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Wilson Audio Specialties TuneTot Loudspeaker
|Real-world audiophiles understand that the pursuit of good sound, like most things in life, is ruled by compromise. The loudspeakers you can't live without inform your choice of amplifier; the size and shape of the ...read more -
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2018 Editors' Choice Awards: Loudspeakers $100,000 and up
|Lansche No.7 $105,000–$113,000 depending on finish With its massless corona-plasma tweeter, the Lansche No.7 brings something different to the upper-end-loudspeaker arena. This driver works by modulating a plasma field surrounding an electrical arc, producing sound ...read more -
Totem Acoustic Signature One
|The much-lauded Totem Acoustic Model 1 mini-monitor was the speaker that got the ball rolling for the young Montreal-based company in 1987. For its time and price, this two-way bass-reflex design heralded a new era ...read more -
Coming Soon: Wilson's TuneTot
|For those with a consuming (or even passing) interest in Wilson Audio Specialties, the next six days are going to feel like a bit of a striptease—the closest you'll ever get to that from the ...read more -
2018 AXPONA Show Report: Loudspeakers $20k and Up
|The Windy City should have been renamed the Chilly City given the unspring-like weather during the show’s April 13–15 weekend. But really this was a blessing in disguise because a nice early spring day in ...read more -
MartinLogan Impression ESL 11A Hybrid Electrostatic Loudspeaker
|MartinLogan’s new Impression ESL 11A is a direct replacement for the company’s Montis that I reviewed so enthusiastically almost three years ago. Like the earlier model, which is priced identically to the new one at ...read more -
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2018 AXPONA Show Report: Loudspeakers Under $20k
|Photography by Dennis Weeks Here’s an unanticipated finding: TAS’ Jonathan Valin, assigned the impossible task of covering all loudspeakers at the vast High End Munich show last year, observed that most were priced above $20,000 ...read more -
Listen to Kef at Home Theater Technologies
|The following is a press release issued by KEF and Home Theater Technologies. April 17, 2018 - Home Theater Technologies is a custom electronics integrator, specializing in residential solutions. Since our inception in 2000, our ...read more -
Wharfedale Diamond 225
|This is the world I grew up in: iPods, ear buds, tinny laptop speakers. Most people my age don’t think twice about their equipment, so long as it makes sound. Your average iTunes aficionado isn’t ...read more -
Denver Retailer ListenUp Hosts Music Matters 2018
|Music Matters, ListenUp’s annual seminar featuring the latest and greatest in home entertainment, will take place April 25 and 26 at the ListenUp Denver showroom. This eagerly anticipated event will offer compelling demonstrations of cutting-edge ...read more -
Muraudio Launches the SP1
|The following is a press release issued by Muraudio. OTTAWA, ON | April 9, 2018 - Muraudio is pleased to announce the launch of the all new SP1. Based on the award winning Domain Omni ...read more -
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MarkAudio-Sota Cesti B Loudspeaker
|My first encounter with MarkAudio-Sota loudspeakers occurred at the LA Audio Show last June. I liked what I heard, even under the less-than-optimal show conditions, and I left with two observations. First, the models on ...read more -
2018 Editors' Choice Awards: Loudspeakers $2000–$3000
|Monitor Audio Silver 300 $2000 A three-way, four-driver speaker (dual six-inch woofers, 4-inch midrange, 1-inch tweeter) housed in a cabinet that looks far too nice for this price range, the Silver 300 offers a compelling ...read more -
Vancouver Audio Festival Coming to Hi-Fi Centre Again For 2018
|The following is a press release issued by Hi-Fi Centre. March 20, 2018 - This year's show will feature 10 demonstration areas with cutting edge audio equipment ranging from world class manufacturers including: Antipodes, Audeze, ...read more -
2018 Editors' Choice Awards: Loudspeakers $1,500 - $2,000
|KEF LS50 $1500 (wireless/active version, $2199) With its pink-gold Uni-Q coincident midrange/tweeter mounted in bulls-eye fashion atop the uniquely arched baffle of its beautifully crafted high-density enclosure, the LS50 is as visually arresting as it ...read more