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…
The Essence of Atohm Speakers
There are several THOUSAND brands of speakers “out there.” If you follow the mags and forums, everybody and his brother has a different mouse trap. Yet as you analyze them, the vast majority just purchase drivers from a popular handful of vendors and install them into their own box and crossover. Give or take a tad, companies that build like this, predictably,…
$6500 Kick Start
Let’s build a great audio system and begin with no brainers from Atoll & Axiom for $6500. Atoll IN200, $3500 (120×2) The Atoll IN200 is simply an astounding integrated. It uses class AB design and can drive literally any speakers out there. IN200 is so good, at such a reasonable price point, that we might well recommend you STOP here. If your…