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  Album review

  Bruce Springsteen: High Hopes

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  Greg Cahill

  | Apr 23, 2014

  The Boss is cleaning house, having just finished recording some of his best unreleased material from the past decade. The result is a dozen mostly anthemic rockers that include new studio versions of “American Skin ...

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  Equipment report

  Abyss AB-1266 Planar-Magnetic Headphones

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  Chris Martens

  | Apr 22, 2014

  Several years ago Joe Skubinski, the founder of the high- end audio cable company JPS Labs, made a momentous decision. Specifically, he decided to spin off a subdivision of JPS Labs for the specific purpose ...

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  Equipment report

  Eminent Technology LFT-8b Loudspeaker

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  Robert E. Greene

  | Apr 21, 2014

  The Eminent Technology LFT-8b is an extraordinary speaker. With full frequency extension at the top (and then some), nearly full extension at the bottom, distortion as low as electrostatics—but lots of dynamic oomph—a discreet, elegant ...

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  Album review

  Download Roundup - Beach Boys: Pet Sounds

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  Alan Taffel

  | Apr 21, 2014

  In 1990, this legendary work finally received the golden-gloved CD- remastering treatment. That disc is quite satisfying, with a clean, mostly relaxed sound that makes Brian Wilson’s handiwork easy to appreciate. In keeping with the ...

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  News

  Soulution 560 DAC Release

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  TAS Staff

  | Apr 17, 2014

  April 17, 2014 - At Highend 2014 in Munich we will launch the new soulution 560 D/A-Converter. Top class digital-to-analog converters followed by preamplifier grade output stages transform every detail of the digital source material ...

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  Equipment report

  NuForce MCP-18 Multichannel Analog Preamplifier

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  Steven Stone

  | Apr 16, 2014

  Back in the mid-Nineties, I was still in the throes of home-theater madness and wrote: “Very soon, stereo will be only an output setting on your multichannel system.” Obviously, I was wrong. But many audiophiles ...

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  News

  Fine Sounds Group Celebrates the 30th Anniversary of Sonus faber

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  Neil Gader

  | Apr 16, 2014

  The Fine Sounds Group, parent company to Sonus faber and iconic high-end audio brands McIntosh, Audio Research Corporation, and Wadia, rolled out the red carpet to its global distributors and a handful of audio journalists ...

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  News

  Robert Harley’s Guided Tour of the TAS Illustrated History of High-End Audio

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  TAS Staff

  | Apr 15, 2014

  Join Robert Harley in his listening room for a personal tour inside The Absolute Sound's Illustrated History of High-End Audio, Volume One: Loudspeakers. This informative and entertaining video provides an inside look at this landmark ...

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  Equipment report

  Aesthetix Romulus CD Player/DAC

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  Robert Harley

  | Apr 14, 2014

  California-based Aesthetix has carved out an enviable niche producing very-high-performance products that, while not budget-priced, nonetheless offer extraordinary value. The company’s Calypso linestage, Rhea phonostage, Janus full-function preamplifier, and Atlas power amplifiers pack a lot ...

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  News

  Meet Peter McGrath of Wilson Audio at The Audio Salon

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  Neil Gader

  | Apr 13, 2014

  Peter McGrath of Wilson Audio and Maier Shadi cordially invite you to The Audio Salon's new showroom for an evening of fine music featuring the Wilson Audio Sasha Series II on Tuesday April 15th, 4-8pm. ...

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