(Editor's Note: We received the press release reprinted below from Wisdom Audio. This uncommonly shaped, internally powered 400-Watt sub creates opportunities for installations in places where a traditional sub will not fit. Very interesting!) Wisdom ...

Editor's Note: Following is a press release we received on Definitive Technology's new Mythos XTR-50. Given Definitive Technology's track record, this is a new product introduction The Perfect Vision will definitely follow. BALTIMORE – March ...

Editor's Note: Following is a press release we received today (3/16/10) about a new CD player from Vincent Audio. GRAND RAPIDS, MI (3/16/10) -- Vincent Audio has introduced its new C-60 high end CD player ...

AVguide.com expanded its formidable content offerings and took on a new look with enhanced features today to serve audio and video enthusiasts better and help accommodate the site’s rapid growth of both content and visitors. ...

The year was 1987 and digital audio was still emerging unsteadily from its technological Stone Age. Nineteen-eighty-seven was also noteworthy for the highly anticipated, first-ever release of the Beatles catalog on compact disc. Although the ...

Editor's Note: To help kick off the upcoming T.H.E. Show, TAS founder Harry Pearson will introduce singer Napua Davoy at a Thursday evening reception starting at 6pm at the Flamingo Hotel, Executive Conference Center at ...

The Absolute Sound, the TAS Golden Ear Club, and T.H.E. Show jointly announced today that Harry Pearson will speak at T.H.E. Show on Saturday, January 9th at 5:00 pm at the Flamingo Hotel in Las ...

Editor's Note: YG Acoustics has announced a new loudspeaker---The Carmel. Unfortunately, no photos are currently available but following is their press release which contains info on this new $18K speaker that is in an all ...

The word “audiophile” has always struck me as one that carries two messages. One speaks of appreciation, connoisseurship, a passion for great sound and the equipment that delivers it, the closest thing indeed to the ...

Excerpted and adapted from The Complete Guide to High-End Audio (Third Edition). Copyright ©1994–2009 by Robert Harley. hifibooks.com Loudspeaker cables and interconnects are an important but often overlooked part of the playback chain. The right ...

So the kids are off to college, you have more free time, and maybe, if you’re lucky, at least a little more disposable income. And you’re getting back into one of your first true passions: ...

1. Tighten your speaker’s driver mounting bolts The bolts holding the loudspeaker drivers to the baffle can loosen over time, causing the drivers’ basket and flange to vibrate. Gently snug-down the bolts and you’ll hear ...

Accurately reproducing music’s low frequencies is the single biggest challenge facing the audiophile. The laws of physics make it difficult to achieve a smooth, extended, and articulate bottom end in our listening rooms. Consequently, many ...

We begin our journey circa 1957, the dawn of the stereo age, with the introduction of the first full-range electrostatic loudspeaker (later known as the ESL-57) by Quad Electroacoustics. Although the principles of electrostatic transducers ...

Note: The following interview was originally published in The Absolute Sound issue 194 in conjunction with Editor Robert Harley's review of the Meridian 808.2 Reference Signature CD player. To read that review in its entirety, ...