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Munich High End 2013 Show Report
|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 ...read more -
Introducing the New Baetis XR Media Server
|May 15, 2013 - The new Baetis XR™ is aimed at providing the very best audio and video within the very finest home theater setups. Like our Baetis Revolution™ server, introduced at the 2012 Newport ...read more -
NAD Announces Trio of Groundbreaking Digital Audio Products
|New York, NY May 1, 2013 — NAD Electronics, the highly regarded manufacturer of high-performance audio/video components, unveiled three affordable new products that represent a bold step forward in digital music reproduction. The D 7050 ...read more -
Baetis Celebrates Its First Year In Business
|April 12, 2013 - Baetis Audio, maker of the Baetis Revolution™ media server, is proud to celebrate the completion of its first full year in business. As always, we keep improving our servers. Our upgrade ...read more -
Wadia 121 Decoding Computer
|Upon first look it’s easy to see the Wadia 121’s resemblance to other components in Wadia’s "mini” line, including the 171i i-Pod dock and 151 PowerDAC. Like these other components, the 121 was designed for ...read more -
Marantz Introduces NA-11S1 Network Audio Player and DAC
|Mahwah, NJ, February 15, 2013 – Marantz®, a world leader of advanced home entertainment solutions, is dramatically expanding the musical horizons for today’s digital consumer with the launch of its Reference Class NA-11S1 Network Audio ...read more -
First Listen: Meridian Explorer USB DAC
|First, and this is just preliminary–In spite of the fact that I’ve only listened a short while to the new and very chic Meridian Explorer pocket-sized USB/DAC, I haven’t been anything less than impressed. Very ...read more -
2013 TAS Editors' Choice Awards: Music Servers
|ESI Juli@ Soundcard $199 esi-audio.com This modestly priced soundcard was the clear winner of our eight-way soundcard shootout in Issue 209. The oddly named Juli@ features a reversible plugin board that is fitted with RCA ...read more -
CES 2013 Show Report: Steven Stone on Digital
|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 ...read more -
3beez Announces Wax Music Management System
|Lafayette, Colorado, 10 December 2012 - 3beez, LLC, a new company specializing in the application of computer technology to home audio, announced today the Wax Music Management System for music lovers, an innovative solution for ...read more -
Chord Electronics Debuts New Network Music Player at Audio High Event
|John Franks, founder and CEO of Chord Electronics, was on-hand at a special dealer event last week at Audio High to personally debut Chord’s DSX-1000 network streamer and showcase other exciting DACs and electronics from ...read more -
McIntosh Introduces McAire Integrated Audio System
|BINGHAMTON, NY - October 2012 – Since the brand first staked its claim in the music industry with its legendary sound systems for Woodstock in 1969 and its famous Grateful Dead “Wall of Sound” in ...read more -
Naim Audio SuperUniti “All-in-One Player” (TAS 225)
|As a certain scruffy young bard once sang, “The times they are-a changin’.” Although many aspects of our hobby remain constant, especially the continuing health of analog and two-channel sound, there’s no doubt that digitalaudio ...read more -
Meridian Updates Media Core 200 with Extra Storage, Improved Audio Performance
|August 22, 2012 - Meridian Audio has announced that its Media Core 200 Digital Media System now offers extra storage capacity and improved audio performance. In combination with Meridian’s Core Control App for iPad the ...read more -
NAD C 446 Digital Media Tuner (TAS 223)
|I was raised on radio, and I still enjoy its unpredictable mix of music, features, and news. In fact, there was a time when no self-respecting audio system was considered fully dressed without a good ...read more