Audiophile News, Opinion and Insights

Can 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… Read the Review »

MartinLogan, a pioneer in high-performance audio technology, is thrilled to announce the latest addition to its all-new subwoofer lineup, the Grotto® Series. This new series follows the introductions of the Dynamo® Foundation, Dynamo® and Abyss Series, announced in August 2024.… Read the Review »

If you’re just getting started in the audiophile hobby – or maybe you’ve been dabbling for years but haven’t wrung the full potential out of your system – here’s the tough-love truth: most people blow their budgets in all the… Read the Review »

Kanto likely needs no introduction for the majority of audiophiles these days, but in case you’re new to the brand, here’s a quick refresher: based out of Canada, Kanto has been crafting high-quality, user-friendly audiophile speakers for almost 20 years.… Read the Review »

Subwoofers sadly don’t get the respect that they deserve in the audiophile hobby. I don’t know who the jackass was who poo-pooed subwoofers but they have done no favors to the music loving audiophile community. Subwoofers are one of the most simple… Read the Review »

As audiophiles, our auditory DNA encourages us to seek better sound in virtually any way possible.  Our main stated goal is to enhance and improve our listening experience. We move speakers and listen. We change settings on components and listen. We… Read the Review »

Bowers & Wilkins, the renowned British audiophile brand, just announced its new flagship active noise cancelling wireless headphone – the Px8 S2. Bowers & Wilkins is trusted by music professionals the world over to deliver some of the most detailed,… Read the Review »

For most audiophile enthusiasts, our hobby is one best mandated by a provable hypothesis and not by unrealistic claims. We employ manufacturers to realistically corroborate performance specifications for which they claim their equipment is capable. Audiophiles, we tell ourselves, live… Read the Review »

If you ask Bose or Harman, the future of the audiophile hobby is clearly accelerating quickly on four wheels. Historically, audiophiles and car audio enthusiasts were as different as oil and water but installed, premium audio inside of all sorts… Read the Review »

Even those unfamiliar with where the phrase came from (and yes, such people exist) know “It goes to 11.” This, and so many other cultural/musical/movie touchstones, were bestowed on us by the 1984 mockumentary This Is Spïnal Tap.  Should you… Read the Review »

The pink elephant in the audiophile listening room is that audiophile equipment is almost always really expensive. These days, a few thousand dollars for a component is considered “mid-fi” audio. There are establishment media in this hobby that focus all… Read the Review »

BluOS™, the premium multi-room management platform from Lenbrook Media Group, just announced the upcoming support for Qobuz Connect. The update enables users to stream high-resolution audio directly from the Qobuz app to any BluOS device, delivering a simplified and enriched… Read the Review »

One of our primary goals at Future Audiophile is to introduce the hobby to new enthusiasts. It matters not if a listener is a teenager or someone closing in on retirement, we want to be able to help any and… Read the Review »

Have you noticed that the price of audiophile components always go up but seemingly never go down? This phenomenon started in earnest during the COVID-19 pandemic’s widely publicized supply chain issues. Simply put: everybody was pretty much stuck at home… Read the Review »

If you want to know the health of an industry at any given moment – ask someone who sells said industry advertising. For more than 25 years, this is pretty much how I’ve made my living and I can tell… Read the Review »

People who live in California, especially by the beach like me, often forget what how short the summer season is in the rest of the nation. The weather is always about 70 and sunny here and that is equally as… Read the Review »

Without exception, when I talk with a younger audiophile about the hobby and what is important to them, I will hear some repeating themes, such as headphones (we will make a list just for headphones next), HD streaming, sometimes vinyl,… Read the Review »

Being a millennial audiophile for me means straddling two worlds – one foot in the analog past, the other in the digital present and future. We are a generation of huge contrasts, having witnessed the widespread adoption of the Internet… Read the Review »

Few things in this world bring the feeling of dread in the way that having to contact customer support can. But as a person who has spent close to 10 years of their career working in technical support (all the… Read the Review »

When I purchased a new home (new to me, not to the world) in 2023, our publisher, Jerry Del Colliano, had made a series of creative suggestions to me about things I can do to get the most out of my… Read the Review »

