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Playback CEDIA 2012 Show Report - Part 1 (Playback 61)
|I recently attended CEDIA Expo 2012, which was held in Indianapolis, IN from September 6-8, and have prepared a two-part show report for Playback. Now to be frank, most people quite rightly think of CEDIA ...read more -
The Perfect Vision CEDIA 2012 Show Report - Part 2
|In search of new or recently released home theater audio components, I attended CEDIA Expo 2012, which was held in Indianapolis, IN from September 6-8, and will be preparing a multi-part show report. Note: To ...read more -
The Perfect Vision CEDIA 2012 Show Report - Part 1
|In search of new or recently released home theater audio components, I attended CEDIA Expo 2012, which was held in Indianapolis, IN from September 6-8, and will be preparing a multi-part show report. Note: To ...read more -
TAS CEDIA 2012 Show Report: Loudspeakers - Part 1
|For those of you unfamiliar with the name, the acronym CEDIA stands for Custom Electronics Design & Installation Association and the organization’s biggest annual show, called CEDIA Expo, enjoys a strong reputation as a go-to ...read more -
TAS CEDIA 2012 Show Report: Loudspeakers - Part 2
|In search of new or recently released 2-channel gems, I attended CEDIA Expo 2012, which was held in Indianapolis, IN from September 6-8, and will be preparing a multi-part show report. This is the second ...read more -
TAS CEDIA 2012 Show Report: Audio Electronics & Sources - Part 1
|In search of new or recently released 2-channel gems, I attended CEDIA Expo 2012, which was held in Indianapolis, IN from September 6-8, and will be preparing a multi-part show report. This is the third ...read more -
R.I.P. Enzo Natali
|It is with great sadness that we have to announce the passing of Enzo Natali. Founder of Audio Natali in Italy in 1959, Enzo was one of the most important early exponents of high-end audio ...read more -
Computer Audio for Beginners Part 3 (Hi-Fi+ 87)
|Having established a good foundation to choosing and using the right methodology for getting the best out of computer audio, Vince Luke of AMR concludes by looking at some of the issues you might encounter ...read more -
The Perfect Vision Guide to AVRs, Controllers & Amps
|DOWNLOAD NOW (PDF Version) (If you are having trouble downloading the PDF version of this Buyer's Guide please feel free to download the ZIP version located below) The Perfect Vision Guide to AVRs, Controllers & ...read more -
The Playback Guide to Full-Size Headphones
|DOWNLOAD NOW (PDF Version) (If you are having trouble downloading the PDF version of this Buyer's Guide please feel free to download the ZIP version located below) The Playback Guide to Full-Size Headphones is a ...read more -
Ten Great Reasons to Buy British: The UK’s Gold Medalists (Hi-Fi+ 89)
|In this Jubilee year, the year the Olympics comes to London, it’s sometimes hard to find manufacturers that are truly British; designed and built in the UK, by a British-owned company. While we live in ...read more -
PSB’s Paul Barton Takes Playback/Hi-Fi+ On A Guided Tour of Canada’s NRC Acoustics Labs—Part 1
|On May 18, 2012, Paul Barton, founder and chief product developer for PSB Speakers invited me and a handful of other A/V journalists to visit Ottawa, Ontario, Canada for a guided tour of the NRC ...read more -
PSB’s Paul Barton Treats Playback/Hi-Fi+ to Blind Listening Sessions at Canada’s NRC Acoustics Lab—Part 2
|In the first part of this blog, we talked about PSB’s Paul Barton taking a hand-picked group of audio journalists on a guided tour of the anechoic test chamber and control room at the NRC—a ...read more -
First Listen: Ultimate Ears’ New Flagship Personal Reference Monitors (PRM)
|Custom Fit, Custom Sound, Custom Everything Now that the press embargo has been lifted, I can finally tell AVguide/Playback readers about an impressive new Ultimate Ears custom-fit in-ear monitor called the Personal Reference Monitor (or ...read more -
Munich 2012, Part 1 (Vinyl)
|Despite being more subdued than most years, High End at the Munich M.O.C is still the high point in the audiophile show calendar. Two exhibition halls, two atria and four corridors of the latest in ...read more