Conrad-Johnson's MF 2275
Magnepan demonstrated their new .7 speaker with the Conrad-Johnson MF2275 ($3850).
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LATEST ADDITIONS
Creek Evolution EVO 100A Integrated
Those who’ve read my reviews will already know how much musical pleasure my vintage Creek 4330 integrated amp has given me. On the first day of CES I got to relax and listen to the legendary Mike Creek show and tell about the Evolution 50CD ($1695) which is really a high-end DAC with a built in transport.
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Parasound's New Halo Integrated
One of the trends in amplification this year is the large number of stereo integrated amplifiers with digital inputs. Among these, the Parasound Halo Integrated stands out for its impressive feature set.
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Aesthetix Metis
At Musical Surroundings, the Metis line-stage preamp from Aesthetix, first seen at the 2014 RMAF, was running the big demo system. This new 4-tube preamp replaces the multi-chassis Callisto at about $25,000.
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Rogue's P5 Preamp
For years, I have greeted Rogue's Mark O'Brien with the question, "Anything new in digital?" fully knowing that Rogue Audio is committed to vacuum tube-based analog. This time I asked "Anything new that is not digital?" and Mark beamed. Finally, I had asked the right question...
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New GoldenEar Goodies
That was the subject heading of an email that I received from GoldenEar's Sandy Gross back in November.
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A Family Affair
Sandy Gross and his charming daughter, Wendy, who was at CES helping dad out.
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Bryston, the Speaker Manufacturer
Bryston's James Tanner and Brian Russell (left to right) seemed pretty happy at CES, and with good reason.
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Thiel is back!
Thiel is back! Following a period of reorganization necessitated by the death of Jim Thiel, the "new Thiel," while varying in specifics, promises to respect Jim Thiel's sonic ideals while developing speakers for both two channel and multichannel.
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Sony Pushes Hi-Res
For those interested in audio, the products on display at Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC) during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) are of little interest. And yet...I don't think I would feel that I've attended CES unless I spent a few hours at LVCC. I figured that it would be best to go on the first day of 2015 CES, before the show really got going.
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