The world of digital streaming is one that I admittedly am not as comfortable with as other formats. I still cling to my analog roots and treasure the ritual and spirit of vinyl LP playback–with ...

Cleaning LPs, which I have done for many years, is one of the most vexing chores that any audiophile can encounter. I’ve spent many hours hunched over LP cleaning machines, wearing ear plugs, disbursing fluids, ...

First, and this is just preliminary–In spite of the fact that I’ve only listened a short while to the new and very chic Meridian Explorer pocket-sized USB/DAC, I haven’t been anything less than impressed. Very ...

February 13, 2013. - Monday, England's digital specialist Meridian introduced a device meant to compete directly with Audioquest's wildly successful Dragonfly. Like that watershed product, Meridian's product, dubbed The Explorer, is an affordable USB DAC ...

Audio reviewing tends to be a mostly solitary endeavor. But that’s not to say reviewers are anti-social. However, as much as TAS staffers like me would like to pay a colleague a visit to check ...

Las Vegas was awash in new high-performance audio cables and power products—from exotic new interconnects and loudspeaker cables to some surprisingly affordable power conditioners and USB and Ethernet cables. These essential components lifted the performance ...

Like almost everybody else who grew up in the sixties, I can honestly say that rock ’n’ roll changed my life. In particular, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band changed my life. That girl doll ...

Usually I begin my report with pithy remarks about the show, but this year so many new digital products deserve inclusion in my report that I’ll cut right to the chase. Disc Players The 2013 ...

My coverage category had some new and interesting entries at this year's calmer, and better organized, “High Performance Audio” section of CES held at The Venetian, Las Vegas hotel. A trend I have noticed over ...

On the first morning of the show, I sat next to Robert Deutsch of Stereophile in the McIntosh room, noshing on bagels and fruit while awaiting the start of the press briefing. We were tended ...

I’m happy to report that good-sounding speakers outweighed not-so-good-sounding ones at this year’s CES, although judging their virtues and flaws was made more difficult by two relatively new wrinkles. First, though most rooms were equipped ...

Revel's Kevin Voecks with the Performa3 lineup The high end has never been about making earth shattering leaps into the future. So while the folks at the Convention Center were all agog staring at the ...

Last year’s CES brought us a slew of new turntables, many of them priced below $3000. Although there were some moderately priced turntables and cartridges introduced at this year’s show, CES 2013 was notable for ...

I was saddened to learn prior to the CES that David Manley, the progenitor of both VTL and Manley Labs, had passed away in late December after a long illness. A memorial gathering of friends ...

The new version of Alan Shaw’s Harbeth Monitor 30.1, which I am reviewing now, is the best compact two-way speaker system I have ever heard, regardless of design type, cost, or complexity. It’s an updated ...