Music
Suno will press AI songs onto $45 PETG records, but who actually needs one and does AI generated music belong in the vinyl revival?
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Amplifiers
Goldmund's Telos 9800 delivers 1,560 watts into 8 ohms and costs about $500,000 per amplifier. What makes this Swiss flagship different?
IEMs
Brise Audio’s FUGAKU costs ¥4 million and uses 12 amplifier channels. Is this active IEM system brilliant engineering or personal audio gone mad?
Music Streamers
What is Presto Music, and why did Naim add it? The specialist hi-res classical and jazz service offers something different from TIDAL and Qobuz.
Music
Spotify will let fans create AI covers and remixes of real songs. Artists can opt in, but who controls the rights and who gets...
News
What did Focal and Naim bring to Audio Advice Live 2026? A $210K Diva Alta Utopia, Scala’s North American debut, Hekla and a $5,297...
Loudspeakers
Can OJAS bring new listeners to high-end audio? Devon Turnbull’s Cooper Hewitt listening room shows why the industry needs to leave its bubble.
Gift Guides
Discover the best outdoor audio and movie gear for summer 2026, including portable speakers, projectors and accessories for decks, beaches and backyards.
New Products
Does the $1,399 Ruka Studio TD-1 vertical turntable deliver enough function to match its striking form, or are you mostly paying for the view?
New Products
Is the Acoustic Signature Merlin NEO Germany’s Most Compelling New Turntable? U.S. Pricing Remains a Mystery.
Floorstanding Speakers
What is Playback Distribution bringing to Audio Advice Live 2026? Three rooms featuring a Vienna Acoustics North American loudspeaker debut, PMC Speakers, CANVAS HiFi,...
Over-Ear Headphones
Can the Sendy Audio Apollo PRO combine planar speed, rich bass, and premium materials without sacrificing openness and versatility?
Movies
Ryan Gosling heads deep into space in Project Hail Mary, but does its 4K UHD presentation, IMAX imagery and Dolby Atmos mix justify the...
Gaming Headsets
The planar magnetic specialist says it is deeply involved with unreleased PlayStation hardware. Sony’s 2023 acquisition now looks less like a headphone deal and...
Reviews
Can Sony's $650 1000X THE COLLEXION deliver true luxury, greater comfort, and its best wireless sound yet without matching the XM6's ANC?
Movies
Is The Devil Wears Prada 2 worth owning on 4K UHD? The sequel delivers stylish visuals and Dolby Atmos, but the story begins to...
Reviews
PSB’s iQ1 and iQ2 deliver big sound and BluOS flexibility, but persistent HDMI eARC issues prevent an otherwise strong recommendation.
Reviews
The 2026 Hisense UR9 series proves you don't have to pay big bucks for a TV with RGB backlighting.
Bookshelf Speakers
Are the $1,499 Wharfedale Super Denton truly the British Bulldog of standmount speakers, and do they justify their place in the Heritage lineup?
IEMs
The XENNS Tea Pro SE delivers warm reference-style tuning, clean treble, and sturdy metal shells, but less bass impact than the original.
Movies
The War Game and Threads arrive on 4K UHD in definitive Severin Films editions that preserve two terrifying visions of nuclear war.
Podcasts
Forthcoming software updates on 2026 Hisense UX, UR9, UR8 and U7 TVs will enable Dolby Vision 2 Max features, but what about new content?
Floorstanding Speakers
Integrated Amps & Stereo Receivers
Hegel's H200 and A200 share a 150-watt Class AB platform, but buyers must choose between built-in streaming or a fully analog signal path.
New Products
Do the Bose QuietComfort 2nd Gen headphones offer enough Ultra features to make the $450 QuietComfort Ultra 2nd Gen harder to justify?
A/V Receivers & Preamp/Processors
Marantz just dropped three new A/V receivers sure to pique the interest of movie and music lovers who want to move beyond the budget...
New Products
Creative’s compact $179 XF1 powered speakers combine a bi-amplified two-way design, USB C audio, LDAC wireless streaming, extensive app-based tuning and a dedicated subwoofer...
Bookshelf Speakers
TOPPING’s MA4 active studio monitors bring Class D bi-amplification, analog crossover design, XLR input and 105dB output to compact desktop speakers.
DAPs
The Astell&Kern SP4000T Copper adds a real copper chassis to its four tube flagship DAP, but does the new material improve anything beyond its...
New Products
Can the $279 Ozlo Sleepbuds 2 help side sleepers ignore snoring, traffic, and hotel noise with 14 hours of battery life?
Music Streamers
WiiM is bringing its streamers, amplifiers, speakers, and home theater products to Best Buy nationwide. The bigger question is whether the retailer can properly...
A/V Furniture & Accessories
Blu-ray, DVD & 4K Media Players
News
The Revox World Foundation is rescuing 800 Studer and Revox components from storage, neglect, and bad eBay listings as reel to reel returns.
New Products
Emotiva’s $1,799 Nostala FT12 combines 800 watts, a 12-inch woofer, room correction, real walnut veneer and flexible stereo inputs.
Amplifiers
Pilot Radio revives its 1959 EL84 amplifier with 15 watts of Class A power, balanced inputs and a $4,790 price.
