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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 -
Legacy Audio Introduces Goliath XD Subwoofer
|(Springfield, IL) April 16, 2013 - Legacy Audio introduces Goliath XD, our deepest performing subwoofer yet, featuring two 15” ultra-bass drivers, two 15” passive radiators, 1000 Watts of internal amplification, and 24-bit DSP. Goliath XD’s ...read more -
The Absolute Sound Guide to High-Performance Loudspeakers 2013 Released for Download
|March 28, 2012 – The Absolute Sound Guide to High-Performance Loudspeakers 2013 has been released for download via theabsolutesound.com. The Absolute Sound 2013 Guide to Loudspeakers features some of the best loudspeaker coverage from TAS ...read more -
Leading Names In Audiophile World To Share Expertise At New York Audio Show In April
|New York, NY, March 20, 2013 – A dozen renowned experts will share their high performance audio expertise in clinics, seminars and panel discussions at the New York Audio Show, April 12 – 14, 2013 ...read more -
Sumiko Announces "Special Edition" REL Sub-Bass System
|February 25, 2012 - The R-528SE by REL Acoustics Ltd. is a “Special Edition” version of the current R-528 and was conceived to provide the user with reference-level sub-bass performance, but in a much smaller ...read more -
2013 TAS Editors' Choice Awards: Subwoofers
|REL T5/REL R-218 $599/$1399 sumikoaudio.net Fast and tight, yet tonally supple, with well-defined timbres, these mini-subs are also remarkably potent for a single 8" driver (the T5) or a single downward-firing 10” (the Class D ...read more -
State of the Art in D.C.
|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 ...read more -
The 2013 Consumer Electronics Show: Neil Gader on Loudspeakers Under $20K
|Revel's Kevin Voecks with the Performa3 lineup The high end has never been about making earth shattering leaps into the future. So while the folks at the Convention Center were all agog staring at the ...read more -
PSB Intros Newest Subwoofer, Affordable SubSeries 125
|Pickering, Ontario December 27, 2012 -– PSB Speakers, long renowned for affordable excellence in loudspeaker design, announces the newest model of its impressive subwoofer family, the compact and affordable SubSeries 125. Boasting a 125W amplifier ...read more -
Focal’s All-in-One Bird System Soars
|When my sister-in-law visited my wife and me a few months ago, she was captivated by the sound of my stereo. Like most people, Daryl had no idea that music could be reproduced with such ...read more -
Sunfire Showcases Atmos Subwoofer at CEDIA Expo 2012
|INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, September 7, 2012 — Sunfire®, a specialist in the design, manufacture and marketing of luxury home theater audio products, today showcased its groundbreaking, award-winning Atmos™ subwoofer, the smallest most powerful subwoofer in its ...read more -
REL T-5 2.1-Channel System (TAS 220)
|Here’s the scenario: Small, cozy den with a generous love seat for you and your significant other, who, as it turns out, happens to love movies especially on the newly installed wall-mounted flat panel. And ...read more -
DSPeaker Anti-Mode 8033 DSP Subwoofer Equalizer (TAS 204)
|If you have a speaker with an excellent top end, you will likely hear that excellence in almost any listening room. As long as the speaker is kept reasonably far from hard reflective surfaces and ...read more -
Wisdom Audio's New High-End "Suitcase" Sub
|(Editor's Note: We received the press release reprinted below from Wisdom Audio. This uncommonly shaped, internally powered 400-Watt sub creates opportunities for installations in places where a traditional sub will not fit. Very interesting!) Wisdom ...read more -
REL Britannia B3 Subwoofer
|REL Acoustics designs and constructs subwoofers of serious intent. It faithfully hews to the high end’s original mission statement for subs—to reproduce music’s bottom octave, the region that extends to 20Hz or lower. [1] The ...read more