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McIntosh Labs x Jeep, and More | LA Auto Show 2021

December 23, 2021 Grover Neville 1

The most involving and enjoyable car stereo I’ve ever heard was in one a boxy white Volvo S70 my mother owned for the better part of my late childhood. Though branding was subtle, peering through […]

Headphones

FOCAL Stellia Headphone, Arche Amplifier | REVIEW

December 12, 2020 Nan Pincus Comments Off on FOCAL Stellia Headphone, Arche Amplifier | REVIEW

I don’t listen to headphones like the Focal Stellia (website). Okay, let me back up—I listen to headphones all the time, just not for pleasure, but rather to check my work in the studio and […]

Announcements

Bob Stuart Awarded Prince Philip Medal by Royal Academy of Engineering

September 14, 2020 Editorial Staff Comments Off on Bob Stuart Awarded Prince Philip Medal by Royal Academy of Engineering

LONDON, UK (PTA) — Congratulations are in order for Bob Stuart, the pioneering audio engineer behind MQA. Stuart is the first audio engineer to receive the award in its 20-year history. Several recording industry giants […]

Announcements

dCS brings on MQA

October 19, 2017 Mohammed Samji 3

dCS products age like a fine wine, getting better over the years as the dCS team adds a flurry of new capabilities to keep their products fresh and current.  Most of these updates are accomplished […]

Digital

Review: Roon, Tidal and totaldac – Part Two – delving into Roon

April 6, 2017 Rafe Arnott Comments Off on Review: Roon, Tidal and totaldac – Part Two – delving into Roon

This is the second part of a three-part series on living with a computer-based audio system from an analog diehard’s perspective, and how it has changed the way my family, and I listen to music […]

CES 2017

CES 2017: TIDAL Masters brings MQA

January 6, 2017 Mohammed Samji 5

A juicy tasting of MQA was experienced at T.H.E Show @ Newport on a Meridian Ultra DAC, and ever since we have anxiously awaited the arrival of more MQA content. The day has finally arrived…. At CES 2017, TIDAL announced […]

Newport Beach 2016

Newport 2016: Meridian DSP 7200 Special Edition and MQA

July 29, 2016 Rafe Arnott 3

There’s something to be said for 240 lbs of digital-active loudspeakers (analog gain & filtering featuring proprietary Meridian Class-A discrete amplification – 600 watts/speaker) with built-in DSP, and DACs, that can pretty much be put […]

Newport Beach 2016

Newport 2016: Sunny’s Audio Video brings Meridian, MQA, Audio Research, Wilson Audio, Audioquest, & HRS

June 11, 2016 Mohammed Samji 5

A day prior to the start of THE Show Newport, Meridian announced their new Reference Meridian Ultra DAC that caught my attention. Looking at the spec sheet- a dedicated clock card & dual mono DACs, this […]

Munich 2016

High End 2016: Here we go

May 4, 2016 Panagiotis Karavitis 2

Scot is flying towards Munich; I will be doing the same at dawn. I hate flying that early and would do it for one reason only. It’s that time of the year. The biggest kermesse […]

Vancouver 2015

Vancouver 2015: Element Acoustics presents Acapella

May 22, 2015 Rafe Arnott Comments Off on Vancouver 2015: Element Acoustics presents Acapella

by Rafe Arnott Some hi-fi gear just looks the business. You know what I mean? The Focal Grande Utopia loudspeaker, the Da Vinci Gold AAS-Gabriel turntable, the Kondo Ongaku integrated amplifier and to me, the […]

High End 2015

High End 2015: Meridian and MQA

May 22, 2015 Scot Hull 1

Because he’s vastly more organized than I am, Panagiotis scheduled and then dragged us to a series of briefings on Day One, both of us stumbling around on a distinct lack of sleep. One of […]

NYIAS

NYIAS 2015: Jaguar with Meridian

April 17, 2015 Scot Hull Comments Off on NYIAS 2015: Jaguar with Meridian

In eyes of teen-me, the Jaguar XJS was pretty much the greatest car ever made. The whole 12-cylinder engine thing was awesome and all, but it was the visual — all those swoops and curves […]

Athens Headphone Festival 2014

Athens Headphone Festival, Part 1

October 8, 2014 Panagiotis Karavitis 2

The first Greek headphone fest has closed its doors only a few hours ago and the dust has not yet settled. Some 500+ visitors had the chance to see, touch and listen more than 40 […]

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