Recently upgraded, Frey 2 cable is the sweet-spot wire of Nordost’s mid-priced Norse 2 collection. In truth it’s actually only one player in a much larger bloodline that, in its complexity, begins to resemble the ...

Elac B5/F5 Loudspeakers $229/$560 The two-hundred-buck small speaker category will never be the same again. Just spend a few minutes listening to Elac’s two-way compact and you’ll understand why so many are singing its praises. ...

This review focuses on the new generation of Transparent Audio interconnects and speaker cables. It also, however, almost has to begin with a description of the problems I’ve encountered over the years in dealing with ...

Diamond is the flagship cable in the growing WyWires lineup. Visually, Diamond projects an understated elegance with textured black-mesh jacketing over its silverized underlayer. At each end, its signal conductors are collected in polished carbon-fiber ...

The slender profile of Audience Ohno interconnects and speaker cables runs counter to perceived audiophile gospel that high-quality wires must be thick and heavy, with dreadlock twists of conductors encased within unyielding jacketing. Audience turns ...

What ignited your interest in the high end? Did it come from the music side or the electronics side? I developed a love of music at about age 7. I had a small radio next ...

The following is a press release issued by AV Options. Portland, OR | July 11, 2016 – We’re happy to announce the launch of our Online Store http://www.avoptions.com/store All our AC related products are now ...

Headphones are diverging into two camps: those intended for millennials and those with audiophiles in mind. At one point, it appeared that some models at the upper end could satisfy both constituencies. However, even though ...

The following is a press release issued by Gig Harbor Audio. Friday, June 17, 6–9pm: Gig Harbor Audio (3019 Judson Street, Suite D, Gig Harbor) and J-Corder (5800 Soundview Drive, D-101, Gig Harbor) will host ...

The following is a press release issued by Integrity Sound. June 8, 2016 - Saturday, June 11, 11am–7pm: Integrity Sound (4035 S. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota) will host a special Truth in Sound event with MartinLogan, ...

The 2016 Munich High End Show has arguably become the most important high-performance audio show in the world. It continues to grow, boasting more than 500 exhibitors, 316 of which hail from other countries. Whereas ...

The following is a press release issued by Wireworld. FORT LAUDERDALE, FL | May 2016 - Wireworld Cable Technology—respected manufacturer of high-performance audio and video cables—will bring its acclaimed Audio Cable Polygraph presentation to T.H.E. ...

The Atmosphere line of speaker wire and interconnects from Synergistic Research (SR) represents the brand’s latest thinking on cables. Comprising four distinct models with ascending levels of performance, Atmosphere is perhaps SR’s most ambitious offering ...

Thursday May 12, 2016, 4:45pm – 8:00pm. R.S.V.P. (310) 863-0863 Phone/Text, or Email Maier@TheAudioSalon.com. When he began developing the first WAMM nearly four decades ago, Dave Wilson had one goal: to make the reproduction of ...

Although XLO Electric, the high-end audio cable company that I founded, will just be celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2016, I’ve actually been building hi-fi cables since I was a kid. As I’ve said in ...