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Claude Lemaire continues his series on records that transformed the pop and rock music landscape, organized by year of release.
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Though deaf, Beethoven didn’t compose in a void—he relied on audiation, tactile feedback, a rigorous compositional method… and bone conduction?
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In the aftermath, the facts calcified into legend. One quote, in particular, metastasized across tabloids and biographies: “I couldn’t do it myself, so I had him do it for me.”
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Cellist Vincent Bélanger launches his new audiophile label, VBMP, with “Solange”, the label’s first ever release, available on CD, hi-res, and LP formats.
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A journal pulses with ink and intent as a listener records the thousand-hour unraveling of sound.
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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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Backstage at Villa Park, Ozzy Osbourne and Yungblud shared a raw exchange—no speeches, no ceremony—just a jeweled cross, a smile, and the unspoken weight of one era quietly giving way to another.
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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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Tom Gibbs discovers fabulous new power conditioning gear from Vera-Fi Audio and a 300B amp for under $1K he can’t stop listening to.
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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.
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Mutine’s Pascal Ravach shares his philosophy on how to listen—and how to find a system that helps you achieve the ultimate connection—with music, but also with life.
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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.
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While the world argues over streaming platforms and sound quality, one billionaire vanished into orbit to hear music unburdened by gravity. No tech shared, no guests allowed.
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A new study reveals that low-frequency sounds, notably 63 Hz bass, can cause widespread hearing loss. Bass waves forcefully penetrate the cochlea and bypass earplugs via bone conduction, severely undermining traditional hearing protection.
