CES and T.H.E. Show 2013: Best in Show
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again — dismissing the sound quality at an audio show is disrespectful. It’s disrespectful to the manufacturers [...]
CES 2013
CES 2013: MBL
Saying that MBL makes audio equipment almost misses the point. Even in the rarefied air of audio’s high-end, MBL is something different again. Said another way, there [...]
CES 2013: Auralic
Auralic was showing off the new Vega DAC ($3,500). Features include: Megahertz upsampling algorithm up-samples all PCM music to 1.5MHz in 32bit; Femto Master Clock provides [...]
CES 2013: Manley Labs and Neat
I am man enough to admit it. I have a little crush on Manley Labs. The gear. Well, yes, I squeal like a little girl whenever I happen to catch a glimpse of EveAnna Manley, [...]
CES 2013: Verity and Lamm
One of the last rooms on my jaunts through the Venetian was to hear the Lamm/Verity pairing. The Lamm ML2.2 monos ($37k/pair) are regarded as, perhaps, one of the finest [...]
CES 2013: D’Agostino
I think you’d have to fallen asleep in a faerie circle to have missed Dan D’Agostino‘s return to high-end audio. The Momentum Series amplifiers are, [...]
CES 2013: Hegel Audio
I am unfair to Hegel, it’s true, though it has nothing to do with the company and everything to do with the philosopher. Hegel’s contribution was a voluminous [...]
CES 2013: Anthony Gallo Acoustics
Anthony Gallo Acoustics, aka “Round Sound”, has been making metal spheres sing for some time now, and to considerable acclaim. I spent two hours, one Fall day [...]
CES 2013: Talon
Talon Loudspeakers is one of those brands that occasionally crops up in Internet forums, you know, whenever someone starts a flame war over “the best loudspeakers [...]
CES 2013: Cary Audio
Cary Audio brought one, two, three new digital toys to the show at CES this year! The first is the DMC-600 Digital Music Server ($4,995), shown above, which includes a CD [...]