What are your expectations for a $129/pair loudspeaker? Not all that high I would guess. At the very least, you’d expect it to work reliably, play reasonably loud, and not look too schlocky. But high-end ...

Let me begin by stating I haven’t heard the new Beatles vinyl. And that’s the point. I love vinyl. I’ve got loads of Beatles pressings–some British, American, MoFi’s, a bunch. I thought I’d be one ...

Billy Joel’s 52nd Street was huge—a certified- platinum monster that’s logged over ten million sales since its 1978 release. While The Stranger, which debuted a year earlier, cemented Joel’s status as a global star, 52nd ...

The KEF R Series is the British speaker-maker’s first collection of loudspeakers to integrate some of its most recent innovations, principally those in the ground- breaking $30,000 Blade (Issue 222). A family of nine transducers, ...

The 2012 edition of the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest revealed a well-oiled and established show, and one that has achieved a comfortable equilibrium of size and attendance. Frankly I was concerned how well it would ...

Frankly I was concerned how well RMAF would fare this year in the face of west coast competition like the high energy T.H.E. Show in Newport Beach but exhibitors tell me that RMAF continues to ...

Jennifer Warnes is one of the most underrated pop singers of her generation. Her albums, though few and far between, brim with melody and craft—and lyrics both intelligent and emotionally weighted. The Well was originally ...

London – 27 September, 2012 – The Beatles’ acclaimed original studio album remasters, released on CD in 2009 and in 2010 for digital download exclusively on iTunes, will make their long-awaited stereo vinyl debut on ...

I read the news today, oh boy… …yet I greeted it with a mixture of excitement and dread. Following the 2009 release of remastered CDs, EMI is releasing a 16LP box set of the Beatles ...

Think about it–what’s a hundred and twenty nine bucks? What on earth can you buy in the high end for $129??? A pair of loudspeakers? Not only that–a loudspeaker designed by renowned Pioneer chief engineer ...

Nothing conveys the art and alchemy of high-end audio better, in my view, than the execution of a fine, two-way, compact loudspeaker. More than any pull-out-the-stops floorstander, the stand-mounted two-way embodies one of audio’s most ...

Please check out Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4. As consumer audio shows go, Axpona Jacksonville was small scale in terms of scope (at least compared with Newport or RMAF) but big-hearted in its ...

Please check out Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. The KEF exhibit was dwarfed in the Omni’s high-ceiled, lobby-level ballroom, but it didn’t seem to bother the cutting edge Blade loudspeaker–TAS’ current cover story-a ...

Please check out Part 1, Part 2, and Part 4. Summoning an audible gasp were the Audio Power Labs 833TNT monoblocks ($175k). Engineered and built in Columbus Ohio, nothing adequately describes what it’s like to ...

I was raised on radio, and I still enjoy its unpredictable mix of music, features, and news. In fact, there was a time when no self-respecting audio system was considered fully dressed without a good ...