The following is a press release issued by Astell&Kern. April 24, 2015 - Seoul, South Korea - Astell&Kern, the leader in portable high-res audio players, announces its newest player, the entry-level AK Jr. The Astell&Kern ...

Issue 254 of The Absolute Sound includes a comprehensive primer explaining the new architecture of digital music systems. A table in that article was abbreviated because of space restrictions. We reprint the full table here. ...

The following is a press release issued by Audio High. March 31, 2015 - We are proud to announce that Audio High has been chosen as the first Meridian partner to introduce MQA (the new ...

When Apple discontinued its 160GB iPod Classic portable music players, a funny thing happened: Their prices on eBay doubled overnight. And while many tech-pundits see dedicated portable players as an ergonomic dead end (supplanted by ...

To call the Devialet 200 a technologically advanced audio component is like saying Miles Davis played the trumpet. In fact, there’s no single product-category description that can encompass the 200’s myriad functions and capabilities, nor ...

Pro Musica, located at 713 W. Wrightwood in Chicago IL, 60614, will be showcasing Naim Statement System with the Dynaudio Evidence Platinum loudspeakers this weekend (Friday, March 13th, between 12 PM- 7 PM & Saturday, ...

February 27, 2015 - Uamp is a tiny headphone amplifier that easily fits in the coin pocket of your jeans and works with all your music devices. Now for the first time you can conveniently ...

Boulder, CO 2/10/15-- PS Audio, manufacturer of fine audio components since 1973, is pleased to announce a new operating system is available for its revolutionary DirectStream DAC; substantially improving its already remarkable sound quality. The ...

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 ...

Lambertville, NJ—February 4, 2015—Channel D, developers of the innovative and award-winning Pure Vinyl™ and Pure Music® computer audio software for Apple Macintosh computers and the creator of the Seta® Ultra Wide Bandwidth Balanced Flat Phono ...

North Reading, MA—January 2015—Rotel Electronics, widely acknowledged for over 50 years as a leader in affordable high-end electronics designed for serious audiophile and home-theater fans, will introduce the RSP-1582, a new 7.1 channel, surround-sound preamplifier/processor ...

[Note: This press release from AXPONA is reprinted in its entirety.] January 21, 2015 - AXPONA is a convention for anyone who enjoys listening to music, including audiophiles, musicians and lovers of music of all ...

January 21, 2015 - Even more good news at Baetis Audio! Baetis now announces the new XR3 that utilizes a modified circuit board taken from the Reference’s design. The new board, which uses neither a ...

The consumer electronics industry has always evolved at a rapid rate, but the frantic pace of innovation, new product introductions, and price escalations in portable high-performance audio is now outdistancing anything I’ve witnessed before. Take ...

January 8, 2015 - Baetis Audio is pleased to announce that our new Baetis Reference server has been hailed as the very best sounding server out there, by some very knowledgeable audiophiles. For example, the ...