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, ...

Purist Audio Design, a leading manufacturer of high-performance cables, interconnects, and accessories announced a new blog that will publish useful tips and tricks that founder Jim P. Aud has learned over the years. Jim's Corner ...

The Absolute Sound and The Sound Organization announced today that Rega Research Ltd. has become a participating manufacturer of the TAS Golden Ear Club. Rega plans to participate in select dealer events of the GEC, ...

Coming Soon: Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2009—October, 2-4, 2009 Each Fall, music lovers and audiophiles of all stripes convene in Denver, CO for what has become an annual must-see/must-hear event: The Rocky Mountain Audio Fest. ...

Furutech Co., Ltd., manufacturer of ultra refined analog, digital, video cable and accessories, announced the GT2 today in Tokyo. The GT2 cable features 24k gold-plated nonmangnetic connectors and silver-plated Alpha OCC conductors. Furutech suggests that ...