Jerry says Samsung's The Wall is as much a design statement as it is a piece of display technology.

HIGH END 2020 show opens their doors and will welcome exhibitors and visitors from all over the world from May 14th through 17th in Munich, Germany. High End Society is very happy to announce that Alan Parsons will be this year's brand ambassador for their HIGH END 2020 Munich international hi-fi show! For this world renown British musician, sound engineer, and producer, they also brought back a reunion with his predecessor Steven Wilson. Both musical artists know each other from their joint work on Steven Wilson's album The Raven That Refused to Sing (And Other Stories).
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Die Herforder High-End-Schmiede bringt im März ihren ersten Kopfhörer und einen Kopfhörerverstärker auf den Markt.

Bottlehead and EnjoyTheMusic.com are giving away their easy-to-build Crack 1.1 OTL vacuum tube headphone amplifier kit ($315 on up depending on options). For decades, Bottlehead has been providing wonderful DIY kits, usually based around vacuum tubes (hence company's name Bottlehead), and with kit naming being a bit, ummm, edgy. From Wikipedia: "Crack affects the brain chemistry of the user causing euphoria, supreme confidence, alertness, increased energy – and a craving for more crack."
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Künftig wird auch der Plattenspieler Planar 8 mit dem vormontierten Ania-Pro erhältlich sein.

This issue of Australian Hi-Fi Magazine features news, reviews, and Tom Waters, of the Sydney Audio Club, tells the story of a well-traveled audiophile who's gone from hi-fi to home theatre.. and returned! Hi-Fi Deconstructed has Hugh Grant, of Hugh Grant fame, thinking there's something wrong with movie theatre sound. Rod Easdown disagrees. Gear reviews in this issue includes the Exposure 2010S2 D integrated amplifier, Pro-Ject X-1 turntable, Gold Note DS-10 DAC / network player / headamp, Blue Satellite ANC headphones, Focal Kanta No 3 loudspeakers, and Ayre Acoustics EX-8 integrated hub.
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„S“ steht für „Small“ – aber sie ist 1,13 Meter hoch.

You don't have to buy Bose. You don't even have to like Bose. But you should respect the company's engineering and marketing prowess, not to mention its appeal to the Average Joe or Jane.

Auf den Norddeutschen HiFi-Tagen kann er schon probegehört werden.