For those of you who don’t follow the automotive press, Bugatti’s new Veyron 16.4 is an insanely over-the-top supercar with unprecedented performance—and an unprecedented price. The Veyron sports 1000 horsepower, a top speed in excess ...

HP was right on the money when he recently concluded that we had “reached the limits of the descriptive vocabulary that has served audio writers so well for a generation.” I wholeheartedly agree. But of ...

This is going to be a difficult review for me to write. It isn’t because I find serious flaws with Lars Hansen’s The KING speaker system; no, it’s just the opposite—the speaker is so coherent ...

Part One: A Sneak Preview What I was not expecting when these rather formidable looking speakers of Lars Hansen arrived was for them to be decisively better than either the Burmester B-100s or the Marten ...

Gershman Acoustics has cultivated a reputation as the Canadian loudspeaker company whose distinctive pyramidal designs are as appealing to the eye as their sonics are to the ear. For avid Gershmanwatchers, the new Sonogram might ...

The Rumor Mill Dec 14 - Can any mini-monitor be worth $22k? That's the question surrounding MAGICO's controversial Mini loudspeaker, reviewed by Jonathan Valin in The Absolute Sound 163 (see also the current issue of ...

Let me start with a confessional. It’s been about two decades since I’ve seriously auditioned a minimonitor loudspeaker. Traveling down memory lane, I recall the ProAc Tablette, small enough to fit in a shoebox, being ...

Wilson MAXX 2 Loudspeaker: Further Thoughts Dec 19 - I've lived with Wilson's MAXX 2 loudspeaker for nearly two years now and can report that I'm just as thrilled with this loudspeaker as when I ...

Upcoming in The Absolute Sound Dec 29 - We're just finishing Issue 170 (March 07 cover date, January 31 mail date) and it has some reviews of exciting new products. Neil Gader reports on an ...

Rule #5: Listening height affects tonal balance. Most loudspeakers exhibit changes in frequency response with changes in listening height. These changes affect the midrange and treble, not the bass balance. Typically, the loudspeaker will be ...

June 8 - An independently run Web site for owners of MartinLogan electrostatic loudspeakers (www.martinloganowners.com) has organized a meeting at MartinLogan's factory in Lawrence, Kansas on June 23 - 25. The event was planned and ...

June 29 - One of the most anticipated product launches in recent memory is the new Ultima Salon2 loudspeaker from Revel. The original Ultima Salon, launched nearly ten years at the company's creation, was extremely ...