Blogs
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Munich 2013 - Analogue Audio, Part 1 (Hi-Fi+)
|While many would say that ours is the age of high resolution digital audio the Munich High-End Show 2013 gave ample evidence that analogue audio and vinyl playback are not only alive and well, but ...read more -
Munich 2013 - Earphones & Headphones, Part 2 (Hi-Fi+)
|This is Part 2 of the two-part Hi-Fi+ report on Earphones, Headphones and related products seen at Munich High End 2013. For the sake of simplicity, we present products in alphabetical order, organized by the ...read more -
Munich 2013 - Earphones & Headphones, Part 1 (Hi-Fi+)
|At Munich High-End 2013, as across much of the high-end audio universe, earphones, headphones, and personal audio components claimed an increasingly large share of attention. In Europe, it would seem, high quality earphones and headphones ...read more -
Choral Evensong at Salisbury Cathedral
|The city of Salisbury is located about an hour and a half west of London and at its centre can be found the famous Salisbury Cathedral, which dates from the medieval period. During a recent ...read more -
Meet Your Maker: Hi-Fi+ Visits Magnepan
|Here in the United States (my home country) the White Bear Lake, Minnesota-based loudspeaker manufacturer Magnepan enjoys a singular distinction; many members of the high-end audio press consider all three of the firm’s top models—comprising ...read more -
Meet Your Maker: Hi-Fi+ Visits Audio Research Corporation
|Reviews of products from the US-based firm Audio Research Corporation have frequently graced the pages of Hi-Fi+, so that I was pleased to have the opportunity to visit the ARC factory in Plymouth, Minnesota (a ...read more -
Hi-Fi+ Visits the Austin Head-Fi Meet
|The revolution will not be televised, but you can hear it… There’s a revolution going on in the world of performance-minded audio and it is taking place—and will continue to take place—with or without the ...read more -
Sound & Vision, 2013 (Hi-Fi+)
|BRISTOL, ENGLAND: The audio industry’s annual migration west to the Marriott Hotel in Bristol has become the most lively and entertaining show on the British circuit.read more -
Meet Your Maker: Hi-Fi+ Interviews Jerome Rota of PacketVideo about Twonky
|As we move toward storing all our music on hard drives, we spoke to Jerome Rota, Senior VP of PacketVideo about Twonky and how it might shape the future of home audio and video replayread more -
Wilson Audio Alexia: Michelangelo got it right... (Hi-Fi+)
|One of the more fascinating demonstrations at the CES in Las Vegas at the beginning of the year wasn’t actually at the CES. There are always off-piste demonstrations that run concurrently with the show, and ...read more -
CES 2013 In Retrospect: Loudspeakers $10,000/pair and Up (Hi-Fi+)
|The ‘law of the excluded middle’ often takes out the all-important loudspeaker market between $10,000 and the extreme high-end. Products in this category currently stay in the catalog for longer than ever before, and occasionally ...read more -
CES 2013 In Retrospect: Audio Electronics (Hi-Fi+)
|Overview Taking a considered view over the whole audio electronics showing at CES is no easy task. There were new products at all prices; some good, some not so good. There are also a host ...read more -
CES 2013: Ultra High-End Audio (Hi-Fi+)
|The speciality audio section of CES and The Home Entertainment show combined provide a fertile environment for products freed from the bounds of ‘sane’ pricing. In fact, you quickly become entirely impervious to telephone number ...read more -
CES 2013: Loudspeakers $10,000/Pair and Below - Part 2 (Hi-Fi+)
|This is Part 2 of a two-part Hi-Fi+ report on affordable loudspeakers seen and heard at CES 2013. You can access Part 1 from the Hi-Fi+ homepage. Morel Key Product: MT-3 2.1-channel satellite/subwoofer speaker system ...read more -
CES 2013: Loudspeakers $10,000/Pair and Below - Part 1 (Hi-Fi+)
|To my way of thinking, there is perhaps no single product category that more fully captures the excitement of today’s high-end audio world than this one: loudspeakers priced at $10K/pair and below. In this category, ...read more