New Products HiFiMAN’s Arya Unveiled Planar Magnetic Headphones Look and Feel DAP and Dongle DAC Friendly: Preview At $1,400, the fourth-generation Arya Unveiled features a removable “Magnetic Veil” back panel and Stealth Magnet Technology. Ian WhiteNovember 12, 2024
News eCoustics Welcomes CE Industry Veterans Mark Smotroff and John Sciacca to the Team The eCoustics editorial team grows to its largest point ever, adding coverage for new music releases and custom installation A/V solutions. Brian MitchellNovember 12, 2024
New Products Andover Audio’s SpinBase 2 Turntable Speaker System Features More Power and Enhanced Bluetooth Capabilities: Preview With updated styling and connectivity, the $349 Andover SpinBase 2 is a compact wireless speaker designed to sit under any turntable. Robert SilvaNovember 13, 2024
New Products Drop + Grell’s OAE1 Headphones Have Become More Affordable And That’s A Very Good Thing: Preview Building on the success of the OAE1 signature edition headphone, Drop + Grell has introduced a less costly non-signature model but with some improvements Robert SilvaNovember 13, 2024
New Products Grimani Systems’ Psi v3 Quad-Drive Subwoofer Costs More Than a Tesla At $43,600, Grimani Systems' Psi v3 is four subwoofer system that goes in each corner of a home theater for generating up to 115... Robert SilvaNovember 14, 2024
Home Theater T.H.E. Film Festival is Coming in 2025 T.H.E. Show Expands to Include T.H.E. Film Festival to Support Filmmakers. Brian MitchellNovember 14, 2024
Floorstanding Speakers Metaxas & Sins’ New Prinz Electrostatic Speakers Are About to Get A Serious Low End Boost From SVS SVS Chosen as Official Subwoofer Partner of Reel Sound Distribution for Metaxas & Sins New Electrostatic Speakers. Ian WhiteNovember 16, 2024
New Products HiFiMAN HE1000 Unveiled Open-back Planar Headphones: CanJam SoCal 2024 At $2,699, the new top-the-line HE1000 series audiophile headphones feature a removable back panel and stealth magnet technology. Brian MitchellSeptember 25, 2024
Dongle DACs FiiO’s BTR17 is the Incredible Shrinking Dongle DAC: Preview Pocket size FiiO BTR17 offers desktop headphone amp power and performance for $199, using the latest Qualcomm, ESS and THX tech. Ian WhiteNovember 12, 2024
Headphone Amps Chord Electronics’ Alto Headphone/Speaker Amplifier Offers A Level of Flexibility That is Unmatched At $4,320, the Chord Alto is a compact desktop amplifier that powers up to four headphones, a pair of speakers, and also functions as... Robert SilvaNovember 11, 2024
New Products Pro-Ject’s Classic Reference Turntable Goes Back to the Future: Preview From $6,000, the Pro-Ject Classic Reference turntable combines a vintage look with high-end construction and performance for audiophiles. Robert SilvaNovember 3, 2024
Gift Guides Splurge Gift Guide: Home Theater and Hi-Fi Gifts Under $3700 Share the love of music and movies with hi-fi audio and home theater gift ideas that are guaranteed to impress. Brian MitchellNovember 5, 2024
CD Players Ruark Wants You To Keep Enjoying CDs With Their R-CD100 Transport: Preview Add CD playback to the Ruark R410, R610 and R810 music systems for only $350 with the new R-CD100 CD Transport. Ian WhiteNovember 1, 2024
Music Review: Flaming Lips’ Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots 20th Anniversary Dolby Atmos Blu-ray Disc Dolby Atmos mix of Flaming Lips classic Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots album on Blu-ray takes earlier surround mix to the next level. Mark SmotroffNovember 1, 2024
A/V Furniture & Accessories THX HDMI Interconnect Review: An Affordable Cable That Actually Makes a Difference Do expensive video cables really make a difference? The $45 THX HDMI Interconnects prove you don't have to spend a fortune to achieve all... Ian WhiteNovember 2, 2024
Headphone Amps TEAC’s HA-507 Headphone Amp and Preamp Eschews Digital Circuitry For All-Analog Experience At $1,999, the Technics HA-507 is a pure analog headphone amplifier and preamplifier with a balanced/dual mono configuration. Robert SilvaNovember 3, 2024
Bookshelf Speakers Actually Great Black Friday Speaker Deals: KEF LS50 Meta $999/pair and More As Black Friday 2024 approaches, Amazon and KEF are teaming up with big discounts on some of the company's best loudspeakers. Chris BoylanNovember 6, 2024