57+ min ago   (1008+ words) Bass shakers are one of home theater’s more entertaining blunt instruments. Attach a tactile transducer to a recliner or platform, feed it low-frequency information, and explosions, engines, dinosaurs, and spacecraft can suddenly be felt as much as heard. The problem…...

9+ hour, 45+ min ago   (793+ words) Essence For Hi-Res Audio has introduced the Earis Premium Personal TV Audio System, a wireless personal-audio solution designed for viewers who want clearer dialogue, independent volume control, and a more immersive listening experience without relying on TV speakers, a soundbar,…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (1297+ words) FiiO has spent years convincing headphone listeners that affordable audio does not have to mean disposable audio. Now the company is wandering much deeper into traditional two-channel territory with the EA13, a 39-pound tube amplifier using four EL34 output tubes, two NOS…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (467+ words) Financially, not even close. Audio-Technica’s NARUKAMI HPA-KG NARU system costs $108,000 and pairs a handcrafted dual-mono tube headphone amplifier using four Takatsuki 300B power tubes with specially matched ATH-AWKG NARU closed-back headphones. The amplifier can also function as a preamplifier, making it…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (841+ words) And none of them can claim to have started the party. More than four decades ago, Sharp was cramming a vertical, linear-tracking record player capable of playing both sides of an LP into the wonderfully excessive VZ-2000 boombox. The concept…...

1+ week, 12+ hour ago   (1554+ words) Acoustic Signature has spent 30 years building some of Germany’s most substantial turntables, including models capable of making both your equipment rack and retirement account buckle. The new Merlin NEO takes a slightly more restrained approach, although “entry level” at Acoustic…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1068+ words) Hegel has spent nearly four decades quietly producing some of the best high-end electronics in Scandinavia, yet the Norwegian manufacturer still manages to fly under the radar compared with louder brands from Denmark, the United Kingdom, Japan, and North America....

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1348+ words) Creative’s compact $179 XF1 powered speakers combine a bi-amplified two-way design, USB C audio, LDAC wireless streaming, extensive app-based tuning and a dedicated subwoofer output. Creative built its reputation by making PC audio matter long before laptop manufacturers decided that two downward-firing…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1521+ words) The Astell&Kern SP4000T Copper adds a real copper chassis to its four tube flagship DAP, but does the new material improve anything beyond its finish? Astell&Kern has taken a flagship digital audio player with four vacuum tubes, 54 possible sound…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (1556+ words) For listeners with smaller rooms, loudspeaker shopping often comes down to two mildly absurd choices: buy standmounts and discover the stands consume nearly as much floor space as towers, or buy full-size floorstanders and watch your living room get annexed…...