Articles
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AURALiC Debuts ARIES Streamer Bridge
|Munich HIGHEND Show, May 15-18, 2014 -- Following AURALiC's CES 2014 introduction of its Lightning Streaming technology, the industry's first whole-house, high-resolution streaming solution that supports both Double-Rate DSD and DXD, the company is now ...read more -
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AXPONA 2014 Show Report – Digital Products
|Although this year was the first time I’ve attended AXPONA, I doubt it will be my last. I was impressed with the quality of the Westin O’Hare venue, despite the fact that most of the ...read more -
AXPONA Chicago 2014 Show Report
|After last year’s exciting debut, I think everyone at TAS was expecting AXPONA Chicago 2014 to be a huge success—and it may well have been financially. (Several record dealers told me that they had never ...read more -
Light Harmonic Da Vinci Digital-to-Analog Converter
|I first met Light Harmonic’s chief designer Larry Ho in Atlanta at the AXPONA show, back in 2011. Of all the nifty bits I ran across that day, a few stood out, but the most ...read more -
Soulution 560 DAC Release
|April 17, 2014 - At Highend 2014 in Munich we will launch the new soulution 560 D/A-Converter. Top class digital-to-analog converters followed by preamplifier grade output stages transform every detail of the digital source material ...read more -
Aesthetix Romulus CD Player/DAC
|California-based Aesthetix has carved out an enviable niche producing very-high-performance products that, while not budget-priced, nonetheless offer extraordinary value. The company’s Calypso linestage, Rhea phonostage, Janus full-function preamplifier, and Atlas power amplifiers pack a lot ...read more -
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L’esprit du Montréal High End
|The Montréal Audio Show is a high-end audio fest that generally receives less attention in the American press, so when I had the chance to see how our neighbors to the north do hi fi ...read more -
Rotel RDD-1580 Digital-to-Analog Converter
|It’s an amazing time for computer-based audio. It wasn’t too long ago that DACs connected to a PC or Mac were limited to CD-quality resolution and relied heavily on upsampling or multiple conversions to match ...read more -
Onkyo Unveils Next-Generation A/V Receivers
|March 21, 2014, Upper Saddle River, NJ - Onkyo announces two state-of-the-art network A/V receivers, the 5.2-channel TX-NR535 and 7.2-channel TX-NR636. Both feature HDMI specified for 4K/60 Hz video, built-in Wi-Fi® and Bluetooth, and universal ...read more -
Rotel RCD-1570 CD Player, RC-1570 P7 Preamplifier, and RB-1552 Mk II Power Amplifier
|Once upon a time, the audio forces of America, Britain, and Japan combined to create a company called Rotel. And it was good. Long before others, Rotel demonstrated that high-end sound need not come at ...read more -
Pro-Ject Audio Systems Introduces DAC Box RS
|March 14, 2014 - Pro-Ject Audio Systems is proud to introduce the ultimate DAC for PCM & DSD! DAC Box RS is a reference-class D/A converter for all types of digital stereo sound sources. It ...read more -
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An Interview with Neil Young and Pono CEO John Hamm
|With all of these music lovers shelling out thousands of dollars to spend a week listening to thousands of bands, one would think that high-end audio would have its place amid the chaos of South ...read more -
Grimm Updates LS1 Functionality With DSD/DXD
|The Grimm Audio team is very pleased to announce that its development team, lead by Bruno Putzeys, has upgraded the LS1 playback functionality with DSD/DXD capabilities. All LS1i (USB Interfaces) that will be shipping from ...read more -
Cary DAC-100 and DAC-100t Digital-to-Analog Converters
|Tweedle Dee or Tweedle Dum, the lady or the tiger, the devil or the deep blue sea, truth or consequences— and several other either/ors too rude to print— flashed through my mind as I unboxed ...read more -
LH Labs "Geek Out" Ships to Anxious Kickstarter Backers
|March 3, 2014- Sacramento, CA – LH Labs, a division of California based Light Harmonic, began shipping their first crowdfunded product, “Geek Out” on Friday, February 28th to over 1500 Kickstarter backers. “Geek Out” is ...read more