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2019 High-End Audio Buyer’s Guide: Music Servers and Peripheral Products
|Audirvana Version 10 $50 If you have so far resisted buying any third-party music playback software for your Mac, Audirvana offers some compelling reasons to reevaluate that decision. Especially if you use multiple DACs or ...read more -
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Peter Murphy: 5 Albums
|With his baritone voice, haunting melodies, brooding stage presence, and dark lyrics, Peter Murphy was tailor made to perform goth rock, a musical style he helped usher in while a member of Bauhaus. Peter Murphy—5 ...read more -
New German Physiks Website Launched
|The following is a press release issued by German Physiks. December 12, 2018 - A brand new German Physiks web site has been launched at www.german-physiks.com. It features a much more attractive graphic design and ...read more -
New GoldenEar Triton One.R Shipping Now
|The following is a press release issued by GoldenEar Technology. Baltimore | December 12, 2018 - GoldenEar Technology is pleased to announce the introduction of the new Triton One.R. This extraordinary new reference quality loudspeaker ...read more -
Technics Turntable and Reel-to-Reel Workshop at PNW Audio Society
|The following is a press release issued by Technics. December 11, 2018 - J-Corder welcomes you to a free analog source workshop showcasing the Reference Series 2018 products from Technics. Please join us at the ...read more -
Synergistic Research Galileo UEF System
|I’ve been using various generations of Synergistic Research interconnects, cables, and power cords since Ted Denney first introduced his original ultra-complex, ultra-expensive Galileo line about a decade ago. There is a simple reason for this: ...read more -
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Astell&Kern Adds MQA Support to Latest Line of High-Resolution Portable Players
|The following is a press release issued by Astell&Kern. Irvine, CA | December 11, 2018 - Astell&Kern, a global leader in portable high-resolution audio players, announces new firmware updates that will add MQA support for ...read more -
Objectivity and the Abstract Truth
|Every hobby, by its very nature, runs the constant risk of losing contact with its own foundational intent or purpose. The closeness of specialization can, over time, turn into an abstraction where the tether to ...read more -
Preview: The Zellaton Stage Loudspeakers
|Like many long-time TAS readers, I have been on a multi-decade quest to achieve the absolute sound—the illusion of hearing actual acoustic instruments playing in a wonderful concert hall—through my stereo system. After years of ...read more -
Magico Announces M2 Loudspeaker
|The following is a press release issued by Magico. HAYWARD, CA (USA) | December 7, 2018 – Magico, the Leader in High-Performance Loudspeaker Design and Manufacture, is pleased to announce the M2 which expands the ...read more -
2019 High-End Audio Buyer’s Guide: Power Amplifiers $5,000 - $20,000
|McIntosh Labs MC275 VI $5500 The sixth version of this most classic of all McIntosh amplifiers is by far the best, boasting greater tonal neutrality yet without losing the beautifully solid, rounded, dimensional, and natural ...read more -
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2018 New York Audio Show Report
|Overview The history of the New York Audio Show can best be described as rocky. Decades ago, the show was run by Stereophile magazine, and it was a juggernaut. I remember making an annual pilgrimage ...read more -
Nicola Conte & Spiritual Galaxy: Let Your Light Shine On
|Nicola Conte is an Italian musician known for his seductive mix of acid jazz and bossa nova. Available in vinyl, CD, or download form, his latest release finds him performing groove-oriented spiritual jazz (think Lonnie ...read more -
TAS Legacy: Vandersteen Audio Model 2 Loudspeaker
|Although Richard Vandersteen has gone on to design far more sophisticated, expensive, and ultimately “better”-sounding loudspeakers, the original Model 2 remains the inspiration and essential research project for all that’s followed over the past four-plus ...read more -
Moon Audio Silver Dragon V1 and Bronze Dragon IEM Cables
|Moon Audio is a world-class retailer of high-performance personal- and home-audio components, and also the manufacturer of the critically acclaimed Dragon Series personal-audio cables. Despite its growing reputation, Moon remains a family-based business, run by ...read more