘your’ delivery out.  My publisher Mr. Darby told me he had something for me to review

An email from Positive Feedback Online always gets my juices flowing… new gear to listen to! When I read that I was going to get a set of speakers from Jaton, the A&V-803's, I was really pumped, especially when I went to Jaton's site and saw what I was getting in for review. As always, I knew it would be a bit of a challenge for time, as I depend upon two fellow listeners for help in hoisting heavy beasties, one who is another reviewer. Asking them to get a large pair of speakers down into my basement listening room is always difficult.

A pleasant surprise from the last day of 2009 CES was meeting George Cheng of Jaton Audio. Fellow Dagogoan Gary Lea asked me to check out the Jaton room after

At the end of a long day at CES we found ourselves, a haggard gaggle of PFOers, tired, hungry, and dogs barkin' in Roy Hall's Music Hall room. What to do?  Would Roy offer us a bit of the famous sacrament we were hoping for?