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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...