August 16, 2014: San Francisco high-end retailer, AudioVision San Francisco, opened its new store with a launch party that featured some exciting North American product premiers. There were plenty of manufacturers and attendees from the ...

What ignited your interest in the high end? Did it come from the music side or the electronics side? My first exposure to audio was as a five-year-old watching my father build Heathkits. His hobby ...

August 12, 2014 - Dallas, TX - The Sound Organisation, North American importer and distributor of European Audio products, is pleased to announce the US DEBUT of DALI’s brand new loudspeaker series, the Rubicon. The ...

For the past forty years, British loudspeaker-maker ATC has forged an enviable reputation in recording/mastering studios, concert halls, and post-production facilities worldwide. Its professional active monitors are akin to precision tools, as faithful to the ...

Every month, it seems, this magazine and other industry oracles lament the younger generation’s apathy toward high-end audio. The stated culprit is always the same: lack of exposure to good sound. I grant you that ...

Photography by Jonathan Valin After this year’s Munich show Jonathan Valin and I made the short trip to Zurich to visit Swiss loudspeaker manufacturer Piega, and listen to its ambitious new $195k Master Line Source ...

Magnepan MMG Revised$599 At just under $600, it is hard to imagine a better speaker for the money than this mini-Maggie, provided you have the space for it and a powerful-enough amplifier. Like all Maggie ...

The Capital Audio Fest seems to progressing nicely. This year there were crowded rooms, palpable excitement, and, not least, good sound. Several demos caught my eye. As always United Home Audio featured excellent sound via ...

Brentwood, TN – July 24, 2014 – THIEL Audio (www.thielaudio.com) has announced today that as part of a complete brand revitalization plan, the company’s headquarters has been relocated to the Nashville, TN area and new ...

Friday, July 25, 5 – 8pm: Please join Music Lovers (2295 Bush Street, San Francisco) for an open house with AudioQuest’s Bill Low (founder and CEO), Joe Harley (SVP, Marketing and Product Development), and Skylar ...

July 15, 2014 – Lawrence, Kansas – MartinLogan, the world’s leader in electrostatic & Folded Motion loudspeaker technology, proudly announces the addition of three new powerful speaker models in their award-winning Motion Series; Motion 60XT ...

What ignited your interest in the high end? Did it come from the music side or the electronics side? It came from the music side. My family has always been music-oriented, so it was natural ...

AudioVision San Francisco has gained a reputation in the Bay Area and the West Coast as one of the best high-end retailers as well as an audio enthusiast’s paradise. Owned and operated by Antonio Long ...

Did your interest in the high end emerge from the music side or the electronics side? It was a love of music that first caused me to become interested in the quality of sound reproduction ...

We at The Absolute Sound are proud to announce the latest addition to our line of popular Buyer’s Guides, the 2014 Guide to Affordable High-End Audio—available as a FREE download right now. We worked long ...