GoldenEar just announced the T44 – the newest addition to its T Series loudspeakers. This compact floorstanding speaker blends GoldenEar’s signature acoustic innovations with a downsized, décor-friendly footprint inspired by the award-winning T66. The T44 delivers expansive sound, lifelike imaging… Read the Review »

There is a wealth of luxury products and companies that possess a rich and diverse legacy. As audiophiles and music enthusiasts, our hobby is certainly no different. We enjoy a bevy of fantastic audio gear designed by a long list… Read the Review »

Put 10 people in a room and play a song none have ever heard before. It is a pretty safe bet one or two of the 10 will love the song, one or two more may not like it at… Read the Review »

Besides the ugly name, the biggest problem for the audiophile hobby is making it more inclusive for a younger, more diverse group of buyers. This is basically a summary of the FutureAudiophile.com Mission Statement. For far too long, the audiophile hobby… Read the Review »

Since opening its doors in 1931, Abbey Road Studios has been instrumental in shaping the landscape of popular music. Its unique spaces have inspired generations of artists and composers to create era-defining work, while its skilled engineering team have reinvented … Read the Review »

Electric cars are a quantum leap forward in automotive design. Even mid-priced battery powered or EV cars are simply faster than nearly every uber-exotic car on the market. A new Rivian pickup truck (2.5 seconds) with the quad motor can… Read the Review »

Spring is audiophile show season, and there is no one bigger, more pressing, scarier topic than American tariffs to most audiophile companies. I’ve spoken to well over 100 audiophile companies at AXPONA in Chicago this April, as well as to… Read the Review »

Over 25 years ago at that year’s CES show, my team and I literally invented the concept of audiophile show coverage from a brand new suite at the then recently opened Bellagio. Jazz drives and dial-up modems were involved and,… Read the Review »

By any measure, audiophiles are predominantly concerned about any number of specifics. We endlessly evaluate our systems down to the most intricate of details in the hope, perhaps even the expectation, of improved sonics. We pursue component selection with the… Read the Review »

You can take all of the publisher and CEO titles and forget them when they come to me because I am sticking with the descriptor that is more comfortable for me, and that is stereo salesman. I was good at… Read the Review »

Goodwill isn’t always just a place that you take your old Armani pants to donate and get a write-off for your tax returns. Goodwill can be a line item on the Purchase and Sale Agreement when you sell a business… Read the Review »

Joe Cali was my boss when I had possibly the greatest college job ever, which was selling the world’s most expensive audiophile systems with Joe and his then-partner, Mark Levinson, at the Cello Music and Film Showroom in West Hollywood.… Read the Review »

Rarely, if ever, do I mention that I live in Pacific Palisades, California in my reviews or opinion pieces. If it is ever relevant in an article or social media post, I say that I live in Los Angeles, which… Read the Review »

Anyone who has had even a minimum exposure to the audiophile hobby knows how expensive it can be. Let’s face it, the gross majority of non-audio hobbyists would think anyone who would spend over one million dollars on a stereo… Read the Review »

Bowers & Wilkins is trusted by music professionals the world over to deliver the most detailed, natural and immersive sound available. The brand has a long-established pedigree not only in the manufacture of reference-quality loudspeakers, but also in category-defining headphones,… Read the Review »

Today’s audiophile gear has gotten so good and so affordable that it is amazing. We talk a lot about Chi-Fi, but that is far from the end of the volume of top-performing audiophile gear in the market today. There are all sorts of… Read the Review »

The Pi8 McLaren Edition, a new version of the award-winning Bowers & Wilkins Pi8 wireless earbuds has been unveiled, developed in collaboration with McLaren Automotive and the McLaren Formula 1 Team. The new earbuds build on the success of the award-winning… Read the Review »

PS Audio just announced its all-new PMG Signature Series of top-of-the-line ultimate-performance audio components. The four models in the series include the PMG Signature Preamplifier, PMG Signature 512 PureStream DAC,PMG Signature Phono Preamplifier and PMG Signature SACD Transport. All are… Read the Review »

For audiophiles, driving with music blasting from the speakers in our car audio system is a ritual that makes long commutes bearable and road trips legendary. Installed premium car audio systems have evolved significantly over the years, with upgraded components… Read the Review »