Over the course of CES 2015 I was bombarded in print and in conversation with reports on the rapid ascent of wearables, and the advances in software apps for our various smart devices—events that have ...

What can you do, when finishing up holiday celebrations, to bring joy and fresh expectations for the New Year? Well, if you’re an audiophile, you can attend the first major high-end event of 2015. This ...

The 2015 Consumer Electronics Show will be remembered as the moment at which the smartphone and tablet became essential components of an audio system. In room after room, music was sourced from servers controlled by ...

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 ...

Some clichés in the high-end die hard. One of the oldest chestnuts says that size matters. It’s the notion that one’s status as an audiophile is somehow tied to the weight and girth of your ...

Wyred 4 Sound DAC-2$1499 ($100 to add DSD, $1000 for SE boards) The Wyred 4 Sound DAC-2 combines a rich feature set with remarkable performance at a price that makes it hard to beat. Its ...

To understand Berkeley Audio Design’s ambitious new Alpha DAC Reference, you need to know something about the company behind it. In its six years of existence Berkeley had produced just two products: the $4995 Alpha ...

What’s in a model name? Well, sometimes not much at all when it’s merely an arbitrary numerical designation and a potential source of confusion for my slightly dyslexic mind. On the other hand, Ayon’s choice ...

The Absolute Sound Buyer’s Guide to Digital Source Components 2014 is your definitive source for the best DACs, CD players, music servers, high-performance portable audio devices, and digital integrateds from the last year. We’ve narrowed ...

Entry-Level Pioneer SP BS-22 loudspeaker, $129 Audioengine A2+ loudspeaker, $249 Magnepan MMG planar loudspeaker, $599 NAD D3020 solid-state integrated amplifier, $499 NuForce MCP-18 solid-state preamplifier, $599 Rega RP 1 record player, $445 AudioQuest DragonFly DAC ...

Montebello, CA - November 2014… Montebello, CA - September 2014… TEAC, recognized globally as a leading manufacturer of high grade audio video electronics, is pleased to announce the debut of the UD-301 Dual Monaural Digital-To-Analog ...

Introduction In a previous four-part series of articles on computer audio we described a variety of factors that influence sound quality (abbreviated as SQ throughout this article) of digital music files (see TAS, December 2011 ...

CANADA: Montréal Thursday, December 4, 6:30pm: Son-or-Filtronique (9343 Lajeunesse, Montréal, QC) will host a computer audio seminar. AudioQuest’s Steve Silberman, Kathleen Thomas, and Frédéric Pinsonneault will discuss various aspects of digital audio playback, including file ...

Montebello, CA - October 2014 - TEAC, recognized globally as a leading manufacturer of high grade audio video electronics, is pleased to introduce the HA-P50 Portable Headphone Amplifier with an integrated USB DAC (digital to ...

October 14, 2014 – Toronto, ON – This October 31st to November 2nd, the TAVES Consumer Electronics Show will be the ultimate event for Canadians passionate about technology. The show will astound visitors with the ...