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Chicago’s listening bars offer a new kind of nightlife, where hi-fi sound, curated vinyl, and craft cocktails take center stage. From Charis to Parachute HiFi, each space delivers a distinct, music-first experience.
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Music and vinyl expert Claude Lemaire highlights essential recordings—and the best pressings to seek out—for your LP collection, indexed by year of release.
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Shanling’s new ECZero AKM portable CD player lands in the U.S. via Forte Distribution, blending AKM DAC tech, dual amps, and Bluetooth 5.3 in a sleek, $349 design aimed at serious CD-loving audiophiles.
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EQ Audio Video wowed with two epic setups: a Borresen T5/Aavik system offering visceral, lifelike sound, and a Dolby Atmos home theatre rig with Monitor Audio Cinergy speakers that rivaled the live concert experience.
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In his new series, music and vinyl expert Claude Lemaire highlights essential recordings—and the best pressings to seek out—for your LP collection, indexed by year of release.
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Scott Berry’s Computer Audio Design shifts focus from amps and DACs to the hidden culprit in system performance—high-frequency noise—offering Ground Control and USB Filter devices that reviewers credit with sharper imaging and more natural tonality.
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Now branded “Powered by HEOS™,” Denon’s wireless platform marks its 10th year with a major firmware update, evolving from three speakers to a cross-brand audio ecosystem spanning over 50 products.
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Amid downsizing frustrations, Rudy Radelic purges vinyl, CDs, and old gear—while still finding joy in standout reissues from Cal Tjader, Horace Silver, Donald Byrd, and Quincy Jones, plus long-awaited news on Buckingham Nicks.
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If music is therapy, then sound systems are psychiatrists. And we believe it’s well overdue for insurance to start covering the gear that lets us sob in Dolby Atmos.
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Eversolo has unveiled its long-awaited T8 streamer, a $1380 transport boasting femtosecond clocking, isolated outputs, evotune room correction, and dual SSD slots—aimed at delivering pure, uncompromised digital audio.
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Howard Milstein takes the Allnic Audio A-2000 Mk3 tube power amplifier out for a test drive and discovers how powerful it is.
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Veteran audiophile Robert Schryer reflects on whether the sun has truly set on the hobby, acknowledging generational shifts and rising costs while highlighting a quieter, evolving passion for sound that still runs deep.
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Media are the unsung lifeblood of the audio world, quietly sustaining the passion, discovery, and connection that drive the high-fidelity ecosystem—making thoughtful support from the industry more important than ever.
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The hi-fi world gets a wake-up call as this piece slams the disconnect between lavish audio gear and underfunded artists—urging brands to fund music creation, not just polish playback of the same old tracks.
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Sony’s Elcaset promised reel-to-reel fidelity in cassette form but flopped spectacularly, while PlayTape, Tefifon, and MiniDisc joined a graveyard of brilliant but doomed formats, crushed by cheaper, simpler, and more convenient rivals.