Future Audiophile

Reading Time: 10 minutesMost young audiophiles enjoy a period of their lives where they are not responsible for anything but themselves and their hobbies. During this period of life, you can pour every extra penny you have (as well as the pennies you don’t have) and feed the beast that is your audiophile habit. Sure, your total disposable Read More »

Reading Time: 7 minutesiFi audio has established itself as brand that loves to produce smaller form factor audiophile equipment. As a reviewer, I have reviewed close to half of a dozen pieces of their components, and I don’t believe any of those items were even half-rack width. Some people will read that and think, “Well, that doesn’t work Read More »

Reading Time: 9 minutesEvery so often, a new company comes along and reignites a spark in the audiophile hobby, reminding us that it’s perfectly fine to challenge the status quo. Too often, speakers in the under-$1,000 per pair range look and sound more alike than different, offering only minor tweaks to familiar formulas. This price point is often Read More »

Reading Time: 10 minutesTo say I can’t believe that it has been three years since we started FutureAudiophile.com might be a little bit clichéd, but is completely truthful. 2025 has been an absolutely brutal year, with the Palisades Fire that destroyed our home. 10 months later, we are still waiting for the money needed to restore our home to January Read More »

Reading Time: 9 minutesAfter cutting the grass and raking the leaves at almost every one of the neighbors’ homes surrounding my Mom and Dad’s house, I had finally saved the requisite sum of money to purchase my first audiophile stereo system. My Mom, ever the kind soul, took me to the stereo store to purchase my beloved system. Read More »

Reading Time: 8 minutesCan you imagine how bad things must have gotten at General Motors back in the day when they realized that their highest end, most iconic car brand, Cadillac, was fully positioned to The Greatest Generation at a time when they were long-past the age when they needed new cars. The early 1990’s pivot to making a luxury, large-format SUV called Read More »