The following is a press release issued by Magico. Hayward, CA | December 6, 2019 – The largest and most advanced of Magico’s A Series, the A5 incorporates the company’s first 5-inch pure midrange driver ...

VTL S-200 $15,000 VTL’s Luke Manley and his team have made the 200Wpc S-200 relatively idiot-proof for listeners who enjoy the sound of vacuum tubes without the need to geek-out or otherwise futz around with ...

The following is a press release issued by Atlantic Technology. Norwood, MA | December 4, 2019 – Atlantic Technology recently exhibited over 30 new products which begin to roll out this holiday season and throughout ...

When German guitarist Werner Lämmerhirt released Ten Thousand Miles in 1974, that LP was, in more ways than one, a harbinger of things to come. Along with being Lämmerhirt’s debut album, it was the opening ...

The French company Devialet has introduced a number of amplifier innovations since its founding in 2004. It is most famous for its hybrid output stage, which uses a Class A amplifier for voltage gain and ...

December 3, 2019 | AUSTIN, TX -- NextScreen, LLC, publishers of The Absolute Sound and HiFi+, is announcing today that Lee Scoggins will be joining the team as President, NextScreen Publishing Group. The newly formed ...

The following is a press release issued by ATC. Las Vegas, NV | December 3, 2019 - Built to provide a dynamic low-distortion bass foundation for ATC’s Entry Series speakers, its C1C and C3C center ...

Are powered wireless loudspeakers the future of audio? Tom Martin posits in this issue’s feature “The Future of Audio: Integrated Systems?” that integrated loudspeakers which combine amplification and digital streaming are potentially game-changers in the ...

By choice, I’ve been listening to music through DACs made by Berkeley Audio Design for more than ten years. The company’s first product, the $4995 Alpha DAC, launched in 2008, was easily the best-sounding product ...

Paradigm Persona 9H $35,000 Along with the Legacy speakers, the Persona 9H is a product from one of only two manufacturers AHC has found that can really do room correction well, courtesy of the Persona’s ...

Call it “Revenge of the Nerds.” Vilified by the music mainstream and critical cognoscenti for decades, Rush became the prime beneficiaries of some clear-cut revisionist history and ultimately a 2013 berth in the Rock and ...

It’s complicated, but the loudspeaker company we know as Focal turned forty this year. In the late 1970s, Jacques Mahul was working for Audax, Europe’s largest driver manufacturer, when he decided to strike out on ...

The opportunity to cover Warsaw’s Audio Video Show 2019 was pitched to me this way, by both the editor-in-chief of this magazine and the event’s organizers: “It’s the second biggest audio show in Europe!” Sort ...

When you acquire something brand-new, whether it’s a car or a fine pair of shoes, break-in time is often part of the deal before the real performance and enjoyment of the product begin. Of course, ...

The following is a press release issued by Egglestoneworks. MEMPHIS, TN | November 21, 2019: EgglestonWorks, the Memphis-based manufacturer of High End loudspeaker systems, was recently chosen by the Memphis Chapter of the Recording Academy™ ...