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Planar magnetic headphones have made significant inroads into the audiophile world over the last decade. Known for their detailed sound and fast transient response, planar headphones have traditionally demanded a premium price. The HIFIMAN Sundara stands out as an exception… 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 »

Founded roughly 15 years ago in Switzerland by Florian Cossy, CH Precision has gained a reputation for incredible engineering, incredible performance, incredible sonics, incredible build quality, versatile modularity, and user adjustability in the uber-high-end audiophile world. Not surprisingly, they are… Read the Review »

The truth is that most of us only listen to the first few watts of power available from our audiophile amplifier. Why? Because most modern speaker designs today are really good about not being power pigs, as some audiophile speakers… Read the Review »

The TEAC UD-507 is a completely redesigned 500 series DAC/preamp/headphone amplifier that TEAC says incorporates trickle-down technology from their reference TEAC 701 series design concept, but in a more compact two-thirds form factor. Given its smaller size, many music enthusiasts’… 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 »

One of the most popular conversations in the audiophile community today is centered around the value of Chi-Fi DACs. With companies like Topping, which have products that are priced at $1,000 (and lower) that can punch many times above their weight class,… Read the Review »

I have been aware of Nelson Pass and his work in the audiophile world for a very long time. In fact, it stretches all the way back to my high school years, before Pass Labs was even a thing. My… 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 »

The product category of higher-end wireless over-the-ear headphones is one near and dear to my heart. After selling HomeTheaterReview.com and AudiophileReview.com in late 2019, I was looking for some new challenges in my career, so my partner and I looked… 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 »

When discussing iconic American speaker brands, Klipsch stands tall with its distinctive design philosophy and instantly recognizable aesthetic. The Klipsch Reference Premiere series has long been the sweet spot in their lineup, offering much of the company’s celebrated technology and… Read the Review »

It was old-time rocker (and reportedly very good golfer) Huey Lewis who once sang “(it’s) hip to be square.” The T+A Caruso all-in-one system takes his musical inspiration to the audiophile world. This German-designed, physically square audiophile system is designed… Read the Review »

Last year, HiFi Rose introduced the RS130 (read my review), their first and only state-of-the-art dedicated network transport (streamer, no DAC) at a retail price of $5,195, was one their most expensive product at that time. Obviously, HiFi Rose must follow up with… Read the Review »

A key question that many audiophiles who are new to the vinyl space will have been what is the difference between a phonostage and a phono preamplifier? These two terms are often used interchangeably, but the key difference is 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 »

The $2,000-per-pair floorstanding loudspeaker category is one of the most key price points in the audiophile business. With today’s self-inflicted, tariff-based price increases here in the United States, perhaps that figure needs to be adjusted up a bit, as some of the… Read the Review »

You won’t have to search the audiophile portion of the Internet too hard to see how Chinese-made gear has disrupted the audiophile market. Companies such as Topping, S.M.S.L. and others have brought audiophile DACs to market with features on the surface that their North American… Read the Review »

The NAD Masters Series M66 Streaming DAC/preamplifier ($6,999 – buy at Crutchfield) is NAD’s flagship stereo preamp, offering features and connectivity well beyond NAD’s other preamplifiers and most audiophile components made by competitors. The NAD M66 earns its high-end credentials with its top-tier… 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 »

Alright, I’ll admit it – I have a type. Compact bookshelf speakers? Love ‘em. Folded Ribbon or Air Motion Tweeters (AMTs)? It doesn’t matter, as I can’t get enough. Don’t get me wrong, dome tweeters have their place, but for me, it… Read the Review »

MartinLogan released three new lines of subwoofers last year, with the Dynamo line reviewed here taking the middle position in their product offerings. The MartinLogan Dynamo (buy at Crutchfield) comes in two sizes, 10-inch and 12-inch, with each size available… 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 »

Advance Paris, formerly known as Advance Acoustic, is a French audiophile brand with roots dating back to 1995. The company initially debuted with a line of speakers before eventually changing its name to Advance Paris in 2013 and shifting its… Read the Review »

If you’ve been to an audiophile show in recent years, there is little question you’ve seen CH Precision being used in some of the most exotic, ultra-high-end demo systems. With the collapse of so many of the A-list, blue-chip audiophile… Read the Review »

Quantum physicist and audio component designer Mark Porzilli’s first loudspeaker system was called Pipedreams. Introduced in 1991, Pipedreams received multiple awards and one respected audiophile reviewer at the time called it the finest speaker system on Earth. Porzilli’s next offering… Read the Review »

Parasound was established in 1981 in the Northern California Bay Area, and has been respected by enthusiast audiophiles, as well as in the professional audio and video world, ever since. Their longtime founder, Richard Schram, recently sold the company to… 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 »

If you’re not familiar with Schiit, they are much more than just audiophile double entendre. Schiit offers a high-value direct consumer audiophile brand, designing and building all of their products in the United States. The Skoll F is Schiit Audio’s… 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 »

Recently, I completed a review of the fourth-generation (2024) Bluesound Node Nano (read my review), their entry-level streamer DAC out of three within their streamer DAC category. The middle model, the Node 2024, was reviewed earlier this year by our editor, Jerry Del Colliano.… Read the Review »

The terms “legendary” and “iconic” are used to describe McIntosh electronics, just as they are used to describe, say, Harley Davidson motorcycles. Rarely has the term “scandalous” or “disruptive” been used to describe the 75-year-old audiophile based in Binghamton, New… Read the Review »

Paradigm has long been recognized for creating great-sounding speakers that deliver exceptional value in the audiophile world. The Canadian company’s Premier Series represents their mid-tier offering, balancing cutting-edge technology with quite accessible pricing. Their Premier 200B bookshelf speakers continue this tradition, promising… 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 »

We’ve got so many battles to fight to keep the audiophile hobby healthy and prosperous going forward. That is basically the reason d’etre for FutureAudiophile.com. The good news is that fighting with traditionalist audiophiles about why they need a powerful,… 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 »

There are many stereotypes in the audiophile world that need a little disruption. Okay, there are a lot. One of them is that somehow bass response is always better from a big floorstanding loudspeaker, and that any audiophile should invest his… Read the Review »

Founded in the U.K. in 2012 as a subsidiary of AMR (Audio Music Research), iFi has developed audiophile products that are warmly received by reviewers and owners alike. The company’s lineup focuses primarily on digital-to-analog converters (DACs), headphone amplifiers, and… Read the Review »

Gryphon Audio was founded in Denmark in 1985 by Mr. Flemming Erik Rasmussen and has, since its inception, assiduously and unapologetically pursued audiophile excellence with the goal of becoming and maintaining what it terms as an aspirational brand. Rasmussen, himself… Read the Review »