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dorpo’s DMP-A1 digital music player is also a headphone amplifier, pre-amplifier and DAC. And yes. Lowercase Supporting up to 32bit/768kHz and DSD up to DSD512 (native) plus MQA, the DMP-A1 also integrates a host of streaming services plus AirPlay, DLNA and Bluetooth. Inside is an ESS ES9039SPro chip, inputs include optical, coaxial, USB and HDMI... […]

Housed in a compact 279mm sealed cabinet, the 3000 Micro R|Evolution features dual-opposing, force-balanced active 229mm drivers… …a 1,200W continuous MOSFET amplifier and 295MHz DSP. Calibration and control are managed via the SVS Subwoofer Control Smartphone App. Users can adjust volume, low-pass filter, phase, polarity, room gain compensation and up to six parametric EQ bands,... […]

Is the SPL Diamond DAC worth £2,650? In this review, I take a deep dive into this German pro-audio-inspired DAC and see how it performs in a home HiFi setup To see the review, click below: The post DIAMOND DAC FROM SPL appeared first on The Audiophile Man.

This week’s hi-fi news includes a range of new launches from across the audio spectrum To see the video, click below: The post HiFi NEWS 25 APRIL 2026 appeared first on The Audiophile Man.

The Merak 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 are... […]

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.

Mini Music Powerhouse $995.00 fiio.com/k17 Nestled in between my mighty Klipschorns, with ROON playing “Paranormial” by The Art of Noise, it amazes a few of my audiophile buddies that the source is the tiny FiiO K17 DAC. And it’s not just a DAC, it’s a full-blown streamer, preamplifier (though I am only using it as […]

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 […]

This year's show report is dedicated to the memory of Ernie Fisher, Editor of The Inner Ear, who was one of the first friends I made at the Montreal show when I was getting started. He passed away in the spring of last year, and I wanted to make this dedication in the Montreal report, […]

The Lone Star Audiofest 2026 is set to return Memorial Day weekend, running May 22nd through 24th at the Embassy Suites in Round Rock, Texas. The three-day event promises a mix of exhibitor rooms, seminars, and live demonstrations aimed at audiophiles, hobbyists, and industry professionals. The festival highlights a long tradition of hands-on listening rooms, […]

Giddy. (adj) The emotional response I have developed to the musical instruments that are Børresen loudspeakers. In my crossover life as both a professional musician and high-end audio writer and reviewer, I have grown acquainted with a handful of select audio designs that, from my perspective, serve as true musical instruments – creations that express […]

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 […]