For all the collegiality among TAS writers it's rare that any of us have an opportunity to enjoy one another's system if for no other reason than we’re just too spread out geographically. However when ...

Jonathan Valin on Loudspeakers Priced at $20,000 and Above Right on the heels of Robert’s declaration that the sound was less colored at this year’s RMAF, I’m here to say that, in my neck of ...

Neil Gader on Electronics Under $15,000 and Loudspeakers Under $20,000 I’m no economist, but in spite of the year’s financial ups and downs I was more inspired by what I saw and heard at this ...

Robert Harley on Upper-End Electronics The mood at this year’s Audio Fest was markedly more upbeat and optimistic than that of a year ago, and particularly that of two years ago. The show saw a ...

OK. I’m fully aware that I’m going to stir up a storm of criticism from Wilson owners, Rockport owners, TAD owners, Nola owners, Vandersteen owners, Focal owners, Hansen owners, Scaena owners, YG owners, Magnepan owners, ...

Some of you may have wondered why my TAS review of the ARC Reference 5 preamp was relatively succinct. There were two reasons actually. First, I knew that the Anniversary Edition Reference preamp was waiting ...

The XJ is the final jewel in the crown of Jaguar’s fully redesigned stable of motorcars. Stately, definitive, and powerful, its interior bedecked with wood accents and the sweet bouquet of leather the XJ is ...

Since I literally just got it yesterday morning, it is way too early to say whether it really is over when Morel’s The Fat Lady sings (although even on a first audition, with the speakers ...

Transport Bit Accuracy Two Theories Explaining Sonic Differences Between CD Transports Robert Harley One of the theories explaining the analog-like sonic differences between CD transports suggests that better-sounding transports produced fewer bit errors. That is, ...

I'm just kidding, of course, about selling my 7D. It's just that I've recently gone back to using the Mamiya 7 II rangefinder film camera (for those of you unfamiliar with this classic you will ...

If you missed the Tele-Briefing with Jonathan Valin on The State of Analog Reproduction, you can listen to it here: What Goes Around Comes Back Around Having been repeatedly pronounced dead for two decades, the ...

The 2010 Consumer Electronics Show The TAS Staff Reports on the Greatest New Gear Coming Your Way Chris Martens, Steven Stone, Neil Gader, Alan Taffel, Dick Olsher, Robert Harley, Jonathan Valin Chris Martens on Loudspeakers ...

This is going to be an impressionistic portrait of what I saw, heard, felt and, in a few cases, did during the audio carnival in Las Vegas early last month. Impressionistic because, for once, I ...

Up until about three weeks ago, if someone had asked me who in the States makes the best dynamic speakers I would without hesitation have answered: “Alon Wolf of Magico and Andy Payor of Rockport.” ...

I've been putting off writing about these products for two reasons, neither of which has to do with the incredible sound they are capable of delivering when fully functional. First, at the moment Japanese-made Technical ...