High End 2017: MSB introduces a new Reference DAC
MSB always puts on a great room, and we’ve been hypnotized in the Newport Show 2016 MSB Room and at CES 2017 MSB rooms. MSB to date has products on both ends of the [...]
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CES 2017: 12 hour Tour – Technics, DEG, Mytek, Sony, ELAC, Nagra, MSB, SweetVinyl, dCS, AudioQuest, Musical Surroundings
This year, I decided to do the accelerated CES 2017 tour. With some loss of good judgement, I created a flight plan in and out of Vegas from Seattle in a single day with [...]
Newport 2016: YG Acoustics, MSB put pedal to the metal
Every show has a couple of rooms that generate a particular buzz. After the first day at T.H.E. Show in Newport, the scoop being passed from audiophile to audiophile was [...]
Newport 2016: Natural Sound brings gorgeous speakers all the way from Slovenia
Melania Trump isn’t the only Slovenian export drawing attention this year. It turns out the country also is home to a high-end firm that makes speakers so beautiful they [...]
Newport 2016: MSB Technology
Back at RMAF 2013, I got to experience the MSB Analog DAC. It was their entry level DAC priced at $6995. 2 minutes into listening, it was clear…. I wanted to hear [...]
Warsaw 2015: DAC-ology
DACs have been hot for a few years now and the rate of improvement seems to be at least constant, if not actually improving. Apart from the conversion methods themselves [...]
Newport 2015: Sunny Components presents Wilson Audio and Audio Research
by Rafe Arnott Wilson Audio makes speakers that remind me of Darth Vader. Since I’m a huge Star Wars fan, this is a very good thing, and every time I see a pair of [...]
High End 2015: MSB
One of the most anticipated products of this show was MSB’s all new Select DAC. The company made a huge Asian tour before presenting it in the German kermesse, and [...]
Athens 2014: High-stakes poker with the Tidal-MSB system
While I was enjoying the Athens show, my editor Scot was publishing a mini review of a full TIDAL Audio system with Contriva Diacera SE speakers (SE stands for “Special [...]
Newport 2014: Chapman Audio Systems meets VAC, results in glory
Chapman Audio Systems is re-introducing their T-7 speaker for a new generation. This loudspeaker, originally produced from 1981-2001, has been reissued with updated [...]
