Articles
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Jonathan Valin on David Wilson
|The death of David Wilson hit me unusually hard. And this is odd because I didn’t really know the man, save for the occasional friendly “hellos” we exchanged at trade shows. My impression of him—and ...read more -
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David Wilson, 1944–2018
|The many tributes to loudspeaker designer David Wilson, who passed away on May 26 from cancer, will understandably focus on his outsized contribution to high-end audio. One of those tributes is my piece that accompanied ...read more -
The 2018 Munich High-End Show: Loudspeakers Under $20k
|It was immediately apparent that the high-end audio extravaganza in Munich was going to be different than any audio show in the world. After stepping off the airplane and departing the gate, I was greeted ...read more -
Munich High End: JV on Loudspeakers $20k and Up
|Here is the good news about the annual Munich High End trade show: If you go, you’ll get the chance to hear speakers and electronics and sources you won’t hear anywhere else, at prices that ...read more -
Focal Adds the Emblematic Grande Utopia EM Evo and Stella Utopia EM Evo Loudspeakers to its Utopia III Evo Line
|The following is a press release issued by Focal. Munich | May 10, 2018 – Focal, a recognized leader on the global stage for high fidelity products, today launches the most emblematic high-fidelity loudspeakers of ...read more -
Q&A with Dan Laufman of Emotiva Audio
|What ignited your interest in the high end? Did it come from the music side or the electronics side? My love of the high end comes from both sides. My dad was an audiophile and ...read more -
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Bowers & Wilkins 705 S2 Loudspeaker
|Whether it’s a fantastic $3 ballpoint pen, or the multibillion-dollar Shanghai Tower, great design is not tied to a price tag. It might surprise many readers of The Absolute Sound to know that what gets ...read more -
TAS Legacy: Arthur Janszen and the KLH Model Nine
|The 1950s were abuzz with electrostat activity and Arthur Janszen was in the middle of it all. In 1954, he resigned his position at Harvard and founded JansZen Labs in North Cambridge, Massachusetts. That same ...read more -
Soundings 30th Anniversary Open House
|The following is a press release issued by Soundings Fine Audio Video. May 14, 2018 – Join us along with Rich Maez from Boulder Amplifiers, Chris Morris from Chord Electronics and Mike Marko from Nordost ...read more -
Wilson Audio Specialties TuneTot Loudspeaker
|Real-world audiophiles understand that the pursuit of good sound, like most things in life, is ruled by compromise. The loudspeakers you can't live without inform your choice of amplifier; the size and shape of the ...read more -
2018 Editors' Choice Awards: Loudspeakers $100,000 and up
|Lansche No.7 $105,000–$113,000 depending on finish With its massless corona-plasma tweeter, the Lansche No.7 brings something different to the upper-end-loudspeaker arena. This driver works by modulating a plasma field surrounding an electrical arc, producing sound ...read more -
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Totem Acoustic Signature One
|The much-lauded Totem Acoustic Model 1 mini-monitor was the speaker that got the ball rolling for the young Montreal-based company in 1987. For its time and price, this two-way bass-reflex design heralded a new era ...read more -
Coming Soon: Wilson's TuneTot
|For those with a consuming (or even passing) interest in Wilson Audio Specialties, the next six days are going to feel like a bit of a striptease—the closest you'll ever get to that from the ...read more -
2018 AXPONA Show Report: Loudspeakers $20k and Up
|The Windy City should have been renamed the Chilly City given the unspring-like weather during the show’s April 13–15 weekend. But really this was a blessing in disguise because a nice early spring day in ...read more -
MartinLogan Impression ESL 11A Hybrid Electrostatic Loudspeaker
|MartinLogan’s new Impression ESL 11A is a direct replacement for the company’s Montis that I reviewed so enthusiastically almost three years ago. Like the earlier model, which is priced identically to the new one at ...read more