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Wharfedale Diamond 12.4i Loudspeaker Reviewed
By Michael Zisserson
Posted on: June 10, 2026
Reading Time: 10 minutesPicture this: It’s a crisp New England fall day and you are shopping for new loudspeakers. Around 1996, Lechmere, Circuit City, Tweeter – several brick and mortar shops, and the occasional random white-van-in-a-parking lot were all available in a short drive’s distance to explore endless HiFi loudspeaker offerings. If your budget was $1,500 per pair Read More »
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Audio-Technica ATH M50xBT2 Wireless Headphone Reviewed
Reading Time: 6 minutesOne of the big debates in the audiophile world is what makes for a true high-end audio product. Some argue that any true high-end audio component needs to start with being expensive. I protest that this is bullshit. Few audiophiles started in the hobby with their own pair of Wilson WATT Puppy speakers or a Read More »
Quad Platina Audiophile Music Streamer Reviewed
Reading Time: 7 minutesQuad HiFi has been crafting fine British audio since 1941, which is one heck of a long run in the audiophile space. Their current flagship Platina line includes the Platina Integrated amplifier, Platina CDT (Compact Disc Transport), and the Platina Stream, a streaming DAC reviewed here. Streamers are my area of expertise, as they are both Read More »
Onkyo ICON P-80 Network Preamplifier Reviewed
Reading Time: 8 minutesOnkyo is one of the audiophile brands that has not just a long history but mainstream access and appeal. Its history dates back to 1946, when the company was founded by Osaka Denki Onkyo K.K in Osaka, Japan. The release of the ICON series is one that acts largely as Onkyo making a resurgence after Read More »
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Is It Safe to Buy from an Audiophile Brand That You’ve Never Heard of Before?
By Paul Wilson
Posted on: June 10, 2026
Reading Time: 8 minutesWe’ve all been there. Impressed by what we have read and perhaps what we have seen about an unknown piece of audiophile gear, we endure the trepidation of whether we should make a purchase or not. We ask ourselves any number of well-reasoned questions on the wisdom of such a purchase. How we answer these Read More »
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Audio Desk Systeme introduces the Premium Silent Core One Vinyl Cleaner
Reading Time: 2 minutesAudioDeskSysteme Gläss GmbH is best known for nearly two decades of manufacturing “the original” Vinyl Cleaner, the first fully automatic ultrasonic record cleaning machine that has been considered the benchmark in its product category ever since being introduced in 2009. Over the past seventeen years of manufacturing, the Vinyl Cleaner has evolved in terms of Read More »
Is Audiophile Gear Too Large?
Reading Time: 7 minutesIn 1987, Arnie Nudell, Cary Christie, John Ulrick and Bill Watkins, the legendary designers of Infinity Systems, introduced the Infinity Reference Standard, or IRS, speaker system. This was by far the most ambitious speaker design of its day. And even by today’s standards, few speaker systems are as complicated and take up as much space Read More »
Eastman School of Music at The University of Rochester Launches New Bachelor of Music (BM) degree in Music Creation and Technology.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThis new major is designed for students whose musical practice is grounded in electronic and digital technologies, fostering both artistic and technical fluency in areas such as electronic music production and performance, sound design, recording and editing, DJing, and the development of software and hardware. The program will blend hands-on experimentation with engagement in a Read More »
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Is Technology Making Your Audiophile Life More Difficult or Better?
Reading Time: 9 minutesThings are a lot more complicated today than they were 30 years…
