Articles
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Cary Audio Introduces the SLI-100 Vacuum Tube Integrated Amplifier
|The following is a press release issued by Cary Audio. Raleigh, North Carolina | June 9, 2018 - It is no small feat to develop a product that transcends generations and becomes so ingrained in ...read more -
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Gold Note Releases PSU-10 Power Supply
|The following is a press release issued by Gold Note. June 6, 2018 | FIRENZE, Italy - Gold Note - the Italian High-End manufacturer based in Firenze – is introducing PSU-10, the external power supply ...read more -
Inside the AVM Factory and Products
|Photos by Jonathan Valin. After last year’s Munich High End show Jonathan Valin, Julie Mullins, and I visited the headquarters of AVM in Malsch, Germany, a few hours by car from Munich (well, it was ...read more -
Munich High End Show 2018: Electronics $15k and Up
|Five Most Significant Product Introductions Dan D’Agostino Master Audio Systems Relentless monoblock amplifier Let’s begins with the big one: D’Agostino’s Relentless monoblock power amp was on proud static display (behind red velvet ropes, no less). ...read more -
Listening Event at Command Performance AV
|The following is press information provided by Command Performance. Command Performance in Falls Church, Virginia, welcomes Nick Doshi of Doshi Audio and Anthony Chiarella of Brinkmann Audio for a special analog event on Saturday, June ...read more -
AVM CS 2.2 All-in-One System: A Compelling Alternative
|If the AVM CS 8.2 is more than you need or can afford, I’m happy to say you can get virtually all of the features and much of sound quality of AVM’s flagship in the ...read more -
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The 2018 Munich High-End Show
|The Munich High-End Show’s preeminence as the world’s biggest and most important event was solidified by this year’s gathering. Munich has not only effectively replaced CES for international business but has also become the major ...read more -
2018 Editors' Choice Awards: Power Amplifiers $3,000 - $6,000
|First Watt F7 $3000 For over fifteen years First Watt has served as Nelson Pass’ creative playground, allowing him to explore unusual low-power designs with an emphasis on sound quality. The F7 is intended as ...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 -
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 -
Q&A with Florian Cossy of CH Precision
|What ignited your interest in the high end? Did it come from the music side or the electronics side? The entire story started about 30 years ago thanks to a good friend and his father, ...read more -
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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 -
2018 AXPONA Show Report: Electronics
|The enormous, palatial Schaumberg Renaissance Hotel and Convention Center played host to this year’s fully resurrected Audio eXPO North America. Boasting over 165 listening rooms, with another 125 exhibits on site, and with attendance up ...read more -
2018 AXPONA Show Report: Analog Sources
|AXPONA 2018 starts out with a new location and a new attitude. The new location is the Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel and Convention Center in Schaumburg, Illinois, which is a 15–20 minute ride from O'Hare International ...read more -
Esoteric Grandioso D1 DAC, P1 Disc Transport, C1 Linestage, and M1 Monoblock Power Amplifier
|As I learned on my Japanese audio excursion (Issue 279), purity is the country’s overriding sonic goal. But how to achieve it? The answer, of course, varies by price point. With its cost-no-object Grandioso series, ...read more