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Details: Written by: Doug Schneider; Category: Features; Created: 09 January 2011

There's a well-known saying: What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. We now have another one: What you buy in Vegas will be many times as expensive in Vegas.

Details: Written by: Jeff Fritz; Category: Super-Speakers Special Feature; Created: 09 January 2011

Let's get down to brass tacks and talk results. Here is what I heard from the Super Speakers of CES 2011.

Details: Written by: Jason Thorpe; Category: Features; Created: 08 January 2011

There's a fine balance between humility, genius, and arrogance. High-end audio is full of people who profess to genius, who make their careers by claiming to have special insight into electronics or speaker design.

Details: Written by: Jason Thorpe; Category: The Best of CES and THE Show 2011; Created: 08 January 2011

Back in 2008 I reviewed the Crystal Cable Arabesque all-glass speaker and found it to be the most thrilling product that I've ever covered. It sounded fantastic, and just look at the thing -- it’s drop-dead sexy and absolutely unique!

Details: Written by: Jeff Fritz; Category: Super-Speakers Special Feature; Created: 08 January 2011

You have to admire aspiration and vision. The renderings for Verity Audio's new Monsalvat loudspeaker ($325,000 per pair) show truly inspired thinking. It's simply beautiful. Not beautiful as in a really good-looking loudspeaker, but beautiful as art in and of itself.

Details: Written by: Administrator; Category: Photos; Created: 08 January 2011

Companies featured in gallery below: Crystal Cable, Anthony Gallo Acoustics, Focus Audio, Vitus Audio, Esoteric, Bel Canto Design, Zanden Audio, Eximus, Convergent Audio Technology, dCS, Constellation Audio, M2Tech

Details: Written by: Administrator; Category: Photos; Created: 08 January 2011

Companies featured in gallery below: Alpha Design Labs, Furutech, DH Labs, Essential Sound Products, Genesis Advanced Technologies, Estelon, MSB Technology, Venture, Volent, Beyerdynammic, Sherbourn, Cambridge Audio, Audio Aero, Avalon Acoustics, Boulder Amplifiers, Hi-Fi Tuning, EgglestonWorks

Details: Written by: Doug Schneider; Category: The Best of CES and THE Show 2011; Created: 08 January 2011

We'd just finished presenting the crew from Ayre Acoustics with the 2010 Product of the Year award in the electronics category for the MX-R mono amplifiers and KX-R preamplifier when we noticed the new VX-R stereo amplifier, which is sure to be a hit with audiophiles worldwide.

Details: Written by: Doug Schneider; Category: The Best of CES and THE Show 2011; Created: 08 January 2011

SoundStage! Network contributor Roger Kanno goes by the nickname Mr. Las Vegas. He knows every slot-club and coupon deal in the city, he's mapped out shortcuts through each casino, and he's established quality ratings for every hotel buffet. So when it comes to CES meals and event planning, he's our man.

Details: Written by: Roger Kanno; Category: The Best of CES and THE Show 2011; Created: 07 January 2011

Rarely do I hear anything at a show that makes me sit up and take notice like the PSB Imagine Mini did. But after hearing it, I couldn't wait to get back to my SoundStage! Network colleagues and tell them how good PSB's new Imagine Mini sounded.

Details: Written by: Administrator; Category: Photos; Created: 07 January 2011

Companies featured in gallery below: Bryston, Jones Audio, Lamm Industries, NuForce, Parasound, Tidal Audio, Usher Audio, YG Acoustics, Audio Power Labs, Magico, Dan D'Agostino

Details: Written by: Roger Kanno; Category: Features; Created: 07 January 2011

The Paradigm Atom loudspeaker has been one of my favorite budget recommendations for many years. Paradigm is now set to introduce an active version of the Atom called A².

Details: Written by: Jason Thorpe; Category: Features; Created: 06 January 2011

The world is perverse and it thrives on irony. Today I went into the Venetian hotel, home of CES's high-performance exhibits, looking for the rich vein of analog gear that I just knew would be threaded through the entire show.

Details: Written by: Jeff Fritz; Category: Super-Speakers Special Feature; Created: 06 January 2011

In some ways, the Tidal line of speakers looks quite conventional and some of the materials they use may seem common. But when you hear Tidal speakers, you know there's far more going on under the surface than might be obvious to casual onlookers.

Details: Written by: Administrator; Category: Photos; Created: 06 January 2011

Companies featured in gallery below: Paradigm, Amphion, Audio Research, Ayre Acoustics, Polk Audio, PSB, Etymotic Research, Bowers & Wilkins

Details: Written by: Jeff Fritz; Category: Super-Speakers Special Feature; Created: 06 January 2011

Could the B&W Nautilus be the most iconic loudspeaker of all time? How many companies have copied B&W's Matrix enclosure-bracing system over the past decade?

Details: Written by: Jeff Fritz; Category: Super-Speakers Special Feature; Created: 05 January 2011

As we presented the SoundStage! Network Product of the Year award for stereo loudspeakers to Richard Vandersteen for his Model Seven design, it was obvious to me that this model represents a top choice for a discerning audiophile seeking a state-of-the-art time-and-phase-aligned speaker.

Details: Written by: Administrator; Category: Photos; Created: 05 January 2011

All products were reviewed in SoundStage! Hi-Fi, SoundStage! Xperience, GoodSound! or Ultra Audio during the 2010 calendar year.

Details: Written by: Jeff Fritz; Category: Super-Speakers Special Feature; Created: 04 January 2011

Those were the days: You could build a "high end" loudspeaker by purchasing off-the-shelf drivers, tinkering with the crossover network in your garage, and building the cabinet with a table saw and a few bar clamps.

Details: Written by: Doug Schneider; Category: Features; Created: 04 January 2011

CES 2011 doesn’t start until January 6, but the key to creating a timely, relevant show report is to make sure you’re prepared well ahead of time. We arrived in Las Vegas on January 3, and we started work on January 4 to get a quick head start.

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