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The Merak portable CD Player built around a CS43131 DAC and TPA6120 amplifier, supporting playback up to 16bit/96kHz Gapless playback is included. A transparent, top-loading design reminds you what on earth you’re playing. An optical output reportedly includes a low-jitter clock, allowing it to operate as a transport, while USB playback and one-touch CD ripping... […]

Gadhouse has announced the launch of the Miko stereo portable Cassette Player Available for $99 or £59.99 from Gadhouse Amazon, HMV, Currys, Tesco and John Lewis the Miko includes Bluetooth 5.3 and a 3.5mm stereo output. A simple five-button control system sits next to a built-in directional microphone. It weighs in at 192g. It apparently... […]

Compact standmounts they might be but Paul Rigby realises that the Gold 50s are the real deal  Now up to 6G standard, Monitor Audio’s Gold 50 speakers are the smallest stereo pair offerings in the Gold Series 6G line. These 4 Ohm speakers span 320 x 185 x 303 mm and are pretty hefty with... […]

New Zealand-based Oladra has launched the Sentia and Presence music servers Both are built on the same Oladra platform and offer the same facilities, with the Presence benefitting from further refinements to its physical and technical design. With a 4TB SSD, online streaming and digital reclocking onboard, both models use proprietary technologies including cascaded switch-mode... […]

At the heart of the Concerto MKII is an application-specific filter architecture Analogue components, for example, use high-permeability common-mode Clarus FluxCore filtering for the Concerto. The four outlets labeled Digital receive power from a combination of differential-mode and common-mode Clarus FluxCore filter circuits. The two outlets labeled High Current receive power from a common-mode Clarus... […]

This week’s audio roundup spans everything from classic hi-fi speaker design to cutting-edge streaming tech and rugged portable sound To see the video, click below: The post HIFI NEWS 12 APRIL 2026 appeared first on The Audiophile Man.

This week’s Music Alerts celebrates the enduring power of the CD — the silver disc lives on To watch the video, click below:   The post MUSIC ALERTS 11 APRIL 2026 appeared first on The Audiophile Man.

A new Android-powered streaming platform, featuring a DAC section built around a dual AKM architecture… …this, apparently, is the first Shanling model to bring in HDMI ARC compatibility. Out now and priced at $969/€999, this box spans 28 x 23 x 8.5cm, weighs 3.3kg, features a front-mounted 126mm 1080p touch screen and supports Qobuz Connect,... […]

Positioned towards the lower end of the range, Paul Rigby checks out the new iteration of these established speaker cables It’s been a couple of years – I think – since I looked at Tellurium Q in review terms. In 2024, I checked out the company’s high-end, Ultra Silver II speaker cables which retailed (back... […]

A third contemporary Leak Sandwich model priced at £499 per pair The latest version of the Sandwich diaphragm is enhanced with a core of Rohacell structural foam between aluminium skins, bonded with adhesives. The idea of combining this rigid yet lightweight material with an aluminium skin is to create a surface that greatly reduces cone... […]

A great beginning to a system from Decibel+www.decibel-plus.com Neoson Genese Tube Integrated – $7,885Atlantis AT 16 Pro speakers ($1,609/ea. as tested, in black leather – $1,729 ea. in white) With such a wide range of hifi gear at your disposal, even someone who doesn’t suffer from severe FOMO can get overwhelmed in a hurry. We’ve […]

The crew at Ranger HiFi has been winning awards left and right for their small but mighty speaker systems at $299 and $149 per pair, and some great cables at $99. So it made perfect sense to see a compact integrated with similar performance. But this small and this inexpensive? Impressive indeed. Smaller than a […]

The Vera-Fi Ranger speakers have really taken me on a trip down memory lane today. Many audio reviewers and enthusiasts with high-end systems sometimes forget where it all began. For me, it was a used pair of AR-7s for $50. My buddy Todd across the street purchased them new at J&R Music World (remember the […]

These are our picks in the last 14 months or so for our favorite products to go in smaller environments where space is at a premium, and an extra splash of style is a bonus. A few of these products’ full reviews will be posted in the next couple of weeks, but we wanted to […]

Think about cables for a few minutes. Then think about having only a pair of power cords in your system.If you’re in a small space, less is usually more, so this is not a bad thing for you. The Dynaudio Focus 10 speakers only need a pair of power cords. You can link the two […]

