What does it take for a two-way speaker to reach the heights of the world’s finest? The YG Acoustics Carmel 3 could be the answer. Let me start by getting one thing straight: I’m not here for anything less than the best. As the ultra high-end reviewer here at INDULGR, my goal is to find […]
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Dive into the depths of pristine sound with TAD Laboratories‘ latest masterpiece—the TAD-CE1TX-K speaker system. This variant, encased in a sleek, mirror-like piano black finish, promises an extraordinary auditory journey. Experience accurate, natural sound courtesy of TAD’s proprietary CST Driver, which ensures clear, solid imaging and ultra-wide-bandwidth reproduction. Every note is crafted to perfection: from
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Clarisys Audio, the continuing legacy of Apogee Acoustics, showcased their latest ribbon speakers Piccolo and Minuet+ at HiFiDeluxe Munich 2024. The Piccolo, priced at 24,950 EUR, is a 2-way full-range ribbon speaker that combines aesthetic elegance with cutting-edge sound technology, offering detailed audio reproduction in an artistically designed, very compact package. The more traditionally designed
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Immerse yourself in the acoustic excellence of the Telos 1800 Monoblock Power Amplifier, a masterpiece of high-end audio engineering. This device’s maximum power output of 420 Wrms at 8 Ω with 1% THD, ensuring a superior audio experience. It features an exceptionally low noise floor (under 3 μV), minimal distortion (THD+N <0.05% at 30 Vrms),
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The Sunray G3 by TIDAL Audio marks a new era in reference loudspeakers, debuting at Munich High End 2024. Building on the iconic Sunray’s legacy, the Sunray G3 showcases advanced engineering with all new drivers and TIDAL’s sturdiest cabinet yet. Featuring pure diamond diaphragms for frequencies above 300Hz and black ceramic with aluminum-hexacone diaphragms for
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Sonus Faber unveiled their new flagship loudspeaker system, Suprema, at Munich High End 2024, marking a new era in Sonus Faber’s high-end sound with its innovative four-tower speaker system and external analog active crossover. Featuring the iconic lute shape, the main towers optimize the soundstage, while the Stradivari-shaped elliptical subwoofer towers deliver precise low-frequency reproduction.
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Treehaus AudioLab is a high-end audio company that specializes in handcrafted audio equipment, particularly loudspeakers. Their speakers are known for their use of field-coil drivers, which are a type of driver that is known for its exceptional sound quality but is also very rare and expensive. They also produce amplifiers and preamplifiers. Words and Photography
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Munich High End 2024 will proudly host the unveiling of the new YG Acoustics XV 3 Signature, in its first ever, world debut, emerging as the apotheosis of the brand’s iconic XV 3 flagship. The four towers of XV 3 already bestow unparalleled audio excellence. It’s capable of huge scale and authority yet renders the
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Celebrating its 20th anniversary, YG Acoustics will present their first active world debut of the XX Live system at Munich High-End 2024. The YG Acoustics XX Live stands at the pinnacle of YG’s engineering efforts, born from an extensive multi-year research and development process. This four-way, eight-driver loudspeaker system delivers the sound quality and
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If there ever was a high-end company building audio components that could corrupt a monk, TIDAL Audio is it. Much like Vito Corleone’s offer you just can’t refuse, TIDAL wares are in a very exclusive club of luxury products that make everyone trustworthy ‘I couldn’t say no’ list. That is to say, if I were
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Our high-end audio show calendar reaches its season finale this coming weekend. The Capital Audiofest 2023 show is billed by many as the more casual event of the year, and yet it no less represents the finest opportunity for audiophiles and those new to high-end audio to an experience that only dreams are made of.
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Angie Lisi of American Sound of Canada, who has recently taken on Rethm, and had some hiding in a second system in her large top-floor suite at Axpona 2023 was also rocking a number of other cool brands. Among them, Phasemation, Esoteric’s Magne-drive magnetic drive turntable, a full dCS Vivaldi Apex stack, and a pair
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Treehaus Audiolab continues my theme of show rooms doing hifi different. Rich Pinto, who is fast becoming a familiar face to the INDULGR crew, were showing his irrepressibly organic approach to audio, which included the Treehaus National Treasure Field Coil Loudspeakers, an open-baffle full-range field coil speaker design which use a Fostex T90A super tweeter
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Fidelity Imports was showing, by my count, six separate rooms at Axpona 2023 – and all of the ones I went into had very cool gear in them. The standout for me was the Diptyque Audio and Audia Flight room, which displayed a trait you really never expect from a panel speaker: bass. Reporting by
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Seawave Acoustics of South Korea, started by a Buddhist monk who was initially interested in recording his teacher, was one of the more interesting rooms at Axpona 2023. This company has had some presence in the North American market in the past, but made a bigger splash this year, showing off three sizes of their
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TIDAL Audio (and Vimberg for that matter) were present in several rooms, including the ultra-precise yet smooth Wynn Audio room where Vimberg was on display in one of the larger ballrooms, and the Bricasti Design and TIDAL Audio system in one of the atrium hotel rooms. Showing was a full stack of Bricasti M1 and
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Rethm Audio’s Jacob George, one of my favorite people in the audio industry, was present at Axpona 2023 making a rather special showing. Having celebrated a newly inked distribution deal with Angie Lisi of American Sound of Canada, Jacob had every model in his current lineup present and was swapping speakers throughout the show. My
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