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The best audiophile headphones of 2022 include some smaller brands you might not know.
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Marantz offers six home theater A/V Receivers from $599 to $4,500. What’s the difference, and which one might be right for you?
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Class D amps from $130 to $50,000—pulling more ears into hi-fi without demanding you sell a kidney. Solid tech, serious power, and none of...
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Forget what you think you know. Eastern European brands like Meze, Ferrum, and Heed are dragging high-end audio into the future — and sounding...
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A deep dive into two legendary 1990s CD players—the Copland CDA 288 and YBA CD1 Blue Laser. Vintage, overbuilt, and sonically elite, these eccentric...
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Class D amplifiers are revolutionizing the audiophile world, delivering top-tier sound without the hefty price tag. Discover how brands like NAD, Topping, and SMSL...
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Discover the 8 best headphone stands for 2025—engineered for durability, stability, and style. These top-rated options support all headphone types and won’t break the...
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HDMI 2.1 enables a lot of capabilities for TVs and other devices, but the product manufacturer decides which features to implement. This means confusion...
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One of the problems with home theater setups is all the wires needed to connect the speakers and components. Do you know about WiSA?
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Our favorite bookshelf / stand-mount loudspeakers of 2022 are listed in order of lowest to highest price from $400 to $3,000.
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Your turntable may not sound great without the right phono preamp. Our Editors' Choice 2022 Phono Preamplifier options offer great performance for the money.
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The tech titans couldn't have built their empires without songs -- and now they are destroying the cultural ecosystem that made them rich.
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Brooklyn-based Ohm Acoustics have been manufacturing loudspeakers for almost 48 years. A deep dive by the Budget Audiophiler.
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Cyber Monday brings with it this deal on one of the top-rated UST Projectors.
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Is the shift from owning songs to streaming them eroding listener loyalty and reducing the cultural impact of music?
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But I now see firsthand how the music industry is fumbling this huge opportunity to revitalize its business.
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Which CD players and DAC made our Editors' Choice 2022 list?
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A new consumer survey measures an industry in which "time is standing still".
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Dolby's premium immersive surround option is rumored to be coming to Tesla vehicles soon via an over-the-air software update.
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Highly recommended albums that prove that you can disrupt the algorithmic hegemony and have fun at the same time.
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Cyber Monday 2022 is a great day to finally put together that home theater speaker system you've been dreaming about with big discounts on...
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The Naim Audio Uniti Atom HE and Acoustic Energy AE1 Speakers make an ideal combination if you're looking for a compact system with great...
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My Editors' Choice selection for 2022. We cover wireless loudspeakers and turntables in the first of three articles.
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