Blogs
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Walls of Sound
|The Walls Of Sound system does not lend itself to a normal review. It’s an in-wall system, designed with stereo parameters – rather than home cinema impressiveness – in mind. The ‘designed for stereo’ part ...read more -
CES: Highlights from everywhere else!
|There are no right ways for reporters to divide up a show like CES. There are only variations on the theme of ‘wrong’. Everyone needs a specific ‘beat’, but whether you divide the show by ...read more -
CES: Highlights from the Venetian Floor 29 - The Full Works!
|The 29th floor of the Venetian Tower is one of the crucibles of high-end audio. It’s commonly considered the place for audiophile start-ups, the best spot for lower and mid-priced brands, the venue for cable ...read more -
CES: Highlights from Venetian Floor 30 – Electronics, Source Components, and Servers/Streamers
|Most CES high-end audio exhibits are clustered in the aforementioned upper floors of the Venetian Hotel, although by tradition some high-end headphone manufacturers continue to exhibit in the LVCC’s South Hall. Added to this, there ...read more -
CES: Highlights from Venetian Floor 30 - Loudspeakers
|For those Hi-Fi+ readers who might never have had the opportunity to attend CES, let me try to give you some idea of the sheer magnitude of the event. CES sprawls across four large convention ...read more -
Postcards from Las Vegas (part two)
|In Part 1 of our ‘Postcards from Las Vegas” series, Hi-Fi+ Editor Alan Sircom provides and excellent overview of the 2015 CES event. For my part of the article, however, I thought I might provide ...read more -
Postcards from Las Vegas (part one)
|CES is the annual hub for consumer electronics. The world’s technology makers, sellers, and press are all assembled together for a week in early January, to paw over the latest (and occasionally greatest) consumer electronics ...read more -
CES 2015 preview
|Audio is not the slow-moving stream it once was. The rate of change has stepped up considerably of late, and there will be many products and concepts shown at this year’s CES. We get dozens ...read more -
2014 high-end audio highlights - and all that!
|At the end of a year, it’s customary to look back on the past 12 months and look forward to what’s coming in the next 12. Audio is generally a slower moving stream than many ...read more -
First Listen: LH Labs Geek Out 1000 USB dongle-type headphone amp/DAC
|A number of months back, some of you may recall a surge of Internet buzz surrounding the LH Labs Geek Out—a small, but powerful and very high-quality USB-powered, dongle-type headphone amp/DAC. Part of what drew ...read more -
Classic Album Sundays - Pink Floyd's The Wall
|I must admit I have not listened to Pink Floyd’s The Wall in its entirety for nearly three decades until recently. However, in anticipation of our The Wall 35th anniversary celebrations, I duly dusted off ...read more -
First Listen: JH Audio Roxanne custom-fit in-ear monitors
|A significant page on the JH Audio website declares that, “JH Audio combines over 25 years’ experience in live audio mixing with more than 15 years of designing and building in-ear monitors…” The firm, founded ...read more -
Meet Your Maker: EJ Sarmento of Wyred 4 Sound
|Wyred 4 Sound is an overnight success. And as with many good overnight successes, it’s actually taken many years to achieve that status. The company is at the forefront of what is fast becoming one ...read more -
MQA - It's about time!
|Last week, Meridian Audio announced a wholly new music format, Master Quality Authenticated, or MQA. This is not one of those ‘here is a new toy truck, go play with it!’ press launches; instead this ...read more -
Issue 118 Hot Preview - GoldenEar Technology Triton One
|Hi-Fi+ Issue 118 will be available from December 4. As ever, the magazine is stuffed to the gills with the latest and greatest audio equipment, but here is a preview of one of the hottest ...read more