Blogs
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Being consistent
|An interesting thing came out of last month’s CES. Because there were fewer exhibitors in high-end audio, it meant those of us reporting on the show didn’t need to take the sort of rigid ‘beat’ ...read more -
Meet Your Dealer: Midland Audio X-Change
|One of the most important high‑end dealers in the UJ, Midland Audio X-change is centrally located, has a great store, and a product list to die for. The company, run by longstanding dealer of note ...read more -
Meet Your Maker special: What changes were made to the dCS Vivaldi 2.0?
|How Does It Work? After oversampling and digital filtering, the audio is re-encoded as five bits of noise-shaped data and passed to the Ring DAC™ Board. Here the five-bit binary data is mapped onto the ...read more -
Chris Martens’ Best of CES 2017: Traditional Two-Channel Audio
|In a break with past practice, where Hi-Fi+ coverage efforts at CES and other shows have been both exhaustive and, to be honest, exhausting (as is, “Man, that’s a lot of gear to cover in ...read more -
Meet Your Dealer - Adams Audio
|A few years ago, a number of audio dealers added a custom install arm to their portfolio. Very few went in the other direction. Adams Audio is the exception. Starting out of Custom Electronic Design’s ...read more -
Chris Martens’ Best of CES 2017: Personal Audio
|In a break with past practice, where Hi-Fi+ coverage efforts at CES and other shows have been both exhaustive and, to be honest, exhausting (as is, “Man, that’s a lot of gear to cover in ...read more -
CES 2017: Reflections from Day Four
|The last day at CES is often a quiet day, and this year was no exception. Nevertheless, that gives us time to get a lot done in a relatively short day, because there are so ...read more -
CES 2017: Reflections from Day Three
|The Saturday at CES was one of the busiest days for the Venetian Tower, with trade visitor numbers peaking in the mid-morning. This gave the show more dynamism and energy than seen during the first ...read more -
CES 2017: Raising its game or a busted flush?
|Waiting to fly back to the UK with a flight full of tech industry and press people gives one a chance to reflect on CES. Last year, I wrote a feature entitled ‘We Need To ...read more -
CES 2017: Reflections from Day Two
|On its second day, the Specialty Audio section of CES in Las Vegas was better attended than the first. Not to the point where the corridors were filled as they once were, but less empty ...read more -
CES: Reflections from Day One
|The Specialty/High End Audio sector of CES is struggling in Las Vegas. Although attendance in the main show is greater than ever, with more than 170,000 people at CES2017, the main audio event in the ...read more -
Exclusive First Listen – Wilson Audio Specialties WAMM Master Chronosonic
|There are several things worth noting here. In our 1,000th posting on our website, we’d thought we’d come up with a sneak preview of one of the most significant high-end loudspeakers of 2017: The Wilson ...read more -
The more things change, the more they stay the same!
|The iconic UK audio brand SME Ltd moved from family ownership. Cadence Group, an Indian-based operation that also has controlling interests in Spendor Audio Systems, Siltech Audio, Crystal Cables, and the Audio Lounge in London ...read more -
CanJam at RMAF 2016 – Part 4 of 4
|Part 4 of our report covers: Onkyo, Oppo Digital, Pioneer, Questyle, RHA Audio, Rupert Neve Design, Schiit Audio, Sennheiser, Sonoma, Sony, Stereo Pravda, Ultrasone, Unison, Wells Audio. Westone Laboratories, and ZMF. Find Part 1 of ...read more -
Coffee and Stethoscopes
|If you want to encapsulate all that Magico represents, ask the company’s founder Alon Wolf about coffee. Or photography. Or guitar playing. Or practically anything in which Alon Wolf expresses an interest. But try it ...read more