As the demand for portable music devices grows, manufacturers are trying to carve out their own niches. Since its inception Fii0 has successfully gobbled up a good part of the entry-level market, but with DAPs ...

This article is intended to be a bit different from most of what we publish in TAS. I want to make the argument that we could be executing a slow but powerfully important transition to ...

While Resonance Records consistently wows us with ambitious archival releases, the label outdid itself with the new Nat King Cole compilation, Hittin’ the Ramp: The Early Years (1936–1943). The scope of the project is beyond ...

Thursday, February 13, 2020 | 6-8pm 406 W. Cold Spring Ln. Baltimore, MD 21210 This exclusive gathering offers an opportunity to talk with Sandy about his passion for sonic perfection. In addition we will be ...

Critical Mass Systems first caught my eye at a Rocky Mountain Audio Fest. As I traipsed about from floor to floor, desperately hoping that the packed elevator wouldn’t resemble a Turkish sauna or simply break ...

The following is a press release issued by The Florida Audio Expo. Tampa, Florida | January 2020—Florida Audio Expo 2020 happens next week, Friday–Sunday, February 7–9, at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Tampa Airport Westshore. ...

The following is a press release issued by Silversmith Audio. Springfield, VA | January 31, 2020: Silversmith Audio today announced the launch of a new line of speaker cable that offers the audiophile community industry-best ...

The great South African pianist/composer Abdullah Ibrahim has slowed his pace in recent years, and has most often been heard either solo or with a trio on his infrequent recording dates. But now he has ...

Digital-to-analog converters have become stunningly sophisticated over the past 30 years, evolving from small circuits inside early CD players to stand-alone components with advanced capabilities and performance unimaginable to the CD’s inventors. The separation of ...

In June of 2015, I visited Utah for several days as a guest of Wilson Audio Specialties to learn everything I could about the loudspeakers I admire greatly—and came away admiring the people responsible for ...

My encounters with Wireworld cables date back at least fifteen years. Throughout that period a common thread has connected each and every one of them—from Wireworld’s blue-plate offerings to its lofty flagships. I’d describe it ...

What ignited your interest in the high end? My electronics teacher showed me how to design tube electronics, but he also influenced me forever when one day he played an Opus 3 LP on his ...

David Teng is the founder of oBravo, a Taiwanese manufacturer specializing in high-end, high-performance headphones and earphones. OBravo’s initial development efforts centered on full-size headphones, such as the hybrid AMT/dynamic driver HAMT-1 reviewed by our ...

The HRT Stage IV system arrived for review almost exactly, all but to the day, sixty years after the release of the first stereo LP. This coincidence could be thought of as deeply symbolic, because ...

The following is a press relase issued by Goldmund. January 21, 2020 - For decades, Goldmund’s amplification technology has been acclaimed by music lovers worldwide. Over time, the various models in the Telos line have ...