Audio Cables
The ShawlineX Aray interconnect cables from Chord Company offer a significant upgrade over the previous iteration. Our review is forthcoming next week.
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Music Streamers
Garmin’s JL Audio Primacy system combines streaming, room correction, MM/MC phono, Dante, and active speakers from $50,000. Is this the new luxury hi-fi formula?
Articles
Clean, cleaner, cleanest: record cleaning options for vinyl collectors, from anti-static brushes to ultrasonic machines. What works?
Hi-Fi Components
Audio Advice expands to Las Vegas, betting on luxury AV, education, and a western market ready for serious home theater.
Music Streamers
At $13,000, the Esoteric N-05XE combines streaming, DAC, preamp, and headphone amp duties into a Tokyo-built hub that impressed at AXPONA 2026.
DACs
At $129, the iFi Audio ZEN Air Blue 2 adds aptX Lossless Bluetooth streaming to any amp or speakers, making it ideal for upgrading...
Headphone Amps
Coming mid-2026, the FiiO K17 R2R Pro DAC and headphone amplifier aims for a more analogue like listening experience with proprietary resistor ladder architecture.
Music Streamers
TIDAL Hi-Fi tier subscribers will be paying more starting on August 1st. Hi-Fi Plus subscribers will not face the same increase and can now...
Music Streamers
Looking for a one-box network player that can also drive high-end headphones, wireless headphones, and active loudspeakers? The $700 FiiO R7 is available now.
Music Streamers
Harnessing the power of OpenAI's ChatGPT, Volumio AI delivers a revolution in music discovery. Should Roon be nervous?
Music
Is it really happening? Spotify Hi-Fi might actually show up in Q4 2023. We still don't know how much more it will cost.
Headphone Amps
HiFiMAN'S Goldenwave Serenade DAC/Headphone Amplifier features multiple streaming and input options along with the Hymalaya Pro R-2R Ladder DAC.
Reviews
Can the $250 Andover Audio SpinStage MM/MC Phono Pre-amplifier really upgrade entry-level cartridges? Let's take a listen.
Amplifiers
AGD's implementation of GaN transistor technology requires some explanation but it truly offers something unique and exciting in sound reproduction.
Amplifiers
AR Tube Audio Corporation has purchased Audio Research at a critical moment and saved the legacy high-end brand from extinction. Acora Acoustics' Valerio Cora...
Music Streamers
The $149 WiiM Pro is now a Roon-Ready network streamer. Does this make it the most cost-effective way to add Roon to your system....
Amplifiers
We're starting to get excited about GaN power stages. The Orchard Audio Starkrimson Duo/Trio is the fourth power amplifier in less than two weeks...
Audio Cables
The latest analog interconnect cables from Chord Company may be just what you need for your audio setup. Check out the details.
Music Streamers
$126,000 for an audio Klimax? Linn and Shelley's Stereo came damn close this year with the new Linn 360 and Klimax DSM.
Headphone Amps
A headphone amplifier than can drive both planar magnetic and electrostatic headphones? The iFi iCAN Phantom has arrived for $3,749.
Headphone Amps
Would you spend $7,995 on a headphone amplifier? The Feliks Audio Envy did not disappoint with some of the best headphones in the world.
Floorstanding Speakers
The Tannoy Kensington driven by a stack of PrimaLuna electronics and the VPI Signature 21 Turntable were a huge hit at T.H.E. Show 2023.
Integrated Amps & Stereo Receivers
Scott Walker Audio has the new Aurender AP20 Integrated Amplifier at T.H.E. Show 2023. This class D streaming amplifier can deliver 200 watts/channel.
Floorstanding Speakers
Floorstanding Speakers
