Reflections Next year, attendees of RMAF will enjoy a revitalized Denver Marriot Tech Center courtesy of a massive renovation. Or at least half a renovation—the remainder of the complex is set for completion in 2017. ...

Harmonic Technology Pro-7 Reference Armour and Armour Link III are the firm’s top-line speaker cables and interconnects. As the name implies, they more than look the part—their silver-mesh jacketing appears to be as battle-ready as ...

What ignited your interest in the high end? Did it come from the music side or the electronics side? Both. When I was young I used to play violin and sing in a very good ...

BW 803 D3 The esteemed Bowers & Wilkins 800 Series loudspeakers need little introduction. Since their launch in 1998, the powerful 800/802 flagships with the famed Marlan head unit and top-mounted needle tweeter reside in ...

There was once a simpler time in the high end. Performance was in large part defined by component minimalism: an austere, stripped-down, hair-shirt aesthetic that shunned extraneous complications and pretty much shrugged off user convenience. ...

What ignited your interest in the high end? Did it come from the music side or the electronics side? No question about it, the music side, as it still does. What was your first high-end ...

Over the past year I’ve been using the USB output from my MacBook Pro sparingly. This was not my original intent, but ever since I set up a NAS drive the Lumin A-1 Network Music ...

The gathering crowds on Friday morning. The sixth edition of the California Audio Show at the Westin Hotel adjacent to the San Francisco Airport might have been short a few exhibitors from last year—conspicuous in ...

If you feel as if you’ve seen this turntable in a past life, fear not. For indeed, the new Pro-Ject RPM 9 Carbon bears a strikingly close resemblance to the well-regarded RM-9.2 belt-drive ’table that ...

Describing the Kharma Elegance S7-S Signature as an elegant and expensive floorstanding loudspeaker is technically accurate, for, indeed, that is what it is. But once your eyes really begin taking it in, examining every exacting ...

The Continuum S2 integrated amplifier from the Jeff Rowland Design Group represents the latest chapter in the iconic brand’s pursuit of the state of the art, in this instance within the more rigid confines of ...

What ignited your interest in the high end? Did it come from the music side or the electronics side? I’m no musician, but I’ve loved listening to music for as long as I can remember, ...

Cool ocean breezes and sunny skies greeted this year’s ebullient installment of The Home Entertainment (T.H.E.) Show, Newport Beach. Celebrating its fifth anniversary, attendees were greeted with an exciting change of venue from the contiguous ...

The competition among today’s premium integrated amplifiers has all the drama and intensity of a season of Game of Thrones, with the exception of the blood spatters. This popular segment of components has the top ...

Since 2000, the Chicago-based cable company Dynamic Design has offered three levels of power cord and cable products—the mid-priced Lotus Series, the premium Heritage Series, and the lofty Nebula series (see my review in Issue ...