Magico M Project Loudspeaker$129,000 Simply put, this $129k, 450-pound, five-driver, three-way floorstander with its aerodynamically shaped carbon-fiber-panel enclosure and massive aluminum top, bottom, front, and rear plates is the most realistic and enjoyable transducer I’ve ...

As you know, I am not a fan of subwoofers—that is, I wasn’t a fan of subs until I ran headlong into JL Audio’s e110 about a year ago, and concluded (to my astonishment) that ...

The following is a press release issued by Astell&Kern. Seoul, Korea | August 11, 2015 – Astell&Kern, the leader in portable high-res audio players, announces the Astell&Kern AKT1, a new all-in-one hi-res sound system that ...

The following is a press release issued by Rogers High Fidelity. WARWICK, NY | July 23, 2015 – Rogers High Fidelity, a leader in home entertainment and Ultimate-quality audio, proudly announces the opening of a ...

Excerpted and adapted from The Complete Guide to High-End Audio (Fifth Edition). Copyright © 1994–2015 by Robert Harley. hifibooks.com. To order call (800) 841-4741. Subwoofers are often misunderstood, both in name and in application. While ...

The following is a press release issued by Paradigm. Toronto, Canada, June 25, 2015 – Paradigm Electronics Inc. announces two brand new subwoofers in its extensive line-up: The 12” Prestige 1000SW and 15” Prestige 2000SW. ...

Most Significant Rooms Magico Q7 Mk. II loudspeakers with Soulution electronics and Vovox cables The bar was set high, and set early. Simply put, this room started off my Munich show experience with unmatched slam. ...

As most of you already know, I think Munich High End is the most exciting consumer audio show in the world. Nothing else comes close to matching it for variety and fun. And this year ...

If REL Acoustics, the highly regarded subwoofer manufacturer, pulled out of the high-end marketplace tomorrow, never again to manufacture another unit, its place in the audio pantheon would forever be assured. REL has offered superb ...

Did your interest in the high end come from the music side or the electronics side? Oddly both, and at the same time. I started playing electric guitar and bass in the early 70s. Just ...

One of the fundamental problems of audio, arguably the fundamental problem, is how to reproduce lower frequencies correctly—frequencies which are down in the region where the room affects them in really major ways. The Swarm ...

I have some good news and some bad about this year’s AXPONA, held in late April at the Westin O’Hare in Chi-town. The good news is that the 2015 show was considerably bigger and better ...

For a very long time my audiophile friends and I had a “nose-in-the-air” attitude toward subwoofers. In our minds, subs were meant for clubs, thunderous home theaters, and drivers who liked to annoy neighbors and ...

I’ve been a fan of JL Audio’s subwoofers since their debut at a CEDIA show about ten years ago. At that time this company, which had already redefined bass performance in high-end car audio, was ...

Peterborough, Ontario February 10, 2015 — Bryston has announced today the introduction of the Model A subwoofer, the first sub in the Bryston lineup not anchored by multiple 8-inch bass drivers. The Model A subwoofer ...