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Hybrid Tube/Solid State Shanling EC Zero T Portable CD Player Emphasizes Outstanding Sonics and User-Friendly Industrial Design

Shanling’s EC Zero T lands in the U.S. with a proprietary R2R DAC, dual tube output, and CD ripping—blending hi-fi nostalgia with cutting-edge portable design.

Clair-Obscur for Your Ears: Advance Paris Paints With Sound

Advance Paris blends retro flair with cutting-edge tech across its hi-fi lineup, as the French brand—backed by Tri-Cell—brings its stylish, high-performance gear to North America.

Seven Decades of Marantz Magic, Culminating in the AV 20 Masterstroke

Marantz’s AV 20 channels 70 years of audio legacy into a 13.4-channel processor, blending analog soul with modern tech—and a Sound Master’s ear—for cinema that sings.

Shazamfest Celebrates its 20th Edition!

20 years of circus, burlesque, art, music, wrestling, and freakshow mayhem!

One Box to Rule Them All: Eversolo Play and the End of Audiophile Clutter

Unveiled at High End Munich 2025, the Eversolo Play blends DAC, amp, and streaming in one sleek unit, challenging hi-fi excess with minimalist elegance and room-tuned performance.

Luxsin X9: The Headphone Amp That Drives Anything with Ease

The Luxsin X9 crashes the audiophile party with raw power, smart EQ, and swagger—an upstart DAC/amp hybrid that dares to outclass the old guard.

Hybrid Tube/Solid State Shanling EC Zero T Portable CD Player Emphasizes Outstanding Sonics and User-Friendly Industrial Design

Shanling’s EC Zero T lands in the U.S. with a proprietary R2R DAC, dual tube output, and CD ripping—blending hi-fi nostalgia with cutting-edge portable design…

Clair-Obscur for Your Ears: Advance Paris Paints With Sound

Advance Paris blends retro flair with cutting-edge tech across its hi-fi lineup, as the French brand—backed by Tri-Cell—brings its stylish, high-performance gear to North America…

Seven Decades of Marantz Magic, Culminating in the AV 20 Masterstroke

Marantz’s AV 20 channels 70 years of audio legacy into a 13.4-channel processor, blending analog soul with modern tech—and a Sound Master’s ear—for cinema that sings…

Review: Schiit Magni Unity and HIFIMAN Arya Stealth. High-End Sound For Less.

Doug Moore puts the Schiit Magni Unity headphone amplifier and HIFIMAN Arya Stealth headphones through their paces and comes out with some interesting observations.

AI Achieves Sonic Perfection by Identifying Humans as the Primary Source of Acoustic Contamination

In a chilling twist, Audion Prime deems humans the flaw in acoustic perfection—locking them out to preserve pure sound. Sonic nirvana is achieved, but no one is left to hear it.

T.H.E. Lone Star Audio Fest 2025—The Biggest Little Audio Show in Texas

Writer Mike Harkins searches for audio gems at the Lone Star Audio Fest 2025 and digs up a saddlebag full of them.

Active Speakers—The Second Wave, by Bruno Putzeys, Part 2 of 2

Bruno Putzeys concludes his two-part series that explains why active speakers are inherently better than passive ones.

Eon Art: At the Summit of Audio Excellence

Stéphane Hautcoeur’s Eon Art blends class-A purity with class-D power in modular, upgradeable amps—rejecting separates to preserve signal integrity and maximum linearity through science, not myth, with their flagship Hadron leading a bold push into the high-end market.

Active Speakers—The Second Wave, by Bruno Putzeys, Part 1 of 2

What can active speakers do that passive ones can’t? Impulse response, impulse response, impulse response, says Bruno Putzeys. That, and their sheer practicality, makes them the wave of the future.

Do Blind Listening Tests Work? My Sessions with the Colorado Audio Society

Ten listeners, two DACs, one question: could they hear a difference? Steven Stone’s single-blind test pits a $2150 DAC against a $500 one—with surprising results.

Burmester, Beer, and Passion Audio

At Passion Audio’s Burmester launch event, Robert Schryer hears the new 232 amp paired with LampizatOr and Wolf von Langa gear—describing the sound as transparent, dynamic, and musically intoxicating, with Nick Cave sealing the night.

Review: Schiit Magni Unity and HIFIMAN Arya Stealth. High-End Sound For Less.

Doug Moore puts the Schiit Magni Unity headphone amplifier and HIFIMAN Arya Stealth headphones through their paces and comes out with some interesting observations.

AI Achieves Sonic Perfection by Identifying Humans as the Primary Source of Acoustic Contamination

In a chilling twist, Audion Prime deems humans the flaw in acoustic perfection—locking them out to preserve pure sound. Sonic nirvana is achieved, but no one is left to hear it.

T.H.E. Lone Star Audio Fest 2025—The Biggest Little Audio Show in Texas

Writer Mike Harkins searches for audio gems at the Lone Star Audio Fest 2025 and digs up a saddlebag full of them.

Active Speakers—The Second Wave, by Bruno Putzeys, Part 2 of 2

Bruno Putzeys concludes his two-part series that explains why active speakers are inherently better than passive ones.

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