As I was a first-timer to the Munich High End show, my veteran TAS colleagues assured me that it would be a real eye-popper. Indeed, the open, airy atrium venue known as the MOC was ...

Though I expected nothing less, this year’s edition of the Greatest Audio Show on Earth proved to be great all over again. Not only were there more products on display—imagine a collision between CEDIA and ...

Designer Yoshiuki Kaku’s speakers for Sony have won a place of honor in the high end, beginning with the introduction of the SS-AR1 model in 2008. Kaku’s avowed goal in speaker design is to make ...

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 ...

The following is a press release issued by Bowers & Wilkins. May 3, 2016 - Bowers & Wilkins, the British audio brand founded in Sussex, England, in 1966, has been acquired by Silicon Valley based ...

One of the highlights of THE Show Newport wasn’t a six-figure mega-system, but rather the show’s most modest hi-fi—the Riva Turbo X. Smaller than a loaf of bread, the Turbo X is a portable, self-contained ...

Back in 2010, when I reviewed the Joseph Audio Pulsar loudspeakers, I concluded, “If I were forced to move into a smaller domicile, one with a modestly sized room for my system, the first speaker ...

Thursday, April 28, 5–8pm - HiFi Buys (3157 Peachtree Road NE, Atlanta) will host the inaugural Guys’ Night Out event—an evening of cars, cigars, craft whiskeys, hi-fi presentations, and luxury showcases, with a focus on ...

Alma Audio Invites You To Celebrate Our One-Year Anniversary With A Special "Music Talks" Event! Since we opened our doors March 31st, 2015, our goal has been to provide the best musical experience by offering ...

For any audio company, making the leap from the desktop to the listening room is not the simple, slam-dunk proposition it might appear to be. The goals are often at odds with each other and ...

There were a lot of good-sounding loudspeakers costing less than $20,000/pair to be heard at AXPONA 2016, and a lot of them were newly introduced—all the more remarkable as CES had wrapped up just 14 ...

On the heels of the CES nightmare, it was refreshing to attend this year’s AXPONA at the Westin in Rosemont, just outside of Chicago. Not that the sound at the show wowed me. Even by ...

The following is a press release issued by Sonus faber. April 14, 2016 - Principia collection is the new entry level line offered by Sonus faber, designed for those who are seeking a simple hi-fi ...

The following announcement is based on information provided by The Audio Salon. April 13, 2016 - The Audio Salon in Santa Monica, CA is hosting a special listening event from 5 to 8 p.m. on ...

Elac F5 $560 The floorstanding F5 leverages the strengths of the compact B5—its warm, relaxed and responsive midrange, surprising bass extension and tunefulness, and strong sense of musical truth—then significantly builds on them. What really ...