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Meet Richard Vandersteen at West Coast Special Events
Stereophile Staff  |  May 21, 2025
Meet audio legend Richard Vandersteen at three exclusive events on the West Coast. As the founder and head engineer of Vandersteen Audio he is renowned for groundbreaking speaker designs that have helped define high-end audio for decades. He's offering audio enthusiasts a unique chance to hear from him firsthand at these special events.
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EMM Labs Luxury Audio & Timepiece Showcase at Bending Wave USA
Stereophile Staff  |  May 13, 2025
Join EMM Labs on Saturday May 31, 11am–4pm at Bending Wave USA, the new Boca Raton luxury retail location, for a special day of high-fidelity audio, fine timepieces, hors d’oeuvres, and distinctive spirits, all to celebrate the finer moments of life.
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Sound United Finds a New Home with Harman
Mark Henninger  |  May 07, 2025
Masimo Corporation has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Masimo Consumer Audio division, which is made up of the former Sound United hi-fi brands, to Harman International, a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics, for $350 million in cash. Pending regulatory approvals, the transaction is expected to close by the end of 2025.
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Ernie Fisher, Founder of The Inner Ear Magazine, has Passed Away
Mark Henninger  |  Apr 07, 2025
Ernie Fisher, founder and longtime editor of Canada's The Inner Ear Magazine, passed away.
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Resolution AV Debuts Fyne Audio in Red Hook, Brooklyn, NYC
Ken Micallef  |  Feb 24, 2025  |  First Published: Feb 18, 2025
On Thursday January 30th, the frigid landscape of Red Hook, Brooklyn, was the site of several audio-focused debuts. Adam Wexler's Resolution AV, a purveyor of high-end audio, celebrated its grand reopening, showcasing new products from Fyne Audio. Fyne Audio CEO Max Maud and Harmonia Distribution Vice President Jesse Luna were on hand to introduce the new products and answer questions.
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What’s Going On With Krell?
Jason Victor Serinus, Jim Austin  |  Feb 20, 2025  |  First Published: Jan 29, 2025
Updated 2/20/2025 (previously 2/12/25)

In a Connecticut courtroom on Wednesday, Kristofer D'Agostino, son of late Krell owner and CEO Rondi D'Agostino, won control over his own trust, opening a path for Krell to begin to get its ducks in a row.

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The 2025 Florida International Audio Expo Starts Friday
Mark Henninger  |  Feb 19, 2025
Join Stereophile in Tampa as Mark Henninger, Ken Micallef, and Julie Mullins scope the warm weather and cool gear at this year's Florida International Audio Expo. Our coverage commences on Friday, so if you can't be there in person you can follow the action here.

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Dynaudio at Innovative Audio
Ken Micallef  |  Dec 27, 2024
On Thursday, December 12, New York City’s Innovative Audio presented the North American debut of four Dynaudio loudspeakers, two of which are brand-new. The event, held at the store’s Midtown location, featured presentations by Dynaudio executives John Quick and Michael Manousselis. Attendees had the opportunity to experience the sound quality and design of these new models.
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Inside the Oneiros Audio Speaker Launch with Living Colour
Ken Micallef  |  Dec 12, 2024
High-end audio product launches are often modest affairs. The unveiling, on December 5, 2024, of the Oneiros Audio loudspeaker ($650,000/pair) was an exception. A collaborative effort by Fidelis Distribution, Nexus Audio Technologies, and Sohmer Associates, the event, which occurred at the Power Station in NYC's Hell's Kitchen, apparently spared no expense.
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Sierra Sound to Distribute Connected Fidelity’s New TT-Hub Turntable in the U.S.
Mark Henninger  |  Dec 12, 2024
A new UK-manufactured turntable line has appeared and it is set to reach listeners in the United States through Sierra Sound. The product is known as the TT-Hub, developed by Connected Fidelity, a company led by industry figure Michael Osborn, who has experience in acoustic isolation and related products for high-fidelity audio.

According to Sierra Sound, this distribution agreement marks the arrival of a design the manufacturer characterizes as entirely original. Connected Fidelity—as stated on its website and in related materials—focuses its engineering on addressing various elements of resonance control and isolation in audio playback.

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T+A elektroakustik's New Pulsar S 130 Inherits Core Criterion Series Tech
Mark Henninger  |  Dec 12, 2024
German high-end audio manufacturer T+A elektroakustik has introduced its Pulsar S 130 loudspeaker, which the company says is part of an ongoing modernization of its speaker offerings. According to T+A, this model integrates technologies and design concepts from its higher-level Solitaire and Criterion series speakers, and is priced at $7490/pair.
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Dynaudio Unveils New Products at "From Heritage to Confidence" Event
Stereophile Staff  |  Dec 10, 2024
Dynaudio and Innovative Audio invite you to join us on Thursday, December 12, 2024 for an evening of music and the introduction of some exciting new Dynaudio products at Innovative’s final ‘Meet the Innovators’ event of 2024, ‘Dynaudio: From Heritage to Confidence’. The event takes place at Innovative Audio Video Showrooms in NYC.

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Bose Corporation Acquires McIntosh Group
Mark Henninger  |  Nov 20, 2024  |  First Published: Nov 19, 2024
Bose Corporation announced today the acquisition of McIntosh Group, the parent company of high-end audio brands McIntosh and Sonus faber. The move aims to broaden Bose's offerings into the high-performance and luxury audio markets.
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Capital Audiofest 2024, Rockville, Maryland
Ken Micallef  |  Nov 08, 2024
So there I was, in the parking lot of the Rockville Hilton, cigar smoke curling into the crisp autumn air, grilling Gary Gill about his brainchild, Capital Audio Fest (CAF). This East Coast audio extravaganza has grown into a monster, bursting at the seams of its Rockville venue.

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beyerdynamic Introduces DT 1770 PRO MKII and DT 1990 PRO MKII Headphones
Mark Henninger  |  Oct 30, 2024
German audio manufacturer beyerdynamic has launched updated versions of its premium studio headphones: the DT 1770 PRO MKII and DT 1990 PRO MKII. These models feature the newly developed TESLA.45 driver, designed to improve sound quality and reduce distortion.
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