Music
If you’re lining up for Record Store Day 2026, this episode focuses on the one name that matters most: Zev Feldman, known as The Jazz Detective....
Music
Eric Pye (@audioloveyyc) returns to Japan to explore the hi-fi and music scene in late-2025.
DAPs
Astell&Kern Teases PD5 All Day Player DAP as SR35 Successor Ahead of Hong Kong High-End AV Show 2026
The Astell&Kern PD5 DAP features eight Cirrus Logic DACs, up to 28 hours of battery life, Android, and a new EnviroTune mode.
DAPs
Will Shanling DAPs and CD players cost more? AI demand is raising component prices and could force some models out of production.
Dongle DACs
Questyle’s QCC Dongle Pro2 adds Bluetooth 6.1, Auracast, LHDC, LC3 and Apple MFi support for better wireless audio across phones, PCs and consoles.
New Products
The $149 Beyerdynamic DT 275 PRO uses 22dBA passive isolation, a lockable dual side cable and replaceable parts for mobile monitoring.
Headphones
Help Capra Audio rebuild after devastating West Virginia floods. Donate or share the GoFundMe, now at about $19,000 of its $30,000 goal.
Music
Curtis Mayfield's Super Fly sounds richer, wider, and more natural on Rhino High Fidelity's Kevin Gray mastered AAA vinyl reissue.
Blu-ray, DVD & 4K Media Players
Disney+ is restoring 4K in parts of Europe, but HDR, Apple TV 4K, Samsung TVs, and game consoles remain unsupported.
News
Disney+ Premium subscribers in parts of Europe lose 4K and HDR after another patent ruling, but the subscription price remains unchanged.
A/V Furniture & Accessories
AudioBro launched globally, then introduced V2 less than two weeks later. Does conversational AI make its room optimization platform more useful?
Articles
The best 4K UHD discs of 2026 so far, from Fight Club and Ben Hur to Perfect Blue, Stranger Things, Jackie Chan, and Spielberg.
News
ASCENDO, Trinnov and Christie bring a 9.7.4-channel home cinema with WaveForming bass and 10,000-lumen 4K projection to Audio Advice Live 2026.
Blu-ray, DVD & 4K Media Players
Peacock Premium joins YouTube Premium in early 2027, adding NBC shows, Universal movies and live sports as streaming rebuilds the bundle.
Articles
Which headphones stole the show at CanJam London 2026? We pick the best new wired, wireless and electrostatic models across every price.
Articles
Which DACs, headphone amps and DAPs stole the show at CanJam London 2026? We pick the best electronics across every price point.
Articles
We tested dozens of budget Bluetooth speakers to find the best. Our top picks deliver big sound, waterproof durability, long battery life, and real...
Articles
Clean, cleaner, cleanest: record cleaning options for vinyl collectors, from anti-static brushes to ultrasonic machines. What works?
Articles
From 750 brands and thousands of products, we selected 26 standout winners across categories that delivered even if your accountant won’t approve.
Reviews
Can the $2,150 Muarah MU-2 compete with phono preamps from EAR, Pro-Ject, and MOON? Rich and filling like our favorite cabbage rolls and nobody...
Articles
Looking to build a hi-fi audio system around a WiiM Ultra Music Streamer in a small space? The Cabin Audiophiler shows you how.
Articles
Can a French Canadian integrated amplifier and pair of British speakers prove that making love is better than war? The MOON 250i v2 is...
Articles
Starting at $22,499 per pair, the ATC SCM50ASL Active Speakers take your music listening experience to a whole new level.
News
The wait is over. Apple officially announced the iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, Apple Pay, and Apple Watch on September 9, 2014. See the...
New Products
$25,000 buys you Bang & Olufsen’s top-of-the-line 85-inch 4K Ultra HD TV. The new model, BeoVision Avant 85, features a cutting-edge direct type LED...
New Products
Phase Technology is now shipping the Teatro TSB3.0 ultra-thin sound bar, which features left, right and center channels paired with two SFE Spatial Field...
New Products
Klipsch just released the $800 Reference R-20B sound bar with 10-inch wireless subwoofer. The two-way soundbar boasts premium drivers, two lightweight 3/4-inch horn-loaded textile dome...
DSLR Cameras
The new $2,300 Nikon D750 is a Full Frame 24-megapixel D-SLR camera with Wi-Fi that offers pro-caliber photo and video features and FX-format image...
New Products
LG will soon be selling its largest and highest resolution Ultra HD TV (model 105UC9) for a mere $100,000! Boasting a subtly curved 8.75-foot (105″)...
A/V Receivers & Preamp/Processors
Classe announced the Sigma SSP stereo / 7.1-channel preamp/processor and two amplifiers, the AMP2 (2x200W) and AMP5 (5x200W) into 8 ohms. If purchased together,...
IEMs
Sony just announced the waterproof, wearable Walkman NWZ-WS613 Bluetooth stereo headset that doubles as a MP3 player. You can listen to music stored in...
New Products
Sony has released its state-of-the-art 4K Ultra Short Throw Projector (model LSPX-W1S) hidden in a low profile cabinet with speakers, which was first demonstrated...
DAPs
Sony just announced the 64GB Walkman NWZ-A17 Hi-res audio, portable, digital music player for $300. It supports digital music files up to 192 kHz/24...
