NAD has announced the C 589, a dedicated CD player that joins its Classic Series. The transport and loader mechanism was ...

The SA45 (€4999/US$4999) is Arcam’s flagship streaming integrated amplifier, built around the company’s fifth-generation Class G amplification topology and rated at 180wpc into 8 ohms (and 300wpc into ...

How many subwoofers are Darko.Audio’s YouTube viewers actually running? The answer, it turns out, is mostly none or one. I ...

It's not just about bass whomp.

Many hi-fi purists think they don’t need a subwoofer. And to be blunt, I think those hi-fi purists are wrong. The assumption tends to go something like this: subwoofers are for home theatre ...

Shanling has announced the SM1.3R, an R2R-powered sibling to the SM1.3 streaming DAC that landed in late 2024. The chassis, ...

The most persistent objection to acoustic treatment isn’t cost. It’s aesthetics. Very few hi-fi enthusiasts want their ...

The M6xi is aimed squarely at listeners with an established source chain, whether that is vinyl, CD or a dedicated external ...

Ask a hundred audiophiles whether power cables make a difference, and you’ll start a fight. Ask them what “snake oil” means, and you’ll likely start two. I know this because I put the question to my ...

Named after the primaeval giant of Norse mythology, the Ymir arrives as a complete clean-sheet design, sharing nothing with the Icon 12 or Verdande that preceded it.