Zellaton Reference MkII Loudspeaker
JV's first impressions of a truly unique (and wonderful) loudspeaker from Zellaton of Germany.
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The Absolute Sound's Buyer's Guide to Affordable Audio 2017
Whatever your audio budget and desires, this Buyer’s Guide to Affordable Audio is designed to help maximize your purchasing power—and your hi-fi system enjoyment. -
LA Audio Show: Headphones and Personal Audio
The premier of the LA Audio Show was something of a mixed bag. With veteran show organizer Marine Presson at the helm and Bob Levi ... -
LA Audio Show: Electronics
Robert Harley gives his take on electronics from The 2017 Los Angeles Audio Show. -
Munich High End 2017: Electronics
Julie Mullins reports on the show's debuts of the latest amplifiers, preamplifiers, phonostages, and more. Integrated amps made a strong showing this year. -
Munich High End 2017: Loudspeakers
Imagine a collision between CES and CEDIA when both were at their peak, and you’ll have an idea of how enormous and jam-packed with goodies ... -
2017 Editors' Choice: Power Amplifiers $1,000 - $3,000
Check out our top power amplifier picks for this year in this more reasonably priced segment.
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BlogQ&A with Alfred Vassilkov of Estelon
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NewsMcIntosh Announces MCT80 SACD/CD Transport
|The following is a press release issued by McIntosh. Binghamton, NY | August 17, 2017 – McIntosh, the global leader in prestigious home entertainment and ultimate-quality audio for over 65 years, is proud to announce ...read more -
NewsVANA Ltd. Introduces the Audio Physic Avantera III Loudspeaker to US Market
|The following is a press release issued by Audio Physic. (Lake Grove, NY) | August 16, 2017 – VANA, Ltd. (www.vanaltd.com) has announced the availability of the Audio Physic Avantera III loudspeaker in the US ...read more -
Equipment reportMusic Interface Technologies ACC 268 Articulation Control Console and MA-X SHD Interconnects
|What the heck is an Articulation Control Console? To a cynic, it’s nothing more than a fancy name for a speaker cable. To others, the Articulation Control Console represents the culmination of everything MIT founder ...read more -
BlogTAS Legacy: The Vendetta Research SCP-2 Phonostage
|With a price of $1895, the Vendetta Research SCP-2 was the most expensive phonostage on the market in 1988. Nonetheless, John Curl’s magnum opus was in demand for its unrivaled sound quality and low noise, ...read more -
Equipment reportDS Audio DS 002 Optical Cartridge
|A long time before most of you were born, grandpa here used to use a phono cartridge called the Decca London, whose chief virtue was the elimination of what Decca called “cantilever haze.” “What’s that?” ...read more -
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NewsExposure - Esperanza Spalding Project
|The following is a press release issued by Esperanza Spalding. August 11, 2017 - Today's world has a way of teaching us that who we are is not good enough as it is. It tells ...read more -
Blogprimephonic
|Generally speaking, audiophiles like to own their music. Borrowing from a vast and undifferentiated stream with practically limitless choices just doesn’t sit right—at least not as the only option. We tend to grow our music ...read more -
Equipment reportTotem Acoustic Sky Loudspeaker
|When I consider the loudspeakers from Totem Acoustic, I think of designs with unalloyed speed, quick-twitch transient reflexes, and crystalline transparency. For me, Totem loudspeakers have always captured the musical intimacy and the fragility of ...read more -
BlogZellaton Reference MkII Loudspeaker
|Over the last twenty-five years I’ve heard a lot of fine equipment at trade shows around the world. Only twice have I been stopped in my tracks by a sound so uncannily realistic it literally ...read more
