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JBL Stage A190 Loudspeaker
|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 ...read more -
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Q&A with Craig and Christina Milnes of Wilson Benesch
|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 ...read more -
Peter McGrath-a SOLO EXHIBITION; The Audio Salon OPEN HOUSE | SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 1-8 PM.
|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 ...read more -
Bob James Trio: Espresso
|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, ...read more -
Q&A with William Watkins of Watkins Stereo and Engineering
|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 ...read more -
Audience Au24 SX powerChord
|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 ...read more -
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Elac Navis ARB-51 Active Loudspeaker
|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 ...read more -
50th Anniversary Edition of The Beatles
|Something to contemplate: The Beatles, aka The White Album, is now 50 years old and remains a fresh and unlikely masterpiece five decades after its release on November 22, 1968. In celebration of that milestone, ...read more -
JBL Stage A190 Loudspeaker
|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 ...read more -
ATC SCM50 ASLT Loudspeaker
|Audiophiles and active loudspeakers have had, shall we say, an uneasy relationship over the years. The squabble goes something like this: Active speakers (defined here as speakers equipped with on-board amplifiers and electronic crossovers) are ...read more -
Q&A with John Stronczer of Bel Canto Design
|What ignited your interest in the high end? Did it come from the music side or the electronics side? It may seem counterintuitive for an electrical engineer, but my high-end audio interest has always been ...read more -
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Revel Performa3 M126Be Loudspeaker
|During several recent audio shows, Revel has teased out what I would term a “slow reveal” of elevated-performance versions of its mid-priced Performa3 series. To Revel’s credit, the intro of these new speakers was not ...read more -
CES 2019 Report
|I arrived without any expectation. It’s hardly headline news that high-end audio at CES has been running on fumes in recent years. Would this be the year that showing up would be a waste of ...read more -
Q&A with Nick Doshi of Doshi Audio
|What ignited your interest in the high end? Did it come from the music side or the electronics side? Both, actually: I was fortunate to have music-loving parents who played instruments and immersed me in ...read more -
Pass Labs XP-12 Preamplifier and XA25 Amplifier
|Sometimes an audio review boils down to a single clarifying moment—an instant that crystallizes what you were hearing from the very beginning but were struggling to capture in words. I’d been listening to the Pass ...read more