Future Audiophile

Reading Time: 13 minutesOver the past decade or so, the premium wireless earbud market has become one of the most competitive categories in consumer audio. Sony, Bose, Sennheiser, Apple, and countless others all claim to deliver the absolute best sound quality, class-leading active noise cancellation, and enough features to try to justify their increasingly premium price tags. In Read More »

Reading Time: 10 minutesFive years ago, and most certainly 10 years ago, were someone to ask my opinion of integrated amplifiers, I would have probably likened them to day-old fish – not yet stinking but getting close. I have historically preferred separate audiophile components because of one simple reason: I thought they sounded distinctly better than their all-in-one counterparts. Read More »

Reading Time: 12 minutesI have not had a dedicated Compact Disc player in my system for years. About five years ago, I moved all my CD, SACD, and downloaded PCM and DSD music to a single, local, USB-attached hard drive to work seamlessly with my streamed music, and I forgot what it was like to play physical CDs. Read More »

Reading Time: 4 minutesMartinLogan, a leader in electrostatic and high-performance audio technology, just announced the MartinLogan USR51 – a high-performance, 5.1-channel networked AV receiver engineered to deliver world-class processing and size-defying power in an ultra-slim chassis designed to seamlessly disappear behind modern flat-panel displays or within a variety of cabinetry. As display dimensions continue to expand and both Read More »

Reading Time: 7 minutesSometimes the best lessons come from the past. Until last summer (2025), I hadn’t been on a first date in almost a generation. Getting out of a relationship that was less than perfect, the thrill of realizing what it is like to engage with someone for whom you have “the feels” (as the kids now Read More »

Reading Time: 11 minutesIt seems like such an obvious statement. One with little ambiguity or question. Yet the manner in which most people, audiophiles and non-audiophiles alike, actually listen to music is remarkably varied. Not surprisingly, the non-audiophile world may easily think those of us who practice the art of audiophilia as certifiably nuts. We go through all Read More »