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From The Editor: Albert Von Schweikert and Me
|In 1981 I was finishing college, had just built a recording studio, and was a part-time salesman at the stereo store where I’d been working for the past four years while attending school. The stereo ...read more -
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New Dealer Announcement for Vitus Audio and Audio Solutions
|The following is a press release issued by High End by Oz. December 11, 2019 - High End By Oz LLC is pleased to announce Stellar Home Audio as an authorized dealer for Audio Solutions ...read more -
Luxman, Dynaudio, and TechDAS Shine at Pearl Audio Event
|December 5, 2019: Pearl Audio, a high-end audio dealer located in the Pearl District of Portland, Oregon, hosted a standing-room-only event featuring new products from Luxman, Dynaudio, and TechDAS. Jeff Sigmund, President of Luxman America, ...read more -
Magico Introduces A5 Loudspeaker
|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 ...read more -
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 -
ATC Loudspeaker Technology Launches C1 Sub Mk2 Active Subwoofer
|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 ...read more -
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Bowers & Wilkins Formation Duo Wireless Integrated Loudspeaker
|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 ...read more -
2019 High-End Audio Buyer’s Guide: Floorstanding Loudspeakers $35,000-$50,000
|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 ...read more -
Focal Spectral 40th Loudspeaker
|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 ...read more -
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 -
Egglestonworks Rocks the Grammys (well, sorta...)
|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™ ...read more -
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2019 Golden Ear Awards: Jim Hannon
|Zellaton Stage Loudspeaker $89,975 The Zellaton Stage loudspeaker replaces the Quad ESL-57 as my Golden Ear Award selection. Like the original Quad, the Stage has a pellucid midrange, with world-class purity, clarity, fine detail retrieval, ...read more -
MBL X-treme Roadshow at Suncoast Audio
|November 14, 2019 - Please join MBL and Suncoast Audio, Sarasota, Florida, for the MBL X-treme Roadshow on Saturday, November 16th, 1-5pm. Jeremy and Tara Bryan from MBL North America will present the 101 X-treme ...read more -
Von Schweikert Audio Ultra 9 Loudspeaker
|To understand the genesis of the new-generation VSA Ultra loudspeakers, we must go back to 2012, when a loyal, long-time VSA flagship owner contacted company founder Albert Von Schweikert and asked him to construct a ...read more -
Wilson Audio Chronosonic XVX Launch Event at Excel Audio Newport Beach
|The following is a press release issued by Excel Audio. November 13, 2019 - Excel Audio invites everyone to join us, Saturday November 23rd 6 to 9pm, to experience Wilson Audio’s latest triumph the Chronosonic ...read more