CES 2017

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CES 2017

NAD's Master Series M32

Herb Reichert Jan 08, 2017 First Published: Jan 08, 2017 0 comments

The NAD room was populated by a lot of tall men in suitsall of whom seemed dedicated to preserving and enhancing NAD's tradition of offering exceptionally high-value amplification, à la the legendary NAD 3020 integrated amp

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Auris Wows HR in LV

Herb Reichert Jan 08, 2017 First Published: Jan 08, 2017 0 comments

Amplification is usually just a green circuit board in a metal box. (Yawn, snooze.) Even at the highest prices, you still get green boardsbut now those green boards are hiding their greenness in very expensive boxes

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HRT Stage

Herb Reichert Jan 08, 2017 First Published: Jan 08, 2017 0 comments

Last year I liked these HRT (High Resolution Technologies) Stage loudspeakers ($500/pair, plus $800 for companion Sound Anchor stands), and this year I love them

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D'Agostino Progression Monoblocks

Larry Greenhill Jan 08, 2017 First Published: Jan 08, 2017 0 comments

Rated at 500W into 8 ohms, the Progressions function as a voltage source, doubling the power with each decrease in load impedance, resulting in 1000W RMS into 4 ohms and 2000W RMS into 2 ohms

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A Capitol Idea

Jason Victor Serinus Jan 07, 2017 First Published: Jan 07, 2017 0 comments

Once an hour, Mike Mettler, music editor of our sister publication Sound and Vision, introduced live demonstrations in the Hi-Res Audio Pavilion's mini-simulation of the Capitol Recording Studios. Each session was conducted by a different award-winning engineer or producer

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Hi-Res Education

Jason Victor Serinus Jan 07, 2017 First Published: Jan 07, 2017 0 comments

At least one exhibitor informed me, at the end of Day Two, that a lot of people he encountered thought that hi-res referred solely to streaming. This exhibitor found that visitors were quite attracted to the Astell&Kern portable audio players that were located near his exhibit, but pretty clueless as to sound quality of his far more expensive gear

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dCS Network Bridge

Jon Iverson Jan 07, 2017 First Published: Jan 07, 2017 0 comments

Up at the top of the Mirage hotel in the dCS suite, instead of a flashy new flagship product, the company was formally introducing something of a more practical nature: the dCS Network Bridge. The Network Bridge will allow owners of older dCS products to add networking to their existing systems. Audiophiles with other brand DACs can also use the dCS Network Bridge to add networking to their systems.

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ESS Holds Several Records

Robert Deutsch Jan 07, 2017 First Published: Jan 07, 2017 0 comments

Take that, you vinylphobes!

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Elac's New Adante

Robert Deutsch Jan 07, 2017 First Published: Jan 07, 2017 0 comments

There's a rumor that Andrew Jones, first with TAD and now with Elac, is incapable of designing a mediocre-sounding speaker

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Avantgarde Zero TA

Robert Deutsch Jan 07, 2017 First Published: Jan 07, 2017 0 comments

The new Avantgarde Zero TA is described as a semiactive horn system, with no crossover in the midrange signal path, and a DSP-controlled 10-band parametric subwoofer