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New Products
Unison Research’s Unico PRE v2 and DM v2 introduce a modern design, substantially more power, and an $18,498 system price—no streamer, no Bluetooth, just...
New Products
At $2,495, MoFi Electronics’ UltraPhono Pro brings MasterPhono design DNA to a more attainable phono preamp with fully discrete, low noise, MM/MC flexibility, and...
New Products
Lexus is pushing its first full-electric SUV with Miles Davis on classic vinyl and a gorgeous turntable from VPI, and we're fully on board.
Music Streamers
Esoteric’s N-05XE and S-05XE combine flagship DAC, streaming, balanced preamp, serious headphone amp, and Class A power—but at $26,500, is this the most future-proof...
Music Streamers
ONIX’s XMT20 streamer transport pairs a new Linux platform with Roon Ready, TIDAL and Qobuz Connect, plus high-end digital outputs and CD ripping support.
Amplifiers
Can Roksan’s $4,500 Caspian 4G Streaming Preamp and $3,750 Power Amp compete with NAD and Naim in this price class?
Headphone Amps
Astell&Kern today introduced two new headphone amplifiers, the ACRO CA1000T ($2,229) carriable headphone amp and the PA10 ($599) portable headphone amp. In addition, the...
Articles
2022 was a wild year and we have some thoughts on what transpired and where we are headed in the months ahead.
Music Streamers
PecanPi and Starkrimson Pears at the 2023 Florida International Audio Expo. Orchard Audio will be demonstrating their award-winning streamer and power amplifiers.
New Products
JBL's Bluetooth-enabled turntable supports both wired and wireless playback of vinyl records without decreasing audio quality via Bluetooth aptX HD.
Music Streamers
The infamous Naim stack seems to be getting shorter with each passing cycle. The New Classic Series aims to push the streaming category to...
Integrated Amps & Stereo Receivers
JBL's Classic Series includes a streamer, CD player, integrated amplifier and turntable. Just add speakers.
New Products
Victrola has announced a second wireless turntable, the Stream Onyx that can play music through Sonos wireless speakers. Check out the details.
Music Streamers
The AVM CS 8.3 Black Edition Streamer Receiver will take a huge bite out of your wallet, but it comes with everything except loudspeakers.
DACs
PS Audio's DirectStream MK2 DAC/Preamplifier up converts all digital audio signals to pure DSD and then to analog. Is this method better? Only your...
Integrated Amps & Stereo Receivers
The PSU-XR power supply provides a sound upgrade for all Cyrus XR components.
New Products
There are 5 upgraded models in the SME MK2 Turntable lineup for 2023. You still can't buy their tonearms separately.
Articles
2022 was most certainly the year that many of us spent a lot more for less. Inflation took a significant bite out of the...
Articles
2022 was a great year for affordable high-end audio components and the growth of wireless audio. My picks from the past 12 months.
Amplifiers
As of December 8, 2022, Parasound is in new hands. Find out the reason why and what the future may hold.
Headphone Amps
Can the Naim Uniti Atom Headphone Edition rewrite the rules when it comes to desktop headphone systems?
CD Players
Part 2 of 7 about vintage audio covers the playback devices you can connect to vintage equipment, including CD players, cassette decks and digital...
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