Everyone’s heard the old saw that absence makes the heart grow fonder. Some weeks ago during my evaluation of the TAD CR-1 loudspeaker I snapped one of the banana terminations of the Wireworld Platinum Eclipse ...

I know it’s a stretch, but for the sake of argument let’s say that you don’t have six dimes to drop on a pair of the highest-fidelity, lowest-coloration, fullest-range loudspeakers I’ve heard in my home—the ...

Over the last few months, I’ve come across a number of new devices for room treatment and vibration/resonance control that really work in the ways that I like such things to work—which is to say, ...

The ARC Reference 2—William Zane Johnson’s statement phonostage and only the second ARC phono preamp to be designated a “Reference” product in this decade—arrived about three weeks ago, replete with new features never before seen ...

Save for Saturday afternoon, I thought the high-end exhibits at CES were poorly attended this year, which was a shame because, at least in my pearly neck of the woods, the sound was for the ...

Just a brief word or two about some speakers I heard on the last day of the show. The B&W 804 Diamond, set up with some electronics in a suite at the Mirage, sounded very ...

The D-Premier integrated amplifier from France's Devialet, which has caused quite a stir in Europe, made its US debut at CES. The reason everyone's talking about the D-Premier is that it operates like no previous ...

If you’re skeptical about the idea that Sony could build and properly market a true high end loudspeaker, you’re not alone. Even Sony recognized the clash between product and image, so much so that they ...

Several intriguing new products are going to be introduced at this year’s CES. First are Magnepan’s brand-new 3.7s, which will be shown in two rooms—one in the Venetian (with ARC electronics) and one at T.H.E. ...

Caelin Gabriel, founder of Shunyata Research, visited my listening room yesterday to hear his new CX-series power cords in my system. Shunyata makes the state-of-the-art in AC power conditioning and AC power cords, at least ...

JH Note: Recently, I had the pleasure of listening to Teresonic’s flagship loudspeaker, the Ingenium Silver with Lowther DX4 drivers, at the home of Jack Roberts, accompanied by Mike Zivkovic, the leader of Teresonic’s design ...

On Monday, the Magico Q5s were (finally) delivered, although not quite to my door. Getting them from the street into my house and, thence, up four flights of stairs to the third floor was the ...

For all the collegiality among TAS writers it's rare that any of us have an opportunity to enjoy one another's system if for no other reason than we’re just too spread out geographically. However when ...

OK. I’m fully aware that I’m going to stir up a storm of criticism from Wilson owners, Rockport owners, TAD owners, Nola owners, Vandersteen owners, Focal owners, Hansen owners, Scaena owners, YG owners, Magnepan owners, ...

Some of you may have wondered why my TAS review of the ARC Reference 5 preamp was relatively succinct. There were two reasons actually. First, I knew that the Anniversary Edition Reference preamp was waiting ...