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On March 24, the SoundStage! Network sponsored a one-hour seminar and question-and-answer session featuring six top speaker designers: Vince Bruzzese (Totem Acoustic), Paul Barton (PSB Speakers), Andrew Welker (Axiom Audio), Manfred Diestertich (Audio Physic), Jeff Joseph (Joseph Audio), and John DeVore (DeVore Fidelity). This gallery features images taken during this extremely informative and entertaining event.
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- Written by: Jason Thorpe
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The breakneck pace of show coverage is anathema to the goals of high-end audio. We assemble a stereo system to -- presumably -- create an environment where we can relax and enjoy a musical performance in the comfort of our own homes.
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- Written by: Hans Wetzel
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I think I'm in the majority when I say that if I don't like the way an audio product works, I'm far more likely to bitch about it than to go and try to build something better.
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- Written by: Hans Wetzel
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No one actually wants big amplifiers and preamplifiers on tall equipment racks. Nor, perhaps especially, conspicuous cables. They're just necessary. But do they have to be?
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- Written by: Hans Wetzel
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Ideas born in a bar rarely bear fruit that doesn't involve butchered pick-up lines, petty violence, or obnoxious yelling (that's probably redundant). Yet speaker designer Andrew Welker . . .
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Canada has a sterling reputation for being home to some of the world's most respected audio companies. To celebrate these companies' successes at home and abroad, the Salon Son & Image organizers created the Canada Pavilion (Pavillon du Canada) to showcase the companies and their products.
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Canada has a sterling reputation for being home to some of the world's most respected audio companies. To celebrate these companies' successes at home and abroad, the Salon Son & Image organizers created the Canada Pavilion (Pavillon du Canada) to showcase the companies and their products.
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Companies featured in gallery below: Atoll Electronique, Audio Note, Bryston, GutWire, KingRex, Mass Fidelity, Monitor Audio, Ardán, Naim, Quad, Rega
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- Written by: Jason Thorpe
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You can't play your LPs in your car, nor on your iPod. LPs are perhaps the least portable media format that's ever existed. At least you've got a fighting chance of playing back reel-to-reel tapes in the car . . .
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The state of the union in computer audio is a complete farce. As it stands right now, you've got the choice of using a computer with a digital output to stream music to a DAC, some sort of DLNA server shooting bits out to a UPnP client, or some variant of the two. With the exception of Sonos, which is elegant but quaint and antiquated, that's about it.
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- Written by: Jason Thorpe
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By far, the oddest room that I encountered on my first day at the show was that hosted by Lys Audio, a new company from Montreal, Canada.
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Thursday, March 22, the first day of the Salon Son & Image, is reserved for members of the audio-video industry. At day's end, before the start of the three-day public opening, the SSI organizers hosted a cocktail party and awards ceremony to honor the exhibitors and their accomplishments.
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Thursday, March 22, the first day of the Salon Son & Image, is reserved for members of the audio-video industry. At day's end, before the start of the three-day public opening, the SSI organizers hosted a cocktail party and awards ceremony to honor the exhibitors and their accomplishments.
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- Written by: Peter Roth
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- Written by: Howard Kneller
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- Written by: Jeff Fritz
- Category: CES 2012 Special Feature: Superspeakers
Yesterday I wrote about the first batch of Superspeakers I listened to. Today I offer up the second and final installment. But first, some general observations: there seems to exist an inverse relationship between marketing aggressiveness and advanced loudspeaker engineering, at least with some makers of expensive loudspeakers. I listened to a couple of these models at CES 2012 -- some for the umpteenth time -- and could not get over how absolutely average several of the really expensive speakers sounded. Not always bad, mind you, but certainly not equal to the marketing propaganda that can be hilarious in its nonsense and embellishment.
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- Written by: Roger Kanno
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A few years ago, it seemed that few specialist audio companies were interested in manufacturing DACs. With the proliferation of computer-based audio, DACs have made a comeback, and I found several models at this year's CES that piqued my interest.
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Not too long ago, the idea behind an integrated amplifier was simple: it combined the preamplifier and power amplifier into a single case, often incorporating a phono stage as well -- a convenient all-in-one solution. This year at CES I found three companies that have realized that this approach has become rather limited, so they decided to take things a few steps further by adding even more features such as DAC boards that enable a multitude of digital inputs, iPod connectivity, wireless streaming, and even HDMI switching! In fact, there were many companies offering different variations on this theme, offering one or more of these features, although none offered all of them. But there were still three cutting-edge integrated amplifiers that really stood out for me.
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Companies featured in gallery below: Vitus Audio, Rockport Technologies, TEAC, Vandersteen, Pass Labs, DALI, Mark Levinson, Revel, Cary Audio Designs, Soulution, T+A, Bel Canto Design, DH Labs, AudioQuest, Copland, Kronos
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