Good old-fashioned American chauvinism notwithstanding, Munich is by consensus the world’s most important high-end audio show, replacing CES as the place to do business—that is, if doing business in Europe and the Far East are ...

North Reading, MA - April 2013 - Rotel Electronics, well-known throughout the world as an affordable high-end manufacturer of audio and video components, has announced the introduction of the new RCD-1570 CD Player. Those who ...

Teac Reference PD-H600$799teac.com Sitting atop Teac’s Reference Series, the PD-H600 borrows premium touches from the company’s superb Esoteric brand. “Open,” and “easy” are words that describe this gem, which is immediately engaging, surprisingly transparent, and ...

Not since 1994, when the Summer CES stopped camping out yearly along Michigan Avenue and Lake Shore Drive, has the Windy City played annual host to a large high-end audio show. That situation will certainly ...

When I reviewed the Corona line of electronics in conjunction with the mbl 120 compact Radialstrahler in Issue 228, I concluded that of the three Corona components that made up the system, seeing the C31 ...

Cambridge Audio’s Azur 840C CD player made quite a splash back in 2007. In my review of that device (Issue 174, September, 2007) I was shocked not only by the advanced technologies and build-quality of ...

Audio reviewing tends to be a mostly solitary endeavor. But that’s not to say reviewers are anti-social. However, as much as TAS staffers like me would like to pay a colleague a visit to check ...

Usually I begin my report with pithy remarks about the show, but this year so many new digital products deserve inclusion in my report that I’ll cut right to the chase. Disc Players The 2013 ...

August 10th 2012 - Hong Kong High-End Audio Visual show - dCS launches the Vivaldi Digital Playback System - a new four-box range which represents the pinnacle of their ‘no compromise’ approach to product design ...

Many of us have heard an expensive system, comprising reputable components, that just didn’t seem to convey the level of musical realism we would expect from such a pedigree. Conversely, we have also probably come ...

The Esoteric K-03 is not your usual CD/SACD player. Its designers have innovatively combined a highly refined CD/SACD transport and a full-function DAC within the same luscious chassis. Although on the surface that doesn’t seem ...

One thing you have to love about our audiophile community is the way we passionately embrace and hold on to technologies that the rest of the planet either views as outmoded or, in some cases, ...

Modesty is not an approach that earns high marks in the high end. Pleasing hobbyists with limited room to spare is not usually on the to-do list. Take the once-conservative integrated amplifier. In many instances, ...

Digital sound now suffers from an embarrassment of riches. In addition to my casual listening to new products, I have had the opportunity to explore in depth four ambitious efforts during the last few months. ...

What is an Extended Resolution Compact Disc (XRCD), and how is it different from a conventional CD? First, XRCD is not actually a “format” that requires special players or decoding. Rather, an XRCD conforms to ...