The RCA Classic Film Score Series has no equal among film music recordings, musically or sonically. Yet, despite the consistently high sound quality of the series, RCA butchered its initial release on CD in Dolby ...

The following is a press release issued by Qobuz. March 31, 2020 - Qobuz, the music service with the world’s largest Hi-Res catalog, has announced that it is waiving its revenue share on all download ...

Chora is the successor to Focal’s lauded Chorus line that included models like the Chorus 705, which garnered more than its share of praise and was repeatedly selected for TAS’ Editors’ Choice award. But time ...

While jazz critics and listeners have elevated such flutists as Nicole Mitchell and Hubert Laws to the top of their polls, virtuoso Robert Dick has flown somewhat under the radar while doing nothing less than ...

NAD C 546BEE $549 This entirely new design sports the latest 24-bit Wolfson DAC chips. The disc player’s sound is extremely natural, with rich detail, excellent retrieval of ambient information, deep black backgrounds, and a ...

Yes, Billy Strings is a real person’s name, and a more apt moniker would be difficult to find. This is Mr. Strings’ first album and he’s a young guy, but he’s already a seasoned pro ...

In all my years as an audiophile I’ve never been captivated by the allure of horn-based loudspeakers. I admired their dynamic abilities, but they never made me want to own loudspeakers based on horn technology. ...

Silver Apex speaker cable from Analysis Plus represents the Michigan-based firm’s most advanced implementation of its unique conductor geometry. Honed and refined over the years, AP-designed conductors aren’t flat, round, or rectangular. Nor are they ...

The following is a press release issued by Sound United. Vista, Calif | March 23, 2020 — Sound United LLC, parent company to Denon, Polk Audio, Marantz, Definitive Technology, Classé, and Boston Acoustics, today announced ...

The following is a press release from Yarlung Records. Dear TAS Readers, Grateful as I am for superb music and our talented musicians every day, the Covid-19 self-isolation requirements make me ever-more grateful. As we ...

I’ve always wanted to go to the Munich High-End show. But with the world on lockdown and the Munich show outright cancelled, I accepted an invitation from Bill Parish of GTT Audio to attend his ...

Listening to abstract music isn’t for everybody. But for those who go with flow of freely improvised “jazz”—performed with no written score and no rehearsal and absent the familiar touchstones of premeditated melody, harmony, and ...

What ignited your interest in the high end? Did it come from the music side or the electronics side? It comes from one of my earliest memories of being at a New Year’s party with ...

Musical Surroundings Mydac II $1200 The Musical Surroundings Mydac II offers a unique solution to the problem of accurate digital sound reproduction by augmenting its performance through mid- and upper-frequency equalization. The result is a ...

The following is a press release issued by Thorens. Montreal, Canada | March 19, 2020 - Thorens, the world’s oldest Consumer Electronics Company, proudly introduces successors to their legendary 160-Series Turntables. Thorens’ NEW 1600-series combine ...