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Martin Borish
|It is difficult to imagine high-end audio without the contribution of Martin Borish and NAD. More than any other company, NAD introduced to music lovers the idea that better-designed audio equipment translates into greater musical ...read more -
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NAD Founder Martin Borish: 1927–2017
|On July 11th, 2017, Martin L. Borish (Marty), who is credited with leading NAD Electronics from a distribution sourcing co-operative into an iconic 45-year-old audio brand, passed away after a quiet and dignified battle with ...read more -
Linn Klimax and Katalyst Special Event
|The following is a press release issued by Linn. June 27, 2017 - Blink High End is holding a special Linn Klimax DSM streamer event in our Cambridge studios. The featured guest is Steve Brothman, ...read more -
Astell&Kern AK70 Portable Music Player
|By now, unless you’ve been spending your time in a cave with no Internet access, you’ve heard of Astell&Kern. Although the company did not invent the portable personal music player, Astell&Kern has been a leader ...read more -
LA Audio Show: Headphones & Personal Audio
|The premier of the LA Audio Show was something of a mixed bag. With veteran show organizer Marine Presson at the helm and Bob Levi and the LA and Orange County Audio Society behind it, ...read more -
LA Audio Show: Digital
|Some say the first L.A. audio show in recent times was a success. Crowds were more than respectable for a first outing, attendees had access to a bevy of gear and industry figures, and the ...read more -
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The 2017 Munich High-End Show
|The big story at this year’s Munich show was the rapidly increasing number of manufacturers incorporating MQA decoding in their products. Perhaps even more significant for the format, however, was Sony Music’s statement that it ...read more -
Meridian Audio in the Jaguar F-Pace SUV
|Back in the mid-1980s, Infinity Systems, which had just been bought by Harman, introduced the idea of branded, premium in-car audio by offering Infinity audio systems in Chrysler vehicles. Of course, today every auto manufacturer ...read more -
2017 Editors' Choice: Portable Music Players
|Astell&Kern AK Jr $299 Unlike many portable players that include a balanced headphone output and claim to be able to drive every transducer that anyone has ever placed on his head, the Astell & Kern ...read more -
The Emperor's New Server
|So much has been written so enthusiastically in this magazine and others about the manifest superiority of computer audio over “old-fashioned” optical-disc technologies (and, presumably, over even more old-fashioned analog ones) that even an LP ...read more -
Onkyo USA Ships Two New Portable Digital Audio Players
|The following is a press release issued by Onkyo. UPPER SADDLE RIVER, NJ | May 16, 2017 – Expanding its offerings to address the growing demand for hi-res music, Onkyo USA today announced the availability ...read more -
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Merlin Deal Heralds Boost for Master Quality Authenticated (MQA)
|The following is a press release issued by MQA and Merlin. London | 15 May 2017 – MQA and Merlin, the global digital rights agency for the independent label sector, have today announced a multi-year ...read more -
AXPONA 2017: Digital Components, Headphones, and Personal Audio
|In anticipation of an early start on Friday morning at AXPONA, I went to set the hotel’s alarm clock before turning in. That’s when I discovered that it was an iHome “Clock Radio” that required ...read more -
exaSound Audio Design PlayPoint Network Audio Player and e32 DAC
|Roon Labs has received boatloads of accolades, including our review in Issue 258, for its excellent-sounding and useful computer playback software. But until recently a major limitation has been that it only runs on computers—Windows, ...read more -
Onkyo Introduces TX-8270 Network Stereo Receiver
|The following is a press release issued by Onkyo. UPPER SADDLE RIVER, NJ, April 5, 2017 – Onkyo USA today announced a versatile and beautifully engineered 2-channel amplification solution with the introduction of the TX-8270 ...read more