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introducing the new triton one.r from goldenear technology®

“Everything that made Triton Reference Sound & Vision’s Product-of-the-Year in a gorgeous, super sounding, more compact and even more a ordable package!”“ The powerful sense of atmosphere that the One.R speakers conveyed conjure up memories of my time with the Triton Reference.–Al Griffin, Sound & Vision” GoldenEar Technology is pleased to announce the introduction of the new Triton One.R. This extraordinary new reference quality loudspeaker is a smaller, less expensive follow up to the Triton Reference. The T Ref has been compared with speakers selling for over ten times its surprisingly a. ordable cost. It has had a remarkable response from both music and hi. enthusiasts as well as press and reviewers from around the world, who have bestowed upon it innumerable Speaker-of-the-Year and Product-of-the-Year awards. Now the T One.R is…

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Gotta See the Show LAST MAY I had an opportunity to attend High End in Munich, Germany, an event considered by many to be the world’s leading hi-fi show. It was the second consecutive Munich show I had attended, and this one was even more bustling with activity than the last. While the show does provide trade-only days, it’s primarily a consumer-focused event—audiophiles from all over Europe flock in to look at and listen to the latest gear, much of it on active display in rooms that pump out nonstop music. There’s something special about getting the chance to actually sit down and demo equipment at a hi-fi show. Many of the experiences I’ve had at High End and some other events have been truly ear-opening and involved exotic and expensive gear…

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Another highlight of this year's High End Munich trip was a visit to the DALI (Danish Audiophile Loudspeaker Industries) Speakers factory in Denmark. Sound & Vision recently tested that company’s Callisto 6 C wireless active speakers (April/May and online at soundandvision.com), and currently have an Oberon passive 5.1 system in-house for review. The DALI factory presented a dizzying mix of high-tech and traditional speaker-building techniques, with sophisticated robots rapidly assembling speaker cabinets that were then handed off to humans to conduct the painstaking process of hand-lacquering. DALI is especially proud of the innovations it has developed for in-house driver production. In certain speaker models, for example, custom wood-fiber cones are employed. In others, the motor magnet system uses SMC (Soft Magnetic Compound), a material that measurably reduces distortion by minimizing the…

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EDITOR: Al Griffin SENIOR EDITOR, TECHNICAL EDITOR: Tom Norton EDITORS-AT-LARGE: Bob Ankosko, Darryl Wilkinson CONTRIBUTING TECHNICAL EDITORS: Kris Deering, Barb Gonzalez, Steve Guttenberg, Michael P. Hamilton, Daniel Kumin, Rob Sabin, John Sciacca, Michael Trei, David Vaughn CONTRIBUTORS: Michael Antonoff, Brandon A. DuHamel, Roger Kanno, Fred Kaplan, Josef Krebs, Ken C. Pohlmann, Leslie Shapiro, Stewart Wolpin MUSIC EDITOR: Mike Mettler MOVIES EDITOR: Chris Chiarella TECHNICAL CONSULTANT Joel Silver, Imaging Science Foundation ART DIRECTOR Jeremy Moyler WEB MONKEY Jon Iverson AVTech Media Americas Inc EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Paul Miller FINANCE DIRECTOR Owen Davies General Manager Keith Pray kpray@avtechmediausa.com Advertising Manager Ed DiBenedetto edibenedetto@avtechmediausa.com Sales Coordinator Rosemarie Torcivia rtorcivia@avtechmediausa.com Digital inquiries Keith Pray, kpray@avtechmediausa.com…

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HI-FI AT HIGH END MUNICH 2019 The High End show that took place in Munich, Germany this past May was a literal hi-fi playground, one offering countless opportunities to sit back and listen to music being played on some of the world’s best gear. Compared with High End Munich 2018, which Sound & Vision also attended, the gear on display at this year’s show skewed further toward the pricey and exotic—think low-power tube amps, huge horn speakers that look like something from a Dr. Suess book, and ultra-expensive turntables. Even so, we managed to find more real-world products worth reporting on. Here’s a sampling of what we uncovered. Pro-Ject Audio Pre Box RS2 Digital Pro-Ject Audio Systems’ Box lineup has grown substantially since the company first started offering the mini-sized components. The new…