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Written by: Jeff Fritz

Category: CES 2012 Special Feature: Superspeakers

Created: 11 January 2012

The quest for the sound of live music in reproduced music drives audiophiles to spend massive amounts of money. It also drives audio companies to produce innovative products to sell to them. Sometimes that quest -- for consumers and manufacturers -- can lead to unexpected revelations. I think the MBL 101X-treme loudspeaker ($263,000 per pair) is, more than most audio components, the result of this quest.

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Written by: Doug Schneider

Category: Features

Created: 11 January 2012

On February 1 my review of the Vivid Audio Giya G2 loudspeaker, which sells for $50,000 per pair, will be published on SoundStage! Hi-Fi. I don't want to give away too much from the review, but I will tell you two things: the G2 is the best loudspeaker I've ever heard, and it may well be the best loudspeaker in the world at this time. It's a radical-looking speaker that produces ridiculously good sound -- sound that's clearer, cleaner, and more effortless than most audiophiles have ever heard.

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Category: Photos

Created: 11 January 2012

Companies featured in gallery below: Torus Power, Bryston, Klipsch, Meridian, Krell, Eventus Audio, Audia Flight, Marten Design, Oracle Audio Technologies, Vienna Acoustics, Furutech, CH Precision, Argento Audio, Egglestonworks

All prices in US dollars unless otherwise indicated

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Written by: Jeff Fritz

Category: CES 2012 Special Feature: Superspeakers

Created: 10 January 2012

Magico's Q loudspeaker platform launched at CES 2010 with the introduction of the Q5, which retails for $59,950 per pair. It has served as the company's flagship loudspeaker since that time, with subsequent launches of the smaller Q3 and Q1 models. The new Q7 ($165,000 per pair) now takes over that top spot in the Berkeley, CA, company's loudspeaker hierarchy in overwhelming fashion. I spoke to Yair Tammam, Magico's chief technical officer, about the development of the Q7, and our conversation yielded a number of interesting points.

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Written by: Aron Garrecht

Category: Features

Created: 10 January 2012

JVC has always been a top contender in the projector market, and many of the SoundStage! Network reviewers use their projectors. JVC maintains their strong foothold by offering top-shelf performance at competitive prices. It therefore came as no surprise that JVC recently released updated versions of their X3, X7, and flagship X9 projectors, now dubbed the X30R, X70R, and X90R, respectively. What did come as a surprise is the fact that despite the numerous improvements made to all three of these models, none suffered a price hike. In fact, the X30R now retails for a thousand dollars less at $3500.

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Written by: Doug Schneider

Category: Features

Created: 10 January 2012

So-called "Superspeakers" -- giant loudspeakers that purport to represent the state of the art and retail not just for tens of thousands of dollars, but sometimes hundreds of thousands -- rarely impress me. Our editor-in-chief, Jeff Fritz, likes to write about them, but I don't because most of these high-priced behemoths often end up being not much more than overpriced eyesores.

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Written by: Administrator

Category: Photos

Created: 10 January 2012

Companies featured in gallery below: Stello, Eximus, Audio Research Corporation, Ayre Acoustics, Magico, Nordost, Musical Fidelity, Thiel, Sonus Faber, Penaudio, Raidho

All prices in US dollars unless otherwise indicated

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Written by: Jeff Fritz

Category: CES 2012 Special Feature: Superspeakers

Created: 09 January 2012

With the introduction of the Amati Futura, Guarneri Evolution, and The Sonus Faber loudspeakers over the last year or so -- and most recently the Aida, which is making its North American trade-show debut at CES -- Italy's Sonus Faber has clearly become a more engineering-driven company than in years past.

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Written by: Administrator

Category: Photos

Created: 09 January 2012

All products were reviewed in SoundStage! Hi-Fi, SoundStage! Xperience, GoodSound! or Ultra Audio during the 2011 calendar year.

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Written by: Administrator

Category: Videos, Features, & Photos

Created: 08 January 2012

SoundStage! Network editor-in-chief Jeff Fritz introduces the companies and components that make up TWBAS 2012, a cost-no-object system that will be showcased in his Music Vault listening room from March 30-31.

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Written by: Jeff Fritz

Category: CES 2012 Special Feature: Superspeakers

Created: 05 January 2012

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Written by: Peter Roth

Category: Product Profiles

Created: 30 December 2011

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Written by: Jeff Fritz

Category: Product Profiles

Created: 27 December 2011

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Written by: Randall Smith

Category: Product Profiles

Created: 26 December 2011

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Written by: S. Andrea Sundaram

Category: Product Profiles

Created: 22 December 2011

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Written by: Vade Forrester

Category: Product Profiles

Created: 20 December 2011

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Written by: Administrator

Category: Photos

Created: 16 October 2011

Featured in gallery below: Ralf Ballman (Behold), Jim White (Aesthetix), Vinnie Rossi (Red Wine Audio), David MacPherson (Studio Electric), Andrew Jones (TAD), Luke Manley (VTL), John DeVore (DeVore Fidelity), Gabi van der Kley (Crystal Cable), Ron Sutherland (Sutherland Engineering), Hans-Ole Vitus (Vitus Audio), Alon Wolf (Magico), Alan Yun (Silverline Audio), Sami Penttilä (Penaudio), John Stronczer (Bel Canto Design), Piper Payne (The Tape Project), Vince Bruzzese (Totem Acoustic), Manfred Diestertich (Audio Physic)

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Written by: Administrator

Category: Photos

Created: 16 October 2011

Companies featured in gallery below: Eximus, Aura, Bel Canto Design, Dynaudio, Hegel, Genesis Technologies, Odyssey Audio, Audioengine, Concert Fidelity, DeVore Fidelity, Emotiva Pro, Sjofn HiFi, Von Schweikert Audio, Zu Audio, LM Audio, Penaudio, Tenor Audio, Chapter Audio

All prices in US dollars unless otherwise indicated

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Written by: Doug Schneider

Category: Features

Created: 16 October 2011

When it comes to doing coverage at shows like this one, reporting on new products is our top priority. As a result, even though we do quite a bit of listening, it's not always in as many rooms, or for as long, as we'd like. So is there any way we can truly say which system provided the best sound at any given show? Probably not. Scratch that. Definitely not.

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Written by: Jeff Fritz

Category: Features

Created: 16 October 2011

One entertaining activity to engage in while walking the halls of an audio show is imagining how certain components might sound together in my room. In a way -- on a global and simply massive scale -- that's the heart of what the SoundStage! Network's TWBAS 2012 is all about. But at RMAF 2011 I found myself wondering not how some crazy-priced setup might sound, but how a smaller-scale system might perform in my Music Vault listening room. I put this virtual system together and in my mind's eye it seems to hold some real promise. Now I just have to see if I can get these components together to see how they really sound in my room.

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