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Robert Schryer spends a week with Rega’s new Mercury preamp and Solis amplifier stack before they’re shipped off for their North American launch in Victoria, British Columbia—and misses them dearly once they’re gone.
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Eversolo introduces the DAC-Z10, a high-end DAC and headphone amplifier featuring dual AKM decoding chips, Fully Isolated Architecture, R2R volume control, and FPGA-based clock reconstruction for precise, low-distortion high-resolution audio. Available in December.
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Angela-Gilbert Yeung’s Integrated Separate System—linking power supplies across preamp and amps—drove Fink Team Borg speakers with striking purity, lifelike tone, and exceptional transparency in a concept-rich, sonically convincing demo.
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MOON by Simaudio’s 371 network player/amplifier—the debut of the new Compass Collection—has landed, packing serious tech and features into one sleek box.
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Steven Stone details his DIY journey building a dual-Raspberry Pi streamer, ultimately finding its subtle sonic and ergonomic benefits—especially long-term listening ease—surpass even pricier, dropout-prone built-in Ethernet solutions.
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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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Fosi Audio’s i5 headphones land in the U.S. after a runaway Kickstarter success, also offered in a $1,499 USD bundle with the Luxsin X9 DAC/amp for a complete high-end desktop system.
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Jonson Lee finds this year’s SoCal T.H.E. Show more varied than ever, with standout rooms from Legacy, Audio Note, and Rockport—plus a surprising mix of excellence from Popori, Boenicke, and SVS.
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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.
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Writer Mike Harkins searches for audio gems at the Lone Star Audio Fest 2025 and digs up a saddlebag full of them.
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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.
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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.
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Writer Rudy Radelic shares his observations at this year’s packed AXPONA.
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Tom Gibbs falls in love with vacuum tubes from Ray Tubes, comparing their sound to that of much more expensive NOS ones.
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Steven Stone rounds up three ultra-budget audio components—the Fosi ZD3 DAC, iFi Zen Phono 3, and FX Audio R07Plus—that rival gear costing far more. After blind tests and strategic upgrades, Stone finds the ZD3 indistinguishable from elite DACs, the Zen Phono nearly noise-free, and the R07Plus a neutral powerhouse across headphones.
