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Piega Coax GEN2 611 Floorstanding Speakers Reviewed
By Greg Handy
Posted on: March 18, 2026
Reading Time: 7 minutesThe Piega Coax GEN2 611 is a $21,995 Swiss-made floorstanding loudspeaker built around a proprietary coaxial ribbon driver and an aluminum enclosure. The Piega Coax GEN2 611 model sits approximately in the middle of the current Coax product line. As the model’s name suggests, this is the second generation of the product line, released in 2022, where every Read More »
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Fosi Audio ZD3 Balanced Stereo DAC Reviewed
Reading Time: 10 minutesThe old curmudgeon was right. I am eating my hat right now, because some visionary from the days of antiquity has decided that all we need are $200 DACs and anything beyond that is akin to investing in wooden nickels. Okay, perhaps it was a bit much to start this evaluation of the $179 Fosi Read More »
Bowers & Wilkins Px8 S2 Wireless Over-the-Ear Headphones Reviewed
Reading Time: 9 minutesIf you stick around long enough, everything becomes cool again. Bell bottoms? Those dorky glasses that trendy Millennials wear now all the time? In the world of headphones, Bowers & Wilkins is out with a second version of their flagship audiophile headphones, the Px8 S2s, and they are far more cool than the above mentioned Read More »
ELAC Debut ConneX DCB61 Powered Bookshelf Speakers Reviewed
Reading Time: 9 minutesAudiophiles, in general, are a strange lot. We speak in what many would describe as a foreign language, dream about cables, cords, and codecs, and we spend an unhealthy amount of time fantasizing about racks (of the AV variety, that is). We pour over research for years in pursuit of a single component that might improve our systems Read More »
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How and Why to Creatively Hide Your Audiophile Cables
By Jerry Del Colliano
Posted on: March 18, 2026
Reading Time: 10 minutesThere is no one category with more controversy in the audiophile hobby than cables. Noel Lee, the founder of Monster Cable and the genius behind the Beats brand of headphones that would ultimately would be co-opted by Dr. Dre and record producer Jimmy Iovine, taught the audiophile industry how to sell cables – and why. In the 1970s, a well-made, highly-insulated cable with good connectors Read More »
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Music is Always There for You (The Real Power of an Audiophile System)
Reading Time: 9 minutesWhy do we own an audiophile system? In the early days of the hobby, music was the most important media in the world. If you have read David Hepworth’s Never a Dull Moment: 1971 The Year that Rock Exploded (buy at Amazon) (or watched the adaptation on Apple TV which is even better – yes, the six-part miniseries Read More »
Rich People Buy Pianos More Often Than Audio
Reading Time: 6 minutesOne of the biggest challenges that the audiophile hobby faces is awareness across any number of demographic groups or genders. It is true that most women aren’t drawn to the hobby for a whole host of reasons, but not loving music isn’t one of them. Pretty much everybody loves music at some level or other. Read More »
How to Position Your Speakers For Best Performance in Your Room
Reading Time: 12 minutesEvery so often, FutureAudiophile.com likes to revisit a featured news story subject because of its major importance to the audiophile hobby. Because speaker placement is so important, and so unique to the room, we thought it might be interesting to look at some various practices in speaker positioning. Please note: some of the opinions expressed Read More »
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