Articles

A Roon Primer
What Is Roon? Roon is a music playback and management […]
- by Alan Taffel
- Nov 19th, 2018

2018 Golden Ear Awards: Alan Taffel
dCS Rossini DAC/Player with Roon and MQA DAC, $24,000; player, […]
- by Alan Taffel
- Oct 05th, 2018

Esoteric Grandioso D1 DAC, P1 Disc Transport, C1 Linestage, and M1 Monoblock Power Amplifier
As I learned on my Japanese audio excursion (Issue 279), […]
- by Alan Taffel
- Apr 19th, 2018

TAS Legacy: Cello Palette Equalizer-Preamplifier
The Mark Levinson LNP-2 preamplifier (1973) set new standards for […]
- by Alan Taffel
- Mar 21st, 2018

Why Tom Petty Was Great
Recently the world lost Tom Petty, a great American rock […]
- by Alan Taffel
- Feb 27th, 2018

50th Anniversary Edition of Sgt. Pepper
There aren’t many 50-year-old rock albums that have anything new […]
- by Alan Taffel
- Jan 09th, 2018

Bavsound Stage One BMW Audio System
These days most of us buy our vehicles, whether brand-new […]
- by Alan Taffel
- Jan 05th, 2018

Special Report: The Japanese Audio Industry
Something is definitely afoot in the Japanese audio industry. For […]
- by Alan Taffel
- Dec 04th, 2017

Soundtracks Series Vol. 8: Alan Taffel’s Top 10
For this list I decided to stick to movies and […]
- by Alan Taffel
- Nov 10th, 2017

Three Duruflé Requiems
A glance at the sheet music for Duruflé’s Requiem suggests […]
- by Alan Taffel
- Jul 25th, 2017

LA Audio Show: Digital
Some say the first L.A. audio show in recent times […]
- by Alan Taffel
- Jun 13th, 2017

Joe Jackson: Look Sharp!
Although Joe Jackson is rarely mentioned in the same breath […]
- by Alan Taffel
- Dec 01st, 2016