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Other Ultra-High-End Loudspeaker Highlights from CES 2014
|Because I know many of you are used to a more comprehensive show report than our new format allows for—and many manufacturers quite rightly expect to be mentioned, favorably or not, when a reviewer spends ...read more -
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Loudspeakers $20k and Up at CES 2014
|As you know from previous reports, my swan-like neck of the high-end woods is usually crowded with exotic numbers from manufacturers eager to show off their best and most expensive goodies. But with the ascendance ...read more -
REL Serie R-528SE Sub-Bass System
|“Paul, you need a kick-ass speaker,” an audiophile friend of mine told me a while ago. This fellow isn’t a headbanger, rather a serious listener and a producer of many recordings of classical music distinguished ...read more -
Devialet, JL Audio, and Nordost Shine at AudioVision San Francisco Event
|One of the most important services a high-performance audio dealer can offer its customers and prospects is not only demonstrating the sonic differences between components, but also educating them along the way. During a recent ...read more -
Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2013: Speakers $20,000 and Above
|This year the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest celebrated its tenth anniversary, which is hard to believe since it seems like only yesterday that the then-daring experiment of sponsoring a trade show in the shadow of ...read more -
Magico Introduces The QSub at CEDIA 2013
|September 3, 2013 - Magico LLC, the leader in high-performance loudspeaker design and manufacture, is proud to announce their first subwoofers - the QSub-18 and the QSub-15. Built around the renowned Q platform, the QSubs ...read more -
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Munich High End 2013 Show Report
|Good old-fashioned American chauvinism notwithstanding, Munich is by consensus the world’s most important high-end audio show, replacing CES as the place to do business—that is, if doing business in Europe and the Far East are ...read more -
Legacy Audio Introduces Goliath XD Subwoofer
|(Springfield, IL) April 16, 2013 - Legacy Audio introduces Goliath XD, our deepest performing subwoofer yet, featuring two 15” ultra-bass drivers, two 15” passive radiators, 1000 Watts of internal amplification, and 24-bit DSP. Goliath XD’s ...read more -
The Absolute Sound Guide to High-Performance Loudspeakers 2013 Released for Download
|March 28, 2012 – The Absolute Sound Guide to High-Performance Loudspeakers 2013 has been released for download via theabsolutesound.com. The Absolute Sound 2013 Guide to Loudspeakers features some of the best loudspeaker coverage from TAS ...read more -
Leading Names In Audiophile World To Share Expertise At New York Audio Show In April
|New York, NY, March 20, 2013 – A dozen renowned experts will share their high performance audio expertise in clinics, seminars and panel discussions at the New York Audio Show, April 12 – 14, 2013 ...read more -
Sumiko Announces "Special Edition" REL Sub-Bass System
|February 25, 2012 - The R-528SE by REL Acoustics Ltd. is a “Special Edition” version of the current R-528 and was conceived to provide the user with reference-level sub-bass performance, but in a much smaller ...read more -
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2013 TAS Editors' Choice Awards: Subwoofers
|REL T5/REL R-218 $599/$1399 sumikoaudio.net Fast and tight, yet tonally supple, with well-defined timbres, these mini-subs are also remarkably potent for a single 8" driver (the T5) or a single downward-firing 10” (the Class D ...read more -
State of the Art in D.C.
|Audio reviewing tends to be a mostly solitary endeavor. But that’s not to say reviewers are anti-social. However, as much as TAS staffers like me would like to pay a colleague a visit to check ...read more -
The 2013 Consumer Electronics Show: Neil Gader on Loudspeakers Under $20K
|Revel's Kevin Voecks with the Performa3 lineup The high end has never been about making earth shattering leaps into the future. So while the folks at the Convention Center were all agog staring at the ...read more -
PSB Intros Newest Subwoofer, Affordable SubSeries 125
|Pickering, Ontario December 27, 2012 -– PSB Speakers, long renowned for affordable excellence in loudspeaker design, announces the newest model of its impressive subwoofer family, the compact and affordable SubSeries 125. Boasting a 125W amplifier ...read more