Perspective can be a rare commodity in a world where the latest “next best thing” always seems to grab the headlines. I wrote about the Synergistic Research Tesla Cables back in Issue 171 and was ...

You guys won’t be hearing from me regularly on the Forum threads for a short while (which may come as a great relief to some). On Friday I’m going to Tokyo with Tangram Audio’s Yujean ...

Electrocompaniet, based in Norway, has been producing audiophile products since 1973, but it is now making a concerted push to capture a significant share of the US high-end market. As part of its strategy to ...

Part I & II described how the Smyth Realiser system works but the acid test is, of course in the listening. Here’s where the strange magic of the A-8 asserts itself. To begin, I sat ...

Here’s a gentle reminder about an upcoming opportunity to meet and greet Robert Harley, Editor-in-Chief of the absolute sound, as well as Alon Wolf, the creator of the Magico M5 at Overture Ultimate Audio/Video on ...

According to Bloomberg.com (see http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aDmRedq9AdQo&refer=us), Source Interlink--the parent company of 5.0 Mustang & Super Fords, Lowrider, Street Chopper, Soap Opera Digest, and Stereophile (among others)--"sought bankruptcy protection as it moves to become a private company." ...

There is a bit of a myth that says that the Cable Wars didn't really start in earnest until Bob Fulton came along with his first custom numbers back in the late 70s. That's true ...

The Smyth Realiser arrives as a bundle that includes the A-8, headtracker modules, Stax SR-202 headphones and driver unit and the necessary connectors and cabling. So what’s the difference between the Realiser and the Dolby ...

If you own a high-end loudspeaker, there's a good chance that some of the drivers were made by the Danish firm ScanSpeak. The company was known for years as building the creme de la creme ...

With the reported demise of Telarc Records (see HP’s recent blog), the Tower Records bankruptcy, and classical music sales down some 30% in the past year, things were beginning to look pretty bleak for the ...

A couple of days ago I drove out to a modest industrial park in Camarillo, California where I was to meet with Lorr Kramer of Smyth Research. The purpose was to receive a full-on, no-holds-barred ...

Sneak Preview of Upcoming TAS Features and Reviews Robert Harley Although it’s mid-April (and snowing in New Mexico as I write this!), I have on the drawing board issue plans for The Absolute Sound through ...

While Telarc Records, as we knew it, did not officially cease to exist on the last day of March, it will only be a shell of its former self. As one of its principals put ...

Take a look at these two pictures: Given the small difference in the angle from which they were taken and the larger one in the time of day they were taken at (the first was ...

The $2000 CD Made from Glass Robert Harley Japanese CD manufacturer Memory-Tech is offering to replicate CDs made from glass rather than the conventional polycarbonate. The rationale? Glass CDs sound better. Memory-Tech calls the discs ...