CEDIA 2018: T+A Series 8 brings Roon and MQA
Sometimes big things come in small packages, and in the case of the T+A Series 8, these little boxes deliver. At CEDIA 2018, T+A was displaying updates to their Series 8 [...]
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RMAF 2017: Audioengine offers high-end performance, budget pricing
More than a few audio companies have set sail with the simple mission of delivering budget gear, only to get lured into sometimes-rocky shores by the siren call of the [...]
RMAF 2017: ListenUp gets budget audiophiles’ hearts fluttering with PSB, NAD, Bluesound
Like Bogie and Bacall, Batman and Robin or gin and tonic, PSB and NAD have been together for a long time. Both companies are now owned by the Canada-based Lenbrook Group, and [...]
RMAF 2017: Getting audiophile sound on a budget
In a hobby where dropping a hundred grand for a system is common, what can you get these days for, say, $1,500 USD? An interconnect, maybe? A cartridge? Tax? Well, how about [...]
Review: Living in the future with KEF LS50 Wireless + Roon + Shinola Runwell
KEF LS50 Wireless loudspeakers, Shinola Runwell turntable, Roon Labs, TIDAL and Spotify -- all in one system. [...]
New Toys: KEF LS50 Wireless
As you’ve probably noticed, we don’t really do new product announcements terribly often, and to be frank, I think rewriting press releases to be rather silly. [...]
CanJam SoCal 2016: Riva Rockin’
Paradoxically, one of the most popular demo/displays at CanJam this year wasn’t for anything headphone related. It was for a small Bluetooth speaker from Riva Audio. I [...]
CanJam SoCal 2016: Puro is pure joy
You don’t always run across something actually relevant at an audio show, but this year’s CanJam almost saw me as a +2 — I was “this close” to [...]
CanJam SoCal 2016: Pendulumic is footloose and wire-free
If you spend any time with headphones — at all — you realize that there are several major weaknesses with the whole enterprise. One? Headphones are hell on your [...]
Review: Technics SU-C700 Integrated Amplifier, ST-C700 Network Audio Player, and SB-C700 Speaker System
Technics Premium Class Audio System by John Richardson Technics, a subsidiary of Panasonic, Inc. (formerly Matsushita), was established back in the mid 1960s as a high-end [...]
