Almost every time we do an Analog Buyer’s Guide we feature a picture of the AAS Gabriel/Da Vinci turntable on the “cover.” The reason should be obvious to anyone with eyes: It’s among the most ...

Dan D'Agostino, the legendary designer who founded Krell, debuted the first product from his new company. The company is simply called "Dan D'Agostino" and the product is the Momentum monoblock power amplifier. The Momentum incorporates ...

Much to my dismay, I have found that most systems in recording studios are sonically underwhelming and do not come close to satisfying demanding audiophiles. I had assumed that the sound in a mastering studio ...

Your Stereo System in Robert Harley’s Listening Room? Robert Harley My wife and I recently decided to move from New Mexico back to Southern California where I grew up and still have family. It was ...

The D7000 is Nikon’s new 16.2mps APS-C camera. Like the 18mps Canon EOS 7D, which impressed me a year or so ago, it has a fully sealed, weather-tight, magnesium body. Beyond its higher-resolution sensor and ...

I know this isn't the most appropriate forum in which to say this, but I feel that someone from the TAS community needs to urge our readers to pledge money to Japanese earthquake and tsunami ...

Contrary to urban-audiophile legend, I don’t get to keep every component that strikes my fancy. Manufacturers and distributors keep close tabs on their precious gems and tend to come a-calling rather quickly (sometimes too quickly) ...

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 ...