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Audio Research SE Amps
|The following is a press release issued by Audio Research. March 10, 2015 - The current Reference Series amplifiers are some of the most awarded amplifiers Audio Research has created - each amplifier has been ...read more -
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2014 Product of the Year Awards: Solid-State Power Amps
|Affordable Rotel RB-1552 Mk II Power Amplifier$999 The RB-1552 Mk II is a handsome, purposeful 120Wpc Class AB stereo power amplifier that bristles with the holistic design and careful parts selection that have distinguished Rotel’s ...read more -
Electrical Engineering and the High End
|Although we’re accustomed to thinking of the science of electricity as having a long history, the fact of it is that what we now know as electronics didn’t really exist until 1877, when Alexander Graham ...read more -
The Complete Guide to High-End Audio, Fifth Edition
|TAS’ very own Editor in Chief, Robert Harley, has just published the fifth edition of what was, is, and remains the best book ever written about hi-fi, his Complete Guide to High-End Audio. Introduced in ...read more -
NAD Announces AVR Upgrade Program
|Pickering, Ontario February 24, 2015 — NAD Electronics, the highly regarded manufacturer of high-performance audio/video components, announced an important 4K Ready AVR MDC Upgrade Program for its AVRs and Prepros, assuring NAD customers can incorporate ...read more -
Soulution 711 Stereo Amplifier, 701 Monoblock Amplifier, and 725 Full-Function Preamplifier
|Soulution, the Swiss company with the whimsical name, has been on a genuine tear lately. Its “more affordable” 5 Series electronics—the $55k 501 monoblock amplifier and $26k 520 full-function preamplifier, which I raved about in ...read more -
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Hi-Fi Centre Opens in New Vancouver Location
|Hi-Fi Centre, of Vancouver, BC, is pleased to announce the opening of a brand-new, 5,000-sq.-ft. audio/video showroom, in the Gastown district. The grand opening event will take place on Friday, February 27, 2015, in the ...read more -
Dealer Event at Definitive Audio Seattle Washington
|Thursday, February 26, 5–9pm: Definitive Audio (6206 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle) will host Music Matters 10, an annual event devoted exclusively to the reproduction of music—and the grand commencement of the dealership’s 40th Anniversary Celebration. ...read more -
Balanced Audio Technology Rex II Preamplifier and Rex II Monoblock Power Amplifiers
|About a decade ago at the Hilton Hotel in Manhattan, Balanced Audio Technology demonstrated its electronics in a magnificent surround-sound configuration with Avantgarde Trio loudspeakers and Bass Horns subwoofers that were parked in each corner ...read more -
NAD Launches CI 980 and CI 940 Multi-Channel Amplifiers
|Pickering, Ontario February 16, 2015 — NAD Electronics, the highly regarded manufacturer of high-performance audio/video components, announced two new multi-channel amplifiers primarily designed for distributed audio systems for the custom installation market. The eight-channel CI ...read more -
Dealer Event at Sound World Wisconsin
|WISCONSIN - Thursday, February 19, 5–8pm: Sound World (3015 West Wisconsin Avenue, Appleton) will host a Music Matters event. Featured gear will include Cary Audio’s new TL-300d tubed preamp, CAD-211FE monoblock power amplifiers, SA-500.1 monoblock ...read more -
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Accustic Arts Reference Hybrid Tube Preamplifier II Mk II and Mono II Monoblock Amp
|As heretical as it may sound, there is audio equipment that looks so attractive that sonic considerations can take a backseat, at least until you actually listen to it. The Accustic Arts gear falls firmly ...read more -
New Methods for Quantifying Sonic Performance: Part Two
|Influence of FLAC Compression Level on Sound Quality In our previous series on computer audio (TAS Issues 218–221), we reported a sonic degradation when WAV files were compressed into the FLAC format. These results were ...read more -
AXPONA 2015
|Once the Windy City’s snow thaws each year (and this year’s snowfall was a record!), it means that the annual AXPONA high-end audio event, slated for April 24–26, is right around the corner. AXPONA, an ...read more -
Peter McGrath, Recording Engineer
|Where did the high-end journey begin for you? It began in Panama in the late 1950s. An importer in South America was the distributor for Quad mono electronics and Tannoy loudspeakers. He also had a ...read more