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.
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Loudspeakers
Armour Home boss Charlie Henderson explains how Q Acoustics, Goldring and QED plan to rebuild U.S. visibility, expand products and reach younger listeners.
Gift Guides
The best back to school tech for college students in 2026, from headphones and chargers to dorm upgrades and gear worth buying.
New Products
Can the $49.99 SOUNDPEATS UU2 deliver better open ear sound? It adds LDAC, Bluetooth 6.0, DynamicEQ and a new 12mm titanium coated driver.
TVs
Samsung TV Plus expands Eclipsa Audio with immersive concerts and plans for movies and sports. Can Samsung and Google challenge Dolby Atmos?
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?
Gift Guides
Discover the best outdoor audio and movie gear for summer 2026, including portable speakers, projectors and accessories for decks, beaches and backyards.
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.
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?
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.
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...
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?
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?
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,...
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.
IEMs
The XENNS Tea Pro SE delivers warm reference-style tuning, clean treble, and sturdy metal shells, but less bass impact than the original.
New Products
The $149 Beyerdynamic DT 275 PRO uses 22dBA passive isolation, a lockable dual side cable and replaceable parts for mobile monitoring.
Music
Curtis Mayfield's Super Fly sounds richer, wider, and more natural on Rhino High Fidelity's Kevin Gray mastered AAA vinyl reissue.
A/V Furniture & Accessories
IsoAcoustics expands its OEM business with JBL, Marten, Raidho, Lumin and EMM Labs as GAIA-TITAN Neo nears a 2026 consumer launch.
Blu-ray, DVD & 4K Media Players
Netflix now streams in 4K through Chrome on Windows 11, but HDR, Dolby Vision, HDR10+, and Dolby Atmos remain unavailable.
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.
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.
Laptops
Toshiba today introduced the Satellite P55t laptop, which features a 15.6-inch 4K Ultra HD TruBrite display with Technicolor Color Certification. Delivering a native 3840...
Health Trackers
Mio Global just released the a new heart rate monitoring wristband called Mio LINK. The band is designed for runners and cyclists as an...
Head Units
Pioneer today announced Apple CarPlay integration will be available as a firmware upgrade for five of their latest AVIC NEX in-dash car multimedia systems...
Mirrorless Cameras
Sony today announced the Alpha 7S (α7S) full-frame interchangeable lens digital camera which offers extraordinary sensitivity, low noise and 4K video recording, a 12.2...
New Products
Edifier today introduced the S550 ENCORE 5.1 Multimedia Speaker System, which features two, 10-inch super bass drivers producing 120 Watts each, creating ground shaking...
A/V Receivers & Preamp/Processors
Yamaha just announced its 2014 RX-V 77 Series network A/V receivers which feature Wi-Fi, Virtual CINEMA FRONT, and new streaming services. The top three are 7.2-channel...
New Products
Sony just announced the MDR-ZX750BN Bluetooth headphones with Near Field Communication (NFC) and Noise Cancelling technology to reduce 98% of ambient noise. The wireless...
Gaming Notebooks
Digital Storm today unveiled four gaming notebooks with the new NVIDIA GTX 800M series of graphics cards – the 15.6 inch Javelin and Lance and...
Monitors
AOC today announced the 24-inch 144Hz Gaming Monitor (G2460PQU) which claims a 1ms response time. Designed for high-performance gaming, the wall-mountable monitor has a...
New Products
Nokia today introduced two budget priced Windows 8.1 smartphones, which look a lot like the iPhone 5c. The Lumia 630 and Lumia 635 both...
