April 7, 2015 - AXPONA / Audio Con, taking place at the end of this month, April 24-26th, at the Westin O’Hare in Chicago, will feature exciting deals from participating exhibitors, music to delight the ...

The following is a promotional video release from Axpona. It's quite funny and we bet a lot of audio enthusiasts can relate! AXPONA presents Audio Con! April 24-26, Westin O’Hare, Chicago. Experience the world’s finest ...

Friday and Saturday, March 27 and 28, 4pm–Midnight (or later!): Filtronique (9343 Rue Lajeunesse, Montreal) will host two very special parties, featuring guests from AudioQuest, dCS, Kronos, Magico, Simaudio, Tidal, and Wilson Audio Specialties. The ...

Many audiophiles harbor distinct views about copper and silver wire. Copper is smooth and full. Silver is fast and a bit zippy. Or so goes the conventional thinking. But what happens when the silver sounds ...

WISCONSIN Tuesday, March 24, 6–9pm: Suess Electronics (2520 West Wisconsin Avenue, Appleton) will host “Technology Night: Music Matters,” an open house celebrating music, audio technology, and high-performance audio equipment. Manufacturer representatives from AudioQuest, Bowers & ...

Although we’re accustomed to thinking of the science of electricity as having a long history, the fact of it is that what we now know as electronics didn’t really exist until 1877, when Alexander Graham ...

TAS’ very own Editor in Chief, Robert Harley, has just published the fifth edition of what was, is, and remains the best book ever written about hi-fi, his Complete Guide to High-End Audio. Introduced in ...

Pickering, Ontario February 24, 2015 — NAD Electronics, the highly regarded manufacturer of high-performance audio/video components, announced an important 4K Ready AVR MDC Upgrade Program for its AVRs and Prepros, assuring NAD customers can incorporate ...

Hi-Fi Centre, of Vancouver, BC, is pleased to announce the opening of a brand-new, 5,000-sq.-ft. audio/video showroom, in the Gastown district. The grand opening event will take place on Friday, February 27, 2015, in the ...

Thursday, February 26, 5–9pm: Definitive Audio (6206 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle) will host Music Matters 10, an annual event devoted exclusively to the reproduction of music—and the grand commencement of the dealership’s 40th Anniversary Celebration. ...

WISCONSIN - Thursday, February 19, 5–8pm: Sound World (3015 West Wisconsin Avenue, Appleton) will host a Music Matters event. Featured gear will include Cary Audio’s new TL-300d tubed preamp, CAD-211FE monoblock power amplifiers, SA-500.1 monoblock ...

As heretical as it may sound, there is audio equipment that looks so attractive that sonic considerations can take a backseat, at least until you actually listen to it. The Accustic Arts gear falls firmly ...

Influence of FLAC Compression Level on Sound Quality In our previous series on computer audio (TAS Issues 218–221), we reported a sonic degradation when WAV files were compressed into the FLAC format. These results were ...

Once the Windy City’s snow thaws each year (and this year’s snowfall was a record!), it means that the annual AXPONA high-end audio event, slated for April 24–26, is right around the corner. AXPONA, an ...

Where did the high-end journey begin for you? It began in Panama in the late 1950s. An importer in South America was the distributor for Quad mono electronics and Tannoy loudspeakers. He also had a ...