Articles
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A.I. Pioneer Appointed President of Nextscreen Publishing Group
|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 ...read more -
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The Warsaw Audio Video Show
|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 ...read more -
Qobuz says “No” to MP3 in Move to All Music, One Price Plan, Studio Premier
|The following is a press release issued by Qobuz. November 11, 2019 - Qobuz, the Hi-Res music service that launched in the US this February, is completely eliminating its MP3 (lossy) streaming tier. Beginning today, ...read more -
Focal Open's First-Ever US Retail Store
|The following is a press release issued byVervent Audio Group. November 8, 2019 - Vervent Audio Group (VVAG), the audio and high-fidelity sound leader, is launching its worldwide network of Focal Powered by Naim flagship ...read more -
NAD Masters Series M10 Streaming Amplifier
|Completed in 2018, the Statue of Unity, in the Gujarat region of India, is the largest statue in the world. It stands 597 feet tall, almost four times taller than the Statue of Liberty. If ...read more -
Apple AirPlay 2 and Siri Support Coming to Naim High End Network Streamers
|The following is a press release issued by Naim Audio. November 5 ,2019 - Naim Audio, the British hi-fi specialist with 46 years of audio expertise, today announced that Apple AirPlay® 2 will be added ...read more -
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Astell&Kern Activo CT10 Portable Digital Audio Player
|When my review of the Astell&Kern Futura SE100 appeared on The Absolute Sound website, the first comment posted was, “Yet another DAP from A&K? Whoopee.” Snide, but I get it. Astell&Kern portable players have never ...read more -
2019 Golden Ear Awards: Alan Taffel
|Lyra Etna Cartridge $8995 Jacob Heilbrunn raved about the SL version of this mc cartridge, but that model’s very low output renders it a specialty product for use only in systems with very-high-gain phonostages. The ...read more -
World First Demo of Hi-Res Audio Meets HD Video in Japan
|This announcement is based on press release information received. London / Tokyo | 28 October 2019 – WOWOW, Japan’s leading premium pay TV broadcaster, is harnessing MQA’s award-winning audio technology to showcase HD video playback ...read more -
Melco Launces New S100 Data Switch
|The following is a press relase issued by Melco. October 24, 2019 | Surrey, UK - Melco has launched an audiophile-technology extreme-performance data switch, the S100, which offers improved sound quality for any network audio ...read more -
2019 Golden Ear Awards: Anthony H. Cordesman
|Magico S7 Loudspeaker $58,000 I’ve been using the Magico S7 as a reference for some years now, and the only nitpick I can make that it may be too revealing. It does a superb job ...read more -
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PS Audio Releases New OS for DirectStream/DSJ: Windom!
|The following is a press release issued by PS Audio. Boulder, CO | 10/2/2019 - Since its introduction in 2014, the PS Audio Perfect Wave DirectStream DAC has repeatedly advanced the state of the art ...read more -
Jeremy Denk: c.1300-c.2000
|c.1300–c.2000. Denk (24/96) SuperHiRez.com I’m not big on saving printed programs from concerts—I’ve got too much stuff I’ll never look at again as it is—but made an exception in January of 2017 when I heard ...read more -
Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2019: Loudspeakers
|Everyone loves a cliffhanger. And as I flew into Denver for RMAF’s latest installment I was about to find out how this one was going to shake out. Specifically, the change of venue, and the ...read more -
Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2019: Digital Electronics
|When you take a show from a hotel that’s been hosting that show for many years and move it to another hotel, it is, for all intents and purposes, a brand-new show. That’s exactly what ...read more