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 ...

The Elac Carina series of loudspeakers nestles in the sweet spot between the affordably priced Debut and UniFi loudspeakers and Elac’s mid-priced Adante line. As of this writing, Elac offers three models in the Carina ...

The following is a press release issued by AXPONA. March 9, 2020 - AXPONA has been rescheduled from April 17-19 to August 7-9, 2020 out of concern for the health and safety of all participants ...

The perfect system doesn’t exist. I think that’s the best part of this hobby: There is no single absolutely flawless system that will please every single ear in existence. And even the best systems have ...

Photography by Dennis Weeks. Last year saw the emergence of a brand-new regional audio show, the Florida Audio Expo (or FLAX, as some have taken to calling it). By all accounts, the show's inaugural outing ...

The following is a press release issued by German Physiks. February 19, 2020 - We are very pleased to announce the appointment of Red Leaf Audio as our new distributor for German Physiks loudspeakers, electronics ...

The all-in-one powered-speaker space feels really exciting. It’s both a response to and a repudiation of current mass-market trends. On the one hand, it very much embraces digital and streaming, but on the other, it ...

Bowers & Wilkins 705 S2 $3000 This compact two-way hits it out of the park in sound quality, build, technology, and value. The midrange driver is based on techniques developed for the flagship 800 series, ...

Several high-end audio companies have commissioned lavish, large-format books chronicling the firm’s history (QUAD, McIntosh, Mark Levinson, etc.) but none is like The Wilson Way: The Official History of Wilson Audio. Written by Wilson’s long-time ...

Elac Navis ARB51 $1999 Elac’s active, three-way, compact is not only handsome; it also defies expectations at every turn. Under fourteen inches tall, it projects a rich, full-bodied midrange that proves ideal for solo piano ...

This article is intended to be a bit different from most of what we publish in TAS. I want to make the argument that we could be executing a slow but powerfully important transition to ...

The following is a press release issued by The Florida Audio Expo. Tampa, Florida | January 2020—Florida Audio Expo 2020 happens next week, Friday–Sunday, February 7–9, at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Tampa Airport Westshore. ...

The following is a press release issued by KEF. Maidstone, Kent | January 16, 2020 - KEF is pleased to announce expansion of the KEF Reference finish selection for 2020. The 2020 lineup introduces a ...

When I was a little kid in the 1970s my parents gave me my own “compact stereo system.” Except, it wasn’t stereo, and it wasn’t high end. It included an LP record player, AM radio, ...

The following is a press release issued by Focal. CES, Las Vegas | January 8, 2020 - French speaker specialist, Focal, has added three new models to its recently launched Chora range, including its first ...