CES 2015: Loudspeakers and Electronics $20k and Up
This year’s High-End CES seemed even more poorly attended by civilians than last year’s CES, which is saying something. It’s pretty plain that when the ...
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read moreCES 2015: Robert Harley on Show Highlights
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read moreJames Brown: Love Power Peace
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read moreThe Absolute Sound Buyer’s Guide to Digital Source Components 2014 now available for FREE download!
The Absolute Sound Buyer’s Guide to Digital Source Components 2014 is your definitive source for the best DACs, CD players, music servers, high-performance portable audio ...
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Equipment reportAudience Au24 SE Power Cable, Au24 SE Interconnect, and Au24 SE Speaker Cable
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|For me, a little percussion music usually goes a long way. But a program as interesting, expertly played, and well recorded as this is a definite keeper. The four artists comprising the Los Angeles Percussion ...read more -
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NewsAXPONA Creates Immersive Experience for Lovers of Music & Sound
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NewsBaetis Introduces the New XR3 Media Server
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Show reportCES 2015: High-Performance Cables, Power Products, and System Tweaks
|One of the most fertile areas of product development in high-performance audio during the past year has been in the cable, power products, and system-tweak categories, resulting in many significant product introductions at CES. Audiophiles ...read more -
Show reportCES 2015: High-End Electronics $15k and Up
|As the saying goes, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas…except when it comes to reporting on the one and only behemoth Consumer Electronics Show. As the newest TAS staffer (and CES first-timer), the first ...read more
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