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Classé Audio Revived
Kalman Rubinson | Jan 8, 2018 | First Published: Jan 9, 2018 In May of 2016, Bowers & Wilkins (B&W) was sold to EVA Automation in a deal that included Classé Audio and the...
CES 2018: Neil Gader on Loudspeakers $20k and Under
by Neil Gader | Jan 22nd, 2018 Terror on the 29th Floor It’s over. Or, is it? First impressions at CES 2018 told me that for all intents and purposes the high end...
Q Acoustics Concept 500 Review
Reviewed on 16th November 2017 Q Acoustics leaves its budget roots to challenge the high-end establishment. The Q Acoustics brand has been a major success story. The company is barely a...
GoldenEar Technology Triton Reference Floorstanding Loudspeaker
by Chris Martens | Nov 28, 2017 Sandy Gross is widely acknowledged as an audio legend in large part because he has played a central role in launching three major loudspeaker-manufacturing...
Q Acoustics 3000 5.1 Speaker System Review
Mark Fleischmann | Aug 3, 2017 Tube amps. Mono pressings. And now, 5.1? Has bedrock surround sound indeed joined the ranks of retro audio technologies? Surround receivers beyond the most entry level...
The Audeze LCDi4: Start to Finish
Jana Dagdagan | Sep 21, 2017 In June, I visited headphone manufacturer Audeze's factory in Southern California (they've since moved) and capture an abridged version of the making of a pair of...
Ortofon RS-212 Tonearm
J. Gordon Holt, John Wright | May 9, 2017 | First Published: Feb 1, 1968 The RS-212 is one of the most impressive-looking tonearms we've seen in many a moon. Our first reaction to it,...
Quad ESL Loudspeaker
Dick Olsher | Oct 10, 2017 | First Published: Aug 1, 1987 High fidelity took a giant step forward in 1956 with Peter Walker's introduction of the Quad ESL. Walker's research efforts had been motivated...
2018 Buyer’s Guide: Floorstanding Loudspeakers $1999 – $2999
by TAS Staff | Oct 13th, 2017 GoldenEar Technology Triton Five $1999 Sandy Gross, the proprietor of GoldenEar, may be the Babe Ruth of reasonably priced loudspeakers. With the Triton Five,...
Magnepan 30.7 Loudspeaker, Part One
by Jonathan Valin | Oct 07th, 2017 Over the years I’ve listened to just about every loudspeaker that Jim Winey’s fabled Minnesota company Magnepan has engineered and manufactured. I’ve also owned...
CEDIA 2017: GoldenEar Technology Debuts Triton Reference Speaker
Arlen Schweiger | September 26, 2017 Demo rooms can serve many purposes during a CEDIA show. They can highlight new technology, like Dolby Atmos, DTS:X, 4K Ultra HD, 3D, etc. They allow...
GoldenEar Invisa SPS In-Wall Speakers at CEDIA 2017
by Mark Henninger | September 14, 2017 When it comes to giving great CEDIA demos, GoldenEar’s track record is unblemished. Year after year, the company puts on one of the best sounding...