It was not all that long ago that the word “convenient” didn’t even register with high-end enthusiasts. Ours was not a hobby that was subject to coddling or compromise. The road to sonic redemption was ...

Stereo in its most basic form is a robust medium. One can hear the ancient demos of ping-pong games and trains traveling from left to right or right to left on cheap computer speakers sitting ...

November 21, 2018 - Blink High End is a Technics SL-1000R special event at their Cambridge studios on Thursday, November 29th at 6:00pm. Take a seat and enjoy the music! The featured guest will be ...

The following is a press release issued by KEF. Marlboro, NJ | November 19th, 2018 – KEF proudly announces the addition of Spotify Connect and Roon to LSX, the mighty two-speaker, all-wireless music system that ...

Chicago blues guitarist and vocalist Buddy Guy honed his chops during the 1960s as house guitarist for the legendary Chess Records. The electric blue pioneer’s blistering chops have influenced everyone from Eric Clapton and Jimi ...

How did you get into this business? My first musical influences were The Beatles, Bob Dylan, and Peter, Paul and Mary. Music has always been a soundtrack to my life from adolescence onward. In high ...

What Is Roon? Roon is a music playback and management software suite for digital audio components. There are many such products on the market, including iTunes and JRiver’s Media Center, but what makes Roon special ...

Audio Research Corporation, the company that almost single-handedly created high-end audio electronics, not to mention preserved the vacuum tube as an amplification device, recently revised its basic line. As it has become the foundation for ...

At Rocky Mountain Audio Fest last fall, the oh-so-French manufacturer Focal introduced its new three-way, four-driver Kanta N°2 loudspeaker with considerable…éclat. At an early morning press conference, after a few Gallic-inflected words of introduction and ...

When Leonard Bernstein’s MASS was first performed in 1971, even many of the composer’s most devoted admirers weren’t sure what to make of it. (The Nixon administration was pretty sure, detecting strong antiwar and antiestablishment ...

Pro-Ject Debut Carbon DC $399 The most significant upgrade to Pro-Ject’s latest Debut is found in the model’s name, which refers to the lighter, more rigid, single-piece 8.6" carbon-fiber armtube that replaces the Debut III’s ...

Though Danish manufacturer Gamut Audio has been making electronics for recording studios since 1982, the official establishment of its retail consumer division didn’t occur until 1995. Even so, I’ll bet those of you who’ve been ...

The following is a press release issued by McIntosh. Binghamton, NY | November 14, 2018 – McIntosh, the global leader in prestigious home entertainment and ultimate-quality audio for over 65 years, is proud to announce ...

The following is a press release issued by Alma Music, D’Agostino, and YG Acoustics. November 14, 2018 - Dan D’Agostino has always had a relentless desire to better his own creations, no matter how flawless ...

Listeners can access Terry Riley’s world through dozens of portals—In C and A Rainbow in Curved Air, his compositions for Kronos Quartet and Rova Saxophone Quartet, and more. Now add Eighty Trips Around the Sun. ...