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This German pro audio company has released a home HiFi DAC unit. Paul Rigby looks at the Diamond Based in Niederkrüchten, North Rhine-Westphalia which is up near the Dutch border, SPL is a Pro audio outfit who has decided to bring that expertise into the audio sphere. I have high hopes for it because, on... […]

Compact, powerful and surprisingly versatile? In this review, Paul Rigby checks out the Edifier M90 Powered Speakers to see if these £300 powered speakers are worth your money To see the video, click below: The post M90 SPEAKERS FROM EDIFIER appeared first on The Audiophile Man.

More HiFi tech news for you, this week with a range of diverse products… To see the video, click below: The post HiFi NEWS 16 MAY 2026 appeared first on The Audiophile Man.

Jamo has announces two new speaker families: Concert Legacy and Concert Element Legacy is a development of one of Jamo’s most respected ranges from the mid 90s. Drivers are developed with Scan-Speak in Denmark and SEAS in Norway, while woofer materials incorporate Finnish wood fibre. DualCore architecture physically isolates midrange and bass chambers. Down-firing bass... […]

Costing under £100 but still managing to look good, Paul Rigby books a date with Rita The new, over the ear, 32 Ohm wireless Rita headphones, coloured in white only, from the Chinese company Tanchjim utilise 40mm dynamic drivers based on beryllium-coated, high-rigidity, dome-shaped composite diaphragms. These headphones feature Active Noise Cancellation while Bluetooth 6.0... […]

Musical Fidelity has announced the launch of the M5xi and M6xi integrated amplifiers Features include amplifier technologies, derived from Musical Fidelity’s Titan amplifier, low-distortion Darlington output stages. There’s 160W (M5xi) / 220W (M6xi) per channel into 8 Ohms. Sockets include optical, coax and HDMI, USB-C input with support up to 24bit/192kHz. Analogue power supplies are... […]

FiiO has announced the K17 R2R Pro desktop DAC, streamer and headphone amplifiers using in-house 5 + 24 bit R2R PRO resistor arrays… …a choice of NOS (Non Oversampling) and OS (Oversampling) modes, Class AB transistor current boosting headphone amplifier circuit support for QPlay to stream audio from compatible devices, dual band 2.4G and 5G... […]

NAD, Topping, Pro-Ject and ViVac just dropped fresh HiFi gear and audiophile wallets are trembling To see the video, click below: The post HiFi NEWS 10 MAY 2026 appeared first on The Audiophile Man.

In this Music Alerts video, vinyl takes centre stage with new and forthcoming releases from Erik Klinga, Frank Zappa & Captain Beefheart… …Status Quo, Schizo Fun Addict, Amalie Dahl, Art of Noise, Kim Wilde, People in Orbit and Ian Dury & The Blockheads. To see the video, click below: The post MUSIC ALERTS 9 MAY […]

Using its own discrete 1-bit decoding technology, Topping’s balanced DAC, preamp and headphone amp includes a 16-element discrete 1-bit ‘PSRM’ DAC architecture chip… …developed entirely in-house. This is 1-bit delta-sigma DAC technology but tweaked to use a high-frequency 1-bit stream. Including seven digital inputs plus Bluetooth, proprietary jitter-eradication, balanced and single-ended outputs for headphones, amps... […]

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 […]

Editorial: A Curated Listening Experience (Car Audio) A Year Of Significant Expansion From Microphones To HATS Understanding In-Car Simulation And Optimization Of Automotive Acoustics Audio Software Development With Claude: SPLMeter Questions To Mike Engelhardt About QSPICE Stabilizing Tube Feedback Amplifiers Without Much Math The Frequency Limits Of Human Hearing And Much More!

The audiophile faithful descended once again on Schaumburg, IL, April 10th through 12th, for North America's largest gathering of high-end designers, manufacturers, and enthusiasts of all levels and backgrounds. AXPONA 2026 is now officially in the books as the largest to-date, with Event Director Liz Smith reporting 12,546 attendees – a 15% jump over 2025. […]

Despite the fact that I've been married for years to an audio geek extraordinaire; despite the fact that back in college I owned the mini-component audio system that was the envy of the entire fourth floor of my dorm; despite the fact that I have artfully wielded a soldering iron (okay, so his arm turn […]

The 33rd Shanghai International Top Audio-Visual Show (TAS 2026) opens this weekend at the Shanghai International Convention Center and the Oriental Riverside Hotel, marking one of the largest and most influential editions in the event's three-decade history. Running from May 15th through 17th, the show continues to cement its status as a premier hub for […]

In January 2021, I was fortunate to review Nagra's Tube DAC and Classic PSU power supply. In my review, I said that the owners of this vacuum tube Hi-Res Audio DAC will be able to appreciate the "sonic glory" of this "high-performance component." So, I was not surprised that the Nagra Tube DAC and its PSU […]

Many a long year ago a friend of mine asked me what kind of speakers he ought to buy. Complimented by his confidence in my judgment and wanting to be helpful, I asked him some questions to help me figure out what might be best for him. One of the first was "How much do […]

Audio Advice Live will return to the Sheraton Raleigh Hotel from August 7th through 9th, bringing together legacy stereo music lovers, modern immersivephiles, movie enthusiasts, and home technology fans for their consumer home entertainment event. Now in its fifth year, the three-day showcase will offer attendees the chance to audition the latest loudspeakers, electronics, projectors, […]

The Southwest Audio Fest (SWAF) 2026 is scheduled from July 23rd through 25th, and is celebrating their new location at the Sheraton Convention Center in downtown Dallas. This perfectly positions the event between the city's Arts and Historical districts to attract both local attendees and out-of-town visitors. Organizers emphasize a concentrated three-day format designed to […]

Over the years, I have encountered many audiophiles who are unwilling to go into debt or spend all their money on high-end audio components or systems. While some of these individuals are new to high-end audio, others are more experienced, yet both groups consistently assemble impressive audio systems. What these audiophiles share is their love […]

Editorial: The Ultimate Goal Of High-Fidelity Audio Audiovector R 5 Floorstanding Loudspeaker Accustic Arts PREAMP 1/AMP 1 Pre & Stereo Power Amp Nagra Compact Player Network Streamer Bowers & Wilkins 707 S3 Prestige Edition Loudspeaker Linn 150 Floorstanding Loudspeaker Isol-8 Powerline Extreme Power Distributor HIFISTAY MYTHOLOGY X-1 Equipment Support Editor's Choice: Our Collection Of The […]