You Can’t Unhear em! Wireworld founder David Salz makes some of the world’s finest cables, used by audiophiles and endorsed by recording engineers the world over. He’s a big thinker, and this time he’s solved a problem that a lot of us didn’t know we had – mini power cords. Applying their Fluxfield™ technology, he’s […]

Say, who says we have to hand out awards at the end of the year? We’ve always tried to be a little bit different so here goes. The Audiophile Apartment section of our magazine and site has always tried to concentrate on audio gear with a smaller form factor that doesn’t give anything up in […]

$299/pair Verafiaudiollc.com Listening to The Knack’s “Africa,” I tried a trick that I’ve seen at more than one hifi show – I hooked this $300 pair of speakers to about $200k worth of gear. Wacky as this seems, it illustrates two things: the ultimate performance envelope of said speakers, and how easy (or not) they […]

After spending an afternoon with staffer Earle’s Focal Sopra 3s, just before firing up their new Vestia no.1 at my place, the level of sonic excellence they bring to a $1,198 pair of speakers seems amazing. Listening to the same handful of tracks that I shuffled through at Earle’s house, not too much sonic memory […]

Portable music for those on-the-go By Rob Johnson I still remember my first stereo, a 1981 Sony Boom box, which served as a loyal companion from middle school through college. It finally failed after a decade of use. However, my nostalgia for the old-school portable form factor persists. So, I’m thrilled to see Teenage Engineering, […]

Editorial: Hear No Evil Designing the Dynaco ST-70 Series 3 Vacuum Tube Audio Power Amplifier The Yin & Yang Circuit Stabilizing Tube Feedback Amplifiers Without Much Math Part 1—Diagnostic Principles Rediscovering The EF184: A Surprising MM RIAA Preamplifier Building a KT170 Class-A Amplifier Thoughts On Igor Popovich's Audiophile Vacuum Tube Amplifiers Books Revisiting An Elegant […]

It's only been about a century since, if you wanted to hear music, you either had to play or sing it yourself or get somebody else to do it for you. Sure, the first music recording was made back in 1860, by a Frenchman, Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville, and, sure, the phonograph (but not in […]

The original LessLoss BlackGround 10X Power Base was such a spectacular product it was an easy choice for an annual Blue Note Award in 2023. Then I received advance word of the new BlackGround for Speakers. Would that be as impressive as the original Power Base? Would it be simply an alternate choice? Or would […]

In Part 5 we tackle the other main hallway on the lower level. which is to the right as you come down the escalator. I'll first go down the Outremont rooms. which are large, but not as large as the St. Laurent rooms. Straight ahead and off to the right as you come down the […]

A Manhattan federal jury found that Live Nation Entertainment and its Ticketmaster subsidiary illegally monopolized the U.S. ticketing market, delivering a landmark verdict on Wednesday, April 15 (2026). A nine-member jury in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York returned the verdict after a five-week trial that featured testimony from dozens […]

Record Store Day takes place this Saturday, April 18, 2026, with thousands of indie shops offering hundreds of limited-edition vinyl releases; vinyl LP sales topped $1 billion in 2025. This annual celebration of independent music retail shops returns this weekend, with participating stores opening early for exclusive pressings, live in-store events, and collectible releases. This […]

What a start to the year this has been! 2026 is proving to be one of the most exciting times in memory for everyone involved in technology in general, and I don't recall having so many different fronts of innovation in audio to keep us busy as we've had recently. To begin, we had a […]

Dan D'Agostino Master Audio products are not the most expensive audio components on the market, but in my opinion, their audio products are some of the best sounding high-end audio components I've ever had the pleasure of auditioning. I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to review two D'Agostino Master Audio components in the […]

Do you remember as a kid when you first heard an excellent quality music system? It was exciting, right? That first time I heard music on a good stereo, I was completely mesmerized as if real musicians were performing in the room! It was an emotional experience beyond the thrilling sound. That feeling came back […]

The Southwest Audio Fest returns to Dallas this summer, running July 23rd through 25th at the Sheraton Downtown, with organizers shifting the schedule to a Thursday to Saturday format to replace the traditional Sunday session. This new schedule brings more people in a day early, and gives everyone a chance to pack up and enjoy […]