RMAF 2017: Wilson’s new Alexia 2 sparkles with Constellation Audio
From the day it was introduced in 2012, there was something special about Wilson Audio’s Alexia. It had a significantly different high-frequency presentation than the [...]
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RMAF 2017: Rafe’s Preview
“It’s baaaaaaaaack…” This time bigger, and better than ever – at least that’s the hope. With the Denver Marriott Tech Centre Hotel fully [...]
LA Audio Show 2017 Video: The High End Zone, Perfect8 Technologies, Ypsilon Electronics
Through the Looking Glass. This is the Lewis Carroll sequel to the much more famous Alice in Wonderland. In it Alice again acquires entry to a magical world, this time [...]
Devialet Air and Roon turn the stream into reality
Wake up. You’re not dreaming (you’re streaming). The missing link to make Roon, and the Devialet Expert Series speak easy has arrived. Devialet, the French [...]
Rotel introduces new integrated amplifier, preamplifier and CD player
Rotel has been building high-fidelity electronic components for more than five decades, and doesn’t show any signs of slowing down with the introduction of their new [...]
LA Audio Show 2017: D’Agostino muscle, Audio Research glow, YG finesse – an intoxicating mix
Have you ever been to a rock festival and started imagining your dream lineup in a hoped-for ending jam? What would it sound like to hear singer X with guitarist Y and [...]
Vancouver Audio Festival 2017: Sonos wants to get you into great sound
Sonos had a strong showing at the Vancouver Audio Festival with it’s PLAY:5 speaker system, and the new PLAYBASE television sound base. I’ve seen, and heard the [...]
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, [...]
Vancouver Audio Festival 2017: Focal Stella Utopia with Naim Statement
They were really big, really red, and I couldn’t tip them over no matter how hard I tried. They were the Focal Stella Utopia loudspeakers, and they weigh 365lbs a [...]