Darwin Cables very much impressed me with their Silver Interconnect, which I evaluated not too long ago. At its $295 asking price, the Darwin Silver is amazingly coherent and musically complete. In fact, it'...
Transparent Audio, based in Saco, Maine, has enjoyed its position among the most respected audio cable makers for decades now. In an area with fierce competition, their power products and cables have been ...
Founded in 1998 and quickly making a name for themselves in the subwoofer market, SVS is now a global maker and distributor of complete speaker systems. They are a unique organization, with a design ...
Italian speaker maker Opera has been making headlines recently with their great-sounding demos at various audio shows, earning them positive print and online reviews. I reviewed their floor-standing Seconda model, which I found ...
Active speakers have had a tough road in the audiophile world. They are fairly commonplace in recording studios and other pro sound environments. I have heard several theories for this, including the fact ...
Rein Audio impressed me when I had the opportunity to review their very fine sounding X-DAC last year. The German based company, just a few years old, has since developed a few more ...
The very aptly named HiFiMan has been around since 2007, and I first became aware of the company from the ads for their high performance portable file players. They have developed into a one-stop ...
With the move to computer and hard drive based digital sources, one would think a format tied to a physical medium would be odd in 2013. But SACD has proved to be remarkably resilient ...
I’ve enjoyed reviewing several Rogue products over the last few years. The Brodheadsville, PA based company makes beautifully built, excellent sounding tube preamps, power amps, and integrated amps. They have products ...
Audience, out of San Marcos, CA, is one of the most respected companies in the power conditioning arena, with their line of adeptReponse series consistently getting rave reviews from the audio press and ...
PS Audio, out of Boulder, CO, has been a major player in high end audio for decades. Their power distribution/conditioning units and digital source components have been go to products for droves ...
MartinLogan enjoys a place at the mantle occupied by a relatively small group of state of the art speaker companies enduring the test of time. Nearing its third decade, the Lawrence, Kansas company ...
Panasonic has created another drool-worthy set that we'll unfortunately never get our hands on. It's a 145 inch plasma with an 8K resolution. CTO Hideo Toyoda says that no matter how close you are or far away you get, you'll be tricked into thinking you're watching reality. "It doesn't use 3D technology," he says, "but the picture is so realistic, you feel truly immersed in the scene."
The folks at Theta Digital are adding firmware and hardware upgrade options for their Casablanca III controller.The new 12-Channel Digi-Out Card, available now at $1,995, supports AES/EBU at rates of 192kHz and 24-bits.It also allows the use of DACs, like the Generation VIII Series 3 from Theta.
NAD has introduced a pair of integrated amps that pack something new – a 24/96 DAC for USB.The added DAC aims to liven up your compressed audio and give you the best listening experience possible with your digital files.Of course, there's more to the new C 375DAC and C 356DAC than just a USB DAC.
The new Da Vinci DAC from Light Harmonic is for those to whom money is not an issue.As in, not an issue in any way shape or form.You know, the kind of people that can drop $20,000 on a DAC, which is coincidentally what the Da Vinci costs.That $20k gets you a huge array of technologies that ensure the best possible sound.Take, for example, its power supply with a trio of R-core transformers – one dedicated to digital circuits, one to analog, and one to conversions.
One of the most common complaints about watching 3D content is the need to wear glasses, and it's a problem that we've not conquered quite yet. Glasses-free displays do exist of course, but they've traditionally been a bit lacking. The new prototype from Dolby and Philips, however, has been impressing people left and right.
Going to the movies is an essential experience. It's a standard date night, a window into different worlds and experiences, and a great way to kill a few hours. Sadly, for folks with hearing disabilities, there just hasn't been a great way to enjoy films – until now.
Let's go ahead and file this under "cool, but not something we'd put in our living room." IKEA, makers of some of the finest furniture that you have to take home and assemble, have created a new TV stand that comes with the full package – TV, Blu-ray player, speakers and a wireless subwoofer. The fully integrated setup means that you're not going to see any errant wires – just a nice slick stand and TV.
