Fidelity Magazine

300 years old and yet more vibrant than ever, Vivaldi’s Le quattro stagioni remains alive and well. These four violin concertos, each in three movements and about 10 minutes long, have become an enduring favorite.

Kindly enough, Vivaldi wrote a sonnet for each of the four concertos explaining the musical “program.” In the opening movements, we are told, we mos...

The electrostatic headphone Audeze CRBN2 (“CARBON”) has its origins in a medical technology application: During magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), the patient is scanned layer by layer inside a tunnel while being exposed to high sound pressure levels and magnetic currents, which requires headphones with good sound insulation and no metal components.

Sonoro wants change: business is booming with easygoing sound systems for carefree everyday listening, but that success has somewhat stood in the way of the company’s reputation as a serious hi-fi manufacturer. The Orchestra Shaped Signature is here to thoroughly clean up the second half of that sentence.

FIDELITY was one of only two European magazines – and the sole publication from Germany – granted the privilege of attending the presentation of a new Wilson Audio loudspeaker. Although “privilege” captures only part of it. In truth, it was an immense pleasure.

Klipsch has been building uncompromisingly efficient loudspeakers for 80 years now.

When Paul W. Klipsch developed his first loudspeaker in Arkansas in 1946, he followed an idea that was as simple as it was radical: high efficiency is the key to uncolored dynamics. The legendary Klipschorn, a fully horn-loaded corner speaker, implemented this principle without compromi...