2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1628+ words) Japan does not need to be rediscovered by high-end audio. It never left. Luxman, Accuphase, Air Tight, Esoteric, Shindo Laboratory, Leben and TAD have spent decades making some of the finest audio components in the world, often without the annual…...

6+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1472+ words) Personal audio has officially reached the point where $13,786 (€11,999) can be described as comparatively sensible. I am aware of how ridiculous that sentence sounds. For the price of the NARUKAMI system, you could buy the EOS, a very serious pair of…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1470+ words) Outdoor audio has moved well beyond a pair of weather-resistant speakers screwed beneath the eaves. Premium systems can now cover large properties, disappear into landscaping and deliver enough bass and output for everything from background music to an outdoor theater;…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1443+ words) Most true wireless earbuds are fighting the same war: better ANC, clearer calls, longer battery life, smaller cases, and increasingly elaborate software designed to convince us that Bluetooth earbuds require an engineering degree to operate. HiFiMAN has apparently decided the…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1083+ words) Klipsch is taking its Reference Premiere Series somewhere it has not gone before. The new RP-500PM Powered Monitor is the company’s first powered speaker in the lineup, combining amplification, HDMI ARC, USB-C, Bluetooth 5.3, a phono input and multiple digital and…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1727+ words) JBL already sells just about every type of wireless speaker imaginable, but it has never really had a direct answer to Sonos, HEOS or Bluesound BluOS as a complete whole-home audio platform. The new JBL Cove Series is designed to…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1527+ words) Subwoofer placement can make or break the low-frequency performance of a home theater system, but the location that measures best is not always conveniently located within a few feet of an AV receiver. Running a long RCA cable through a…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (1046+ words) ASCENDO says the surface is engineered to distribute acoustic energy across a much broader area than a typical point-source loudspeaker while allowing the enclosure to remain exceptionally shallow. In practical terms, the design is intended to function more like a…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (1122+ words) The $3,000 to $4,000 headphone category is not suffering from a shortage of interesting engineering. Planar magnetic designs from Audeze, Meze Audio, HiFiMAN and ZMF dominate much of the conversation, while HEDD Audio recently reminded us with the HEDDphone TWO GT that…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1265+ words) Gaming speakers have spent a lot of years trying to distinguish themselves with RGB lighting, oversized subwoofers and enough software features to make changing the volume feel like filing a tax return. These are also the first wireless speakers developed…...