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Audio Research, Wilson, Crystal, and HRS system
|‘High-end’ is a term with specific meanings but also less specific implications. In audio terms, it’s not just about performance but a particular style of performance. Historically speaking, it exhibits distinct leftist leanings (left of ...read more -
What a week!
|No, not the Queen becoming the longest serving English monarch, or the election of left-field, left-winger Jeremy Corbyn to the post of Leader of the Labour Party out of almost nowhere, we're talking audio here. ...read more -
PS Audio PerfectWave disc transport/DirectStream DAC (with Pikes Peak OS)
|Not so long ago the Boulder, Colorado-based firm PS Audio touted its PCM-focused PerfectWave DAC and matching PerfectWave Transport as its premier digital audio products, but all that changed with the arrival of the firm’s ...read more -
TAD D1000 CD/SACD player
|Why would anyone buy a disc player in 2015? Because the market for CD/SACD players is far from dead, especially at audio’s higher end. But, it’s becoming increasingly difficult for smaller companies to find decent ...read more -
Baker's Dozen -- Digital Sources in the Munich High End 2015
|High-End Munich has surely earned the title as the ‘Mother of all High-end Audio Shows’ where the good news is that it showcases products from all over the globe, but the bad news is that ...read more -
First Listen: PS Audio PerfectWave Memory Player Transport
|About a week ago, I wrote a blog on PS Audio’s somewhat unorthodox, DSD-centric DirectStream DAC.Consider this a Round Two. This blog will highlight the network-attached, disc player/transport the firm offers as a companion for ...read more -
CH Precision D1, C1, and A1 system
|This must rank as one of the most expensive one-make audio systems we’ve ever explored. CH Precision is based in Switzerland and it’s designed and built by people who used to design and build Goldmund ...read more -
Resolution Audio Cantata Music Center/m100/Pont Neuf system
|When first I proposed this test, I was keen to see the new Resolution Audio Cantata m100 amps, but thought we’d sideline the Cantata ‘Music Center’ CD-streaming-USB-DAC-preamp. The Cantata Music Center is far from old ...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 -
AVM Inspiration CS2.2 system
|Back in the late 1970s, the music centre (as it was once called) was the popular choice among non-audio enthusiasts. This was a time before ‘small’ and ‘minimal’ were the orders of the day, so ...read more -
Roksan K3 CD player
|For Roksan’s latest K3 electronics range, head honcho Tufan Hashemi chose a rather different style of finish to grace the front panels. It seems he’s bored of the matte black and brushed silver that is ...read more -
Sim Audio Moon 260D Neo and 250i Neo
|Some products arrive with a bang. Suddenly they seem to be everywhere. They are flavour of the month, the new big thing, on the front cover of every magazine, and in the window of every ...read more -
B.M.C. Audio BDCD1.1 CD player and DAC1PreHR DAC/preamp
|Once upon a time, high-end audio meant products that were markedly superior in build and performance than their more entry-level counterparts. It also used to mean products that retained a good resale value even a ...read more -
Cyrus Audio Lyric 09
|Cyrus Audio is no stranger to UK readers, but its half-width ‘singing shoeboxes’ sometimes struggle to make their mark outside of the British Isles. This, coupled with the significant changes in the type of product ...read more -
Norma Revo DS-1
|The REVO DS-1 by NORMA is very much a ‘now’ product. It’s the link between the world of spinning discs and the world of computer audio. We’ve long considered computer audio to be an extra ...read more