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. ...

On February 10, PS Audio released a noteworthy update to its DirectStream DAC. Unlike previous updates, which were labeled firmware upgrades, this new version—known as the Pikes Peak OS—delivers many improvements to the operating system. ...

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 ...

[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 ...

As the saying goes, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas…except when it comes to reporting on the one and only behemoth Consumer Electronics Show. As the newest TAS staffer (and CES first-timer), the first ...

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 ...