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The successor to the Ingenium Plug&Play turntable, the new SE includes a newly developed, custom-designed drive motor and partnered with an external power supply The tonearm has also been upgraded, to increase rigidity. You also get adjustable bias and improved cabling. There’s an optional metal platter upgrade and the DSP Power Supply. The Ingenium SE is... […]

Can you hear the Sennheiser of old in the new Grell OAE2 headphones? In this review, I take a deep dive into Axel Grell’s latest creation and ask whether these £450 open-backed headphones capture the magic of classic Sennheiser designs. To see the review, click below: The post OAE2 HEADPHONES FROM GRELL appeared first on […]

This week’s HiFi News includes a major price drop on the Meze Audio 105 AER open-backed headphones with up to £100/$100 off plus… …new product launches from Dali Denon, Wharfedale and Fyne Audio. To see the video, click below:   The post HiFi NEWS 23 MAY 2026 appeared first on The Audiophile Man.

The new Denton 1S takes key elements from the Denton 1 and delivers a new design from the ground up Measuring 330 x 236 x 229mm, Wharfedale has developed a new two-way coaxial driver specifically for the Denton 1S. It places a 25mm silk-dome tweeter concentrically within a 165mm enhanced polypropylene mid/bass cone. On the... […]

This new wireless system features 10 in-house developed drivers, including ultra-light 25mm soft dome tweeters, bass midrange drivers are arranged in a back-to-back configuration The Vega includes a total of 400W of amplification delivered across eight 50W channels while sound is processed by Dali’s Adaptive Stereo Enhancement (ASE), an in-house technology that creates a wide,... […]

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... […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

Class-D Perfection $8,995 -$9,495 (finish dependent) Javahifi.com Spoiler alert. The Java Integrated is a Class D amplifier. Just in case you’re predisposed to a certain idea of how Class D is supposed to sound, you need to abandon it, or stop reading. To be fair to Java’s Martin Bell, I’ve always been Class D adverse, […]

We’ve decided to do something different this year… How about giving out an award at the beginning of the year and start out on a happy note? Bam. If you’re looking for a great all in one, turnkey system that will serve up music in every format, we suggest this setup. Also, just so we’re […]

Asahi Kasei Microdevices (AKM) has unveiled the AK491x series, a new line of premium audio operational amplifiers aimed at high-end audio designers and audiophiles. The company plans to introduce the single channel AK4911 and two channel AK4912 at the upcoming HIGH END Vienna 2026, where the devices were showcased alongside headphone demonstration boards. The AK491x […]

When I was just an ordinary Hi-fi Crazy, not yet having gotten into our industry either as a writer or a manufacturer, I and my buds used to spend hours doing what seems to be standard audiophile practice: When we weren't actually working on our systems, we'd sit around talking about hi-fi gear: About what […]

There is a quiet kind of astonishment the first time a familiar song arrives to your ears, and into your soul, thanks to truly excellent high-fidelity audio gear. The melody you thought you knew opens like a book you have read a hundred times and suddenly notice a sentence you had never seen before. That […]

Getting to 'Series 3' of the Bowers & Wilkins 705 stand-mounting loudspeaker has been a rather more convoluted process than it might seem at first glance. You might imagine that 'S3' replaces 'S2', