Munich High End: JV on Loudspeakers $20k and Up
Read about the best of the best in loudspeakers at this year's Munich High End.
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The 2018 Munich High-End Show
Robert Harley on Digital, and Electronics Under $15k. -
Wilson Audio Specialties TuneTot Loudspeaker
Real-world audiophiles understand that the pursuit of good sound, like most things in life, is ruled by compromise... -
2018 AXPONA Show Report: Loudspeakers Under $20k
Here’s an unanticipated finding: TAS’ Jonathan Valin, assigned the impossible task of covering all loudspeakers at the vast High End Munich show last year... -
2018 AXPONA Show Report: Loudspeakers $20k and Up
The Windy City should have been renamed the Chilly City given the unspring-like weather during the show’s April 13-15 weekend. But really this was a ... -
The Absolute Sound's Buyer's Guide to Loudspeakers 2018
The Absolute Sound’s new 2018 Buyer’s Guide to Loudspeakers is your essential one-stop resource for reviews and insights on all types of speakers... -
2018 Editors' Choice Awards: Loudspeakers $2,000 - $3,000
Check out our selections for desktop and floorstanding loudspeakers we'd recommend in this popular price category.
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Show reportMunich High End: JV on Loudspeakers $20k and Up
|Here is the good news about the annual Munich High End trade show: If you go, you’ll get the chance to hear speakers and electronics and sources you won’t hear anywhere else, at prices that ...read more -
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Show reportThe 2018 Munich High-End Show
|The Munich High-End Show’s preeminence as the world’s biggest and most important event was solidified by this year’s gathering. Munich has not only effectively replaced CES for international business but has also become the major ...read more -
NewsFocal Adds the Emblematic Grande Utopia EM Evo and Stella Utopia EM Evo Loudspeakers to its Utopia III Evo Line
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Equipment reportAVM Ovation CS 8.2 All-in-One System
|Historically, all-in-one audio components have been looked down upon by serious audiophiles, who typically prefer big-boy, multi-piece component systems. I suppose the category’s lack of respect is due in part to not-so-pleasant flashbacks to ancient ...read more -
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NewsTechnics SL-1000R Preview Event
|The following is a press release issued by Technics and Value Electronics. May 18, 2018 - Value Electronics is holding a special Open House event in their Scarsdale, NY showroom. The featured guest will be ...read more -
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Equipment report2018 Editors’ Choice Awards: Turntables $2,000 - $5,000
|VPI Scout 1.1 $2000 (with Scout tonearm) Co-winner of TAS’ 2013 Turntable of the Year award, the Scout is the first major upgrade to VPI’s ten-year-old platform. Gone is the familiar acrylic platter and in ...read more -
Equipment report2018 Editors' Choice Awards: Power Amplifiers $3,000 - $6,000
|First Watt F7 $3000 For over fifteen years First Watt has served as Nelson Pass’ creative playground, allowing him to explore unusual low-power designs with an emphasis on sound quality. The F7 is intended as ...read more -
BlogQ&A with Dan Laufman of Emotiva Audio
|What ignited your interest in the high end? Did it come from the music side or the electronics side? My love of the high end comes from both sides. My dad was an audiophile and ...read more -
Blog“The Music Formerly Known as Classical”
|As all classical music fans know, the era of giant, long-established labels like RCA, Columbia, Deutsche Grammophon, Mercury, Decca, Delos, and Telarc pouring out new releases by American orchestras has waned. Most new orchestra recordings ...read more
