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TAS Editors/Reviewers Pick "The Most Important Trends" at CES 2009
|What were the “Most Important Trends” at CES 2009? Our TAS Editors and Reviewers identified several, including: ROBERT HARLEY: The proliferation of music servers designed for sound-quality. A good example is theBlue Smoke “Black Box” ...read more -
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JV Reports on More High-End (over $20K) Speakers at CES 2009
|(Editor's Note: JV has already commented on the Magico M5, Vandersteen Model Seven, and Wilson Audio MAXX Series 3 loudspeakers in other blogs. However, in his upcoming CES Report in The Absolute Sound, JV comments ...read more -
CES Report: Of Loudspeakers & Loose Ends
|For no other reason than word count, there were a couple of loudspeakers that didn’t make my upcoming CES report in TAS but grabbed my attention nonetheless. Lafleur Audio of Canada demonstrated the robust X2, ...read more -
TAS Editors and Writers Pick "The Biggest Surprises" of CES 2009
|What was “Biggest Surprise” at CES 2009? TAS Editors/Reviewers weigh in with their selections. For full audio coverage of CES 2009, see the upcoming issue of "The Absolute Sound." ROBERT HARLEY: After more than 30 ...read more -
TAS Editors & Reviewers Pick "The Most Significant New Product at CES '09"
|What was “the most significant” new product at CES 2009? Our TAS Editors and Reviewers weigh in with their opinions. For full audio coverage of CES 2009, see the upcoming issue of "The Absolute Sound." ...read more -
TAS Editors & Writers Pick "The Best Sound" at CES 2009
|Several TAS editors and writers attended CES 2009 in Las Vegas. Each was asked to select his choice for “Best Sound at CES.” Following are their selections: Robert Harley: The Magico M5 loudspeaker ($90,000) driven ...read more -
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Best Intros at CES: Vandersteen Model Seven and Wilson MAXX Series 3 Loudspeakers
|Contrary to what some people may think (see my Magico M5 blog), I did listen to other ultra-high-end speakers besides the Magico M5 at this year's CES, and after the M5 the two I thought ...read more -
Robert Harley's Best of CES
|Best of CES Robert Harley Best Sound The Magico M5 loudspeaker ($90,000) driven by Soulution electronics through MIT cable was easily the show’s best sound. As I mentioned in my earlier blog, the M5 combined ...read more -
CES Day 4: Product Debut, McIntosh's Spectacular XR200 Tower
|The McIntosh XR200 is a more approachable “real” room speaker that takes it’s cues from big Mac’s flagship XRT towers. With a trio of 8** woofers per side, subsonic bass is and was a bone-crushing ...read more -
CES, Day 3: A New Reference from Gallo Acoustics
|Improving the breed is part and parcel for the high end. Few are as successful and original as the sounds and shapes that stem from the imagination of Anthony Gallo. The new, evolutionary Gallo Acoustics ...read more -
CES Day 2: New Speakers from Joseph Audio & RBH
|Joseph Audio’s statement speaker, the Pearl has been a stand out success for this company–now in its 17th year. At $28,500/pr however it wasn’t for every budget. So Jeff Joseph took his venerable compact winner, ...read more -
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CES Day One: Affordable Electronics, a Big Surprise, and One Stunning Sound
|The 2009 Consumer Electronics Show opened yesterday to what seemed like lower attendance and scaled-back aspirations. Nonetheless, every exhibitor with whom I spoke was happy with both the quality and quantity of foot traffic through ...read more -
CES Day 1: Two Great Loudspeakers
|A few years ago I was impressed by the mighty little Amphion Ion, an Arctic white, desktop-size mini-monitor of extraordinary transparency. This was the first CES that I was able to experience Amphion’s flagship entry, ...read more -
News From the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show
|News from the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show Robert Harley The 2009 Consumer Electronics Show starts this Thursday (January 8) and the TAS editorial team will be there in-force to bring you all the news. Starting ...read more -
CES '08: Disc Players, Transports, and DACs
|I usually cover all digital products at shows, but this year I split the task with Alan Taffel. I took the disc players, transports, and DACs, and Alan tackled “Next-Gen Audio” (hard-disk-drive storage, Web-based content ...read more