It’s no secret that the high-end audio segment of the massive Consumer Electronics Show has been waning for years as the industry has shifted its focus to Munich and the growing juggernaut of AXPONA. But ...

The following is a press release issued by Goldmund. January 15, 2019 - In Hindu philosophy, the Sanskrit word for « life force » - Prana - is the universal sea of energy that infuses ...

The standard reason for buying an integrated amp is to save money and space—if not with total sonic impunity, then at least without incurring a major sonic sacrifice. Integrateds enable this by merging a linestage ...

The best, most affecting singers tend to meet us at the intersection of Nuance and Intimacy Street, a corner the folk-leaning vocalist Meiko has clearly made her home. For this tight-knit collection of an even-dozen ...

Pro-Ject, which hails from Austria, has been in existence since 1990. And while it isn’t the first audio firm to specialize in small modular components, it has been especially focused on miniaturized high-performance audio. Currently ...

The following is a press release issued by TIDAL. Las Vegas/New York/London | 9 January 2019: TIDAL Masters is now available on all Android smartphones, so you can experience studio quality sound with TIDAL Masters ...

Famed loudspeaker designer Paul Barton’s first headphone was the $399 PSB Speakers M4U 2 launched in 2012—an auspicious debut model widely acknowledged as a huge critical and commercial success. I bought a pair at their ...

The following is a press release issued by Bending Wave USA. January 7, 2019 - Bending Wave USA will host a grand opening of its new showroom in Davie, Florida on January 26th and 27th. ...

The following is a press release issued by NAD. CES | Las Vegas, NV | January 7, 2019 — NAD Electronics, the highly regarded manufacturer of high-performance audio/video components, unveiled a new and unique Masters ...

Hamilton: An American Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording). HDtracks.com and SuperHiRez.com (44.1/24) The situation on Broadway is lamentable. Theaters increasingly traffic in slick adaptations of popular books, movies, and characters, to which it applies a ...

Why Buy a CD Player? There’s something to be said for doing one thing and doing it well. After all, doing many things well—as, for instance, the dCS Rossini DAC/streamer/player does—gets costly. In the case ...

The following is a press release issued by Metronome. January 3, 2019 - LE DAC by METRONOME will not surprise anyone who had been interesting to the brand for some years. The external design is ...

I might as well start at the finish: The surprisingly compact, two-piece (main speaker and sub) Voxativ 9.87 is a great loudspeaker system that I could easily and happily live with until I’m carted out ...

Gamut Zodiac loudspeaker $150,000/pr. The Gamut Zodiac is one of the most remarkable products I’ve had the pleasure of reviewing in my thirty years of writing about audio components. When you consider its exceptional bass ...

Digital audio converters (DACs) come in all sizes, shapes, and prices. You can find simple digital converters on Amazon for as little as $7 or state-of-the-art units that cost as much as a comfortable middle-class ...