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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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Written from my hospital bed, our final 2025 Editor’s Round-Up covers hi-res Bluetooth, loss, and why performance and value still define great hi-fi.
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Editors’ Choice 2025: The best in-wall and in-ceiling speakers for home theater and whole-home audio—reference-level performance, properly installed.
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A year-end look at the biggest consumer A/V and media stories of 2025, from streaming wars and AI to vinyl, TV tech, and high-end...
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An honest accounting of the actors and directors we lost in 2025—from legends to character actors—and why their work still holds up.
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The Case for Audio/Video Receivers (AVRs) While soundbars have evolved over the years and can provide a convenient solution to better TV sound, nothing beats a...
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A skeptical, experience-driven take on hi-fi accessories that actually work—QED, Advance Paris, IsoAcoustics, IsoTek, iFi, ddHiFi—minus the snake oil.
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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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My favorite MM and MC phono cartridges of 2022 priced from $190 to $899.
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Amazon's Black Friday sales are officially live. Check out some great deals on Sennheiser's most popular headphones.
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Wireless loudspeakers, some great deals on used CDs, and why Black Friday might stink on Thanksgiving 2022.
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