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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 -
CES 2013: Analogue Audio - Part 2 (Hi-Fi+)
|This is Part 2 of a two-part Hi-Fi+ report on analogue audio components seen at CES 2013. You can access Part 1 of the report from our home page. Music Hall Key Products: MMF-11.1 turntable/tonearm ...read more -
CES 2013: Analogue Audio - Part 1 (Hi-Fi+)
|Many listeners assumed that ours is the era of digital audio and yet it seems that more people than ever (at least in recent decades) are enjoying LP playback than ever before. As evidence of ...read more -
CES 2013: Headphones & Related Electronics—Part 2 (Hi-Fi+)
|This is Part 2 of a two-part Hi-Fi+ report on headphones and related electronics as seen at CES 2013. You can access Part 1 of the report from our homepage. NAD HP50 headphone ($279) D1050 ...read more -
CES 2013: Headphones & Related Electronics—Part 1 (Hi-Fi+)
|Hi-Fi+ Editor Alan Sircom and I spoke about the magazine’s coverage of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, NV, USA and decided we would take a “divide-and-conquer” approach where each of us would focus ...read more -
First Look: Oppo BDP-105 Universal/Blu-ray Player & DAC (Hi-Fi+)
|Looking back over the last four or five years, you could build a strong case for the claim that Oppo Digital has worked harder than any other firm to produce versatile, affordable, audiophile-friendly, and undeniably ...read more -
First Look: Oppo’s new flagship BDP-105 universal/Blu-ray player/DAC
|Looking back over the last four or five years, you could build a strong case for the claim that Oppo Digital has worked harder than any other firm to produce versatile, affordable, audiophile-friendly, and undeniably ...read more -
Playback CEDIA 2012 Show Report - Part 2 (Playback 61)
|This is Part 2 of a two-part show report on CEDIA Expo 2012, which was held in Indianapolis, IN from September 6-8. Now to be frank, most people quite rightly think of CEDIA as a ...read more -
Hi-Fi+/TAS Can-Jam 2012 Report - Part 3
|For those of you not able to make it to Denver, CO for the 2012 Rocky Mountain Audio Fest, I’d like to let you in on a little secret. These days, by teaming with HeadFi.org, ...read more -
Hi-Fi+/TAS Can-Jam 2012 Report - Part 1
|For those of you not able to make it to Denver, CO for the 2012 Rocky Mountain Audio Fest, I’d like to let you in on a little secret. These days, by teaming with HeadFi.org, ...read more -
Hi-Fi+/TAS Can-Jam 2012 Report - Part 2
|For those of you not able to make it to Denver, CO for the 2012 Rocky Mountain Audio Fest, I’d like to let you in on a little secret. These days, by teaming with HeadFi.org, ...read more