Bowers & Wilkins announce new 700 Series loudspeakers at lower price
Like yourself some Bowers & Wilkins 800 Diamond Series loudspeakers? A bit too pricey for your pocketbook? Relax. Exhale. I’ve got some great news for you… [...]
Lifestyle
Audio Note UK factory tours and Life in the fast lane with Peter Qvortrup
Coffee. Champagne. Coffee. Russian liqueur. Coffee. Tequila. Coffee. Whiskey. Coffee. Red wine. Coffee… I lost track of the actual number of drinks, and coffees I had [...]
Burwell & Sons showcase Plain Jane, unveil new active and passive loudspeakers at California Audio Show
If you’ve hit a recent audio show, chances are you’ve had an opportunity to hear Burwell & Sons loudspeakers. The bespoke, vintage Altec driver designs are [...]
LA Audio Show 2017: ATC brings pro sound into your home
I’ve long heard good reports about ATC speakers and electronics, but never seemed to be in the right place for a substantial demo. I finally corrected that situation at the [...]
AudioQuest shipping Beetle Optical DAC with Asynchronous USB/Bluetooth
AudioQuest has the Beetle DAC page live on it’s website, and is taking orders, and shipping them out… which means… WELCOME TO THE FUTURE. For those not in [...]
Roon releases MQA Detection update
I had a chance to catch up with one of the Roon Labs power brokers this week, namely Rob Darling, on what was happening with the software company’s latest release, and [...]
Vancouver Audio Festival 2017: A Hifi Centre Interview
Igor Kivritsky wanted to make a difference with the Vancouver Audio Festival, and bring some of the expertise that the staff at the Hifi Centre had to the uninitiated of high [...]
High End 2017: The Munich Experience, and Rafe’s best of the Show
I could see his lips moving but I couldn’t hear a word the guy next to me was saying. We were in the Silbatone room at the MOC for High End in Munich, and I had gone [...]
Vancouver Audio Festival 2017: NAD shows off the power of a digital hub with Sonus Faber
Lifestyle. The phrase keeps creeping into the audiophile conversation. Seems that regular people are being courted by traditional, stalwart high-fidelity manufacturers more, [...]
High End 2017: A High-Fidelity Photo Essay
The shock and awe of High End at Munich to someone who has not attended previously is palpable. This is the mother of all shows in my books, because to me it stands [...]