Your 2021 Spotify Wrapped is finally here, and it’s one of the first attempts to create colorful cohesion out of a disjointed year. According to Spotify, the theme for this year's Wrapped is "the ...

Universal Music joined the orchestra of music stocks in September, SiriusXM is roughly unchanged, and Spotify overcame a funk with its third-quarter results, but will end 2021 lower. By Georg Szalai ...

This story is part of our end-of-year series This Year in Gear rounding up the most notable releases of 2021. For more stories like this, click here. This was a banner year for audio products, ...

Show organizers Marjorie Baumert and Marcie Miller recently announced ‘wrenching decision’ for the audiophile fan favorite RMAF show, a longtime October event in Colorado. Audiophiles recently learned ...

Spotify’s 2021 Wrapped experiences, which tap into your personal data to recap your musical tastes for the year, launched Wednesday in its mobile apps worldwide. This year’s Wrapped includes new ...

The EISA Hi-Fi Awards 2021-2022 have been announced and some of our favorite components from Rotel, Pro-Ject, Cambridge, and Bluesound are winners. Nothing gets manufacturers more excited than the ...

Let’s start with something we can all agree on: What do the genres at the bottom of our top-five list even say? No matter that they are barely recognizable as real genres (more on that later), the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Technology journalist specializing in audio, computing and Apple Macs. I first used the Audio-Technica ATH-M50x studio headphones ...

Undoubtedly, 2021 was a weird, weird year. Some of us headed back into the office while some of us continue working remotely for good. But one thing is for sure: We spent a lot of the year wearing ...

An IAB report finds that digital audio — defined as podcasts and streaming for music and radio — had the largest year-over-year growth rate compared to streaming video and social media advertising. By ...

This story is part of the GP100, our list of the 100 best new products of the year. Read the introduction to the series here, and stay tuned for more lists like it throughout the month. We’re living ...