What ignited your interest in the high end? It was in 1980 (I was 14 years old), when a new guy moved into our neighborhood. He was a full-time professional DJ and we’re still close ...

Tara Labs needs little introduction to these pages. Over the last twenty years the Oregon-based cable manufacturer has been delivering innovative Air Series products based on its sophisticated air-tube technology. Many will recall when Jon ...

What ignited your interest in the high end? Did it come from the music side, family, or the electronics side? I was fascinated by music and sound reproduction from an early age. At age two ...

Aesthetix Audio Corporation is the Southern California-based high-end electronics company revered for its bespoke tube and tube/hybrid electronics, many of which have been reviewed in these pages. Built to uncompromising standards, its components fall squarely ...

The Swedish-built I35 Prisma integrated amplifier, the latest model in Primare’s highly regarded 30 Series, exemplifies a new breed of integrated amp. Where once upon a time the integrated existed in a world apart from ...

Southern California has an audio show problem. It’s not new, and it’s not clear why. Perhaps it’s the slow-burn of internecine rivalries, sketchy venue selection and promotion (remember LAX?), or just plain bad luck. In ...

What ignited your interest in the high end? The music side or the electronics side? My interest in music has accompanied me since my early youth. I’ve always enjoyed listening to music and attending concerts ...

I have to admit that Boston-based Sonner Audio was unfamiliar to me until I read colleague Andy Quint’s 2018 AXPONA report. He was impressed with the potential he heard under arduous show conditions (“Satisfying orchestral ...

My ears always perk up when I hear the JBL name. Even before I made the high end a kind of second home, my parents and my friends’ parents all had either Altecs or JBLs ...

What ignited your interest in the high end? There wasn’t one thing, but some of the more important influences would be my uncle’s high-end system based upon Gilbert Briggs-design home-built loudspeakers, and the fact my ...

Join The Audio Salon and Wilson Audio for an evening of the #WorldsBestSound. A wide variety of music will be presented - including Peter McGrath's very own personal recordings unheard anywhere else. This #WorldClass system ...

For many, pianist Bob James will be remembered for his evocative theme song to the sitcom Taxi. But his musical chops are far weightier. A gifted player from childhood, he was mentored by Quincy Jones, ...

What ignited your interest in the high end? Did it come from the music side or the electronics side? Both. From my earliest years growing up I can remember there always being music in the ...

Full disclosure: The Audience Au24 SE has been one of my reference power cords for some time. But recently I got an enticing taste of the firm’s latest—its newly upgraded SX version. However, the SX ...

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, you’ve probably noticed that Elac has been on quite a tear lately. From its entry-level Debut series to the Uni-Fi series and more recently the Adante, the Elac ...