ATC SCM50 ASLT System
ATC SCM50 ASLT Active speakers with built in amps, $27k Per Pair ATC’s SCM50 ASLT Active speakers truly push the envelope of delivering the best possible sound from your recordings. Whether CD, streaming, vinyl or even TV based sound, these 50s take a back seat to nobody. Why? Take your pick of the most expensive, ginormous speakers out there. Be they Wilsons,…
ATC SCM40A System
ATC SCM40A Active speakers with built in amps, $14k Per Pair ATC’s SCM40As are game changers. Their ability to start and stop on a dime makes passive speakers sound murky. The only way to achieve the speed and control of the SCM40As is to go ACTIVE. Even if you were to purchase SCM40s in passive form, which you can, no matter how…
TAS 10-26 Issue
I tear open every issue excited to read about new gear. Almost every month my interest is quickly deflated because all they want to write about are things I don’t care about. They love to write about speakers and amps that “nobody” can afford. OR, they are impressed with some streaming box of chips from China, made by some outfit that primarily…
Shenzhen United Audio
SUA is a vendor in China (PRC) that you can hire to build your gear. They make some brands you might have heard of. In some cases they make the full lineup of a given brand. In some cases they make the affordable models- with the higher end models made elsewhere. Ascendo- American based high end home theater and studio monitors Atlantic…
$4100 Buys Immediacy!
How’d you like an incredible, affordable system with exquisite definition for singers and acoustic instruments? Human voices, after all, are the most unique of all acoustic instruments. Let’s hear them with the utmost of CHARACTER and articulation. Further, this system also delivers a good amount of bass with no sludge to obfuscate the chops of great drummers, bass or piano players. Just…
Phenomenally French For $8175
Let’s build a system with stunningly exquisite resolution and dynamics- that will also deliver the tight and IMPACTFUL bass of acoustic instruments. The detail of guitar, piano and voices will be right there with some of the most expensive gear on the market. You’ll have bass impact and volume capability that will please all but the most bangadelic listeners. All the gear…
The Absolute Sound Sept 2026
The boys went to the Vienna hi-fi show. The industry’s best show has been in Munich for well over a decade. It has moved to Vienna. Let’s see what they discovered. The first writer was wowed by Wadax (Spain) who introduced its LOWER PRICED DAC for $43k and a transport for $40k. Hmmmmm. I’ll bet if we compared this combo to the…