One of the most fertile areas of product development in high-performance audio during the past year has been in the cable, power products, and system-tweak categories, resulting in many significant product introductions at CES. Audiophiles ...

As the saying goes, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas…except when it comes to reporting on the one and only behemoth Consumer Electronics Show. As the newest TAS staffer (and CES first-timer), the first ...

It’s just not fair. Designers of expensive speakers get to use diamond-studded drivers enshrouded in mu-metal, solid-aluminum, or molded-marble enclosures. But if you’re building a speaker that will retail at $20k or less, those headstarts ...

Over the course of CES 2015 I was bombarded in print and in conversation with reports on the rapid ascent of wearables, and the advances in software apps for our various smart devices—events that have ...

What can you do, when finishing up holiday celebrations, to bring joy and fresh expectations for the New Year? Well, if you’re an audiophile, you can attend the first major high-end event of 2015. This ...

This year’s High-End CES seemed even more poorly attended by civilians than last year’s CES, which is saying something. It’s pretty plain that when the CEA switched from the traditional weekend shows to the current ...

[Watch this space for full reports from Jonathan Valin, Neil Gader, Alan Taffel, Andre Jennings, Jim Hannon, and Julie Mullins.] The 2015 Consumer Electronics Show will be remembered as the moment at which the smartphone ...

Earlier this month I had the wonderful opportunity to attend the 2014 Toronto Audio Video Entertainment Show in downtown Toronto. Its new location at the Sheraton Centre Hotel was a perfect mix of great sounding ...

Attending RMAF since 2007, I’ve come to look forward to this yearly pilgrimage to the mile-high city. What I most enjoy about this show in particular is the relaxed atmosphere that surrounds the event. I’m ...

This year’s RMAF, like last year’s and the year before, was the biggest one ever. This was due in part to the increased manufacturer participation in CANJAM, which outgrew its ballroom location and spilled out ...

Plants. That’s what made the difference between heavenly and hellish-sounding rooms at this year’s New York Audio Show. It took me a while to clue into this. I was in one of the better-sounding spaces, ...

Wrapping up the 2014 U.S. audio-show circuit in Denver, Colorado, the eleventh annual Rocky Mountain Audio Fest featured familiar exhibits, exciting launches, and some surprising affordability. There has been a lot of change in the ...

I wanted to give a quick preview of the goings-on at Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2014. Official show reports will hit the site soon, but this will be a short list of some things that ...

Click Here To Read Part Two It was back-to-basics (kind of) for fans of Wilson Audio and Magico Loudspeakers. The exhibits were less on frills yet thrillingly highlighted the brand’s more approachable systems from two ...

Click Here To Read Part One Some of the best sound was reserved for the very nicely dialed-in Genesis room (above) which featured the stunning 2.2 Junior loudspeakers, a towering, line source dipole with servo ...