June 29 - One of the most anticipated product launches in recent memory is the new Ultima Salon2 loudspeaker from Revel. The original Ultima Salon, launched nearly ten years at the company's creation, was extremely ...

July 2 - The most rewarding aspect of reviewing great hi-fi is discovering products that are stunning great at a reasonable price. It's rare for a product to stand out as being clearly superior to ...

July 5 - Our special feature on the state of digital audio (Issue 174) includes a retrospective in honor of the 25th anniversary of the Compact Disc's US launch. My editorial in that issue laments ...

July 16 - "It's like a photocopy machine for sound." A new technology being tested at the Library of Congress makes it possible to extract audio signals from record grooves without playing them with a ...

August 16 - A new generation of operational amplifiers (op-amps) and power-amplifier drivers from National Semiconductor might result in a wholesale improvement in sound quality across a wide range of audio products. Op-amps are everywhere: ...

(Excepted and adapted from Introductory Guide to High-Performance Audio Systems by Robert Harley © 2007 by Robert Harley. To order, call 800 888-4741 or visit hifibooks.com.) August 21 - Your first decision in choosing loudspeakers ...

September 20 - The venerable Japanese high-end audio manufacturer Luxman is re-launching the brand in the U.S. Although Luxman components have been in continuous production since the company's founding in 1925, the brand has been ...

I recently received an e-mail asking me to weigh in on the controversy over whether lossless data-compression systems such as FLAC, Meridian's MLP (the basis for Dolby TrueHD), and Windows Media Audio (WMA) Lossless degrade ...

December 11 - It's no secret that an increasing amount of hi-fi consumed around the world is made in China. But what are these factories like? Who are their founders? How do they approach high-end ...

December 10 - “You have to see it with your own eyes to believe it. So I was told by more than one person during the GuangZhou audio show about the hi-fi system—no, make that ...

I receiver a reader letter just yesterday asking whether reviewers' judgments can be trusted as they get older. I'll cite two examples of individuals in their 70s who are doing their best work—work that relies ...

The forthcoming Sony BDP-S550 is certainly a breakthrough product that will provide a hardware platform that might spur the release of Blu-ray music titles from specialty labels. I agree that the professional SACD community (record ...

What is the best speaker? What is the best amplifier? What is the best preamplifier, phonostage, turntable/tonearm/cartridge? I can tell you what I think I is best for me, given my taste in and experience ...

Denver: Friday, October 10 will be a day remembered by audiophiles for two things. It was the kickoff for 2008's RMAF, an annual show open to consumers which spot-lights the best and the brightest in ...

May 31 - The 25th anniversary of the Compact Disc is approaching and The Absolute Sound is commemorating this milestone with a special issue focused on digital. The September issue of TAS includes reviews of ...