Wilson Audio invited me to Provo, Utah just a few days before Christmas for an early look and listen to its new top-of-the-line Alexandria XLF loudspeaker. TAS Contributing Writer Jacob Heilbrunn, who owns Wilson's X-2 ...

Click here to check out our entire list of RMAF 2011 blogs. Another October, another trek to the Mile High City to hear some of the world’s best loudspeakers—and see old friends. Rocky Mountain Audio ...

Have you ever attended an “amplified” live performance by a symphony orchestra, opera, or musical theater company, a dance troupe, choral group, or jazz band, and been completely underwhelmed by the overall sonics, even when ...

Click here to check out our entire list of RMAF 2011 blogs. Before getting to my beat at this show—electronics above $15k—I’d like to tell you about what was for me show’s sonic and musical ...

Click here to check out our entire list of RMAF 2011 blogs. This year's RAMF show was pleasant and filled with a wide variety of products to listen to, ranging from one-piece tabletop units with ...

Click here to check out our entire list of RMAF 2011 blogs. As a writer familiar with covering trader events, it’s easy to forget the impact a regional consumer show like RMAF can have. Leaving ...

I’ve never really considered Sony to be a “player” in high-end still photography (although it has long been one in professional videography). Its top-end SLRs—the A900 and (now discontinued) A850—received mixed reviews (great at base ...

As KEF celebrates its 50th Anniversary, I thought it would be interesting to look at the early association between KEF and The Absolute Sound. As one of the first loudspeaker companies to offer high-performance loudspeakers, ...

Last weekend I traveled to Berkeley, CA, and spent three solid days listening to Magico’s latest aluminum-enclosed speaker, the $25k stand-mounted Q1 mini-monitor. To be honest, though I’d been invited to audition the Q1s several ...

Alive and Kicking: Report from T.H.E. Show Newport Beach Robert Harley Of the 70 or so hi-fi shows I’ve attended around the world, I’d have to say that T.H.E. Show held at the Newport Beach ...

Southern California’s O.C. is many things—home to cool sea breezes, Ferrari convertibles, and, of course, the Real Wives. Audiophiles, however, will remember it for what turned out to be an unusually successful high-end event, T.H.E. ...

It’s been a long time since I’ve reviewed a conrad-johnson component, but back in the seventies and eighties I owned as much c-j gear as I did Audio Research. Indeed, there was a time when ...

Several major new products had their U.S. premieres at the California Audio Show (CAS) this weekend in the San Francisco Bay Area. Most of these new entries were sonically stunning, despite the “challenging” room acoustics ...

Several major new products had their U.S. premieres at the California Audio Show (CAS) this weekend in the San Francisco Bay Area. Most of these new entries were sonically stunning, despite the “challenging” room acoustics ...

Exhibitors were skeptical but willing to give it a go. Organizers sensed an opportunity. Attendees couldn't believe it was even happening. And to the surprise of them all, the inaugural Newport Beach event turned out ...