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HIFIMAN Arya Headphones shipping soon

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HIFIMAN To Ship Arya Unveiled Wired Audiophile Headphones

HIFIMAN is about to ship ARYA UNVEILED, the latest addition to HIFIMAN’s acclaimed Arya series of high-end planar magnetic headphones.  The ARYA UNVEILED (SRP: $1,449) features the company’s new Magnetic Veil, a removable back panel that protects the headphone. Also included is HIFIMAN’s… Read the Review »



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Thousands of watts of power installed the way that people who have the money to actually buy such audio gear would want to display them. Bravo!

McIntosh’s House of Sound is a Super Cool Experience in NYC and You Are Invited

For the past 31 years, I have lived in Los Angeles. However, I grew up in Philadelphia, which can be a pretty strange place on any number of levels. Despite its proximity to New York, which is a simple, one-hour… Read the Review »


Wireworld Series 10 New Audiophile Cables

Wireworld Introduces All-New Series 10 Audiophile Cables

Wireworld Cable Technology, one of the world’s most respected brands of high-performance audio and video cables, is introducing their next generation ‘Series 10’ audio cables. These new cables incorporate several technical and visual improvements over the previous ‘Series 8’. The… Read the Review »


Tubes reportedly use 70 percent of the power that they draw from the wall to heat.

Are Tubes Still Relevant to Today’s Audiophile? 

Vacuum tubes, historically speaking and consistent with what are used in today’s audio systems, were invented, according to most sources, in 1904 by John Ambrose Flemming. In 1907, New York inventor Lee de Forest patented a tube design similar to… Read the Review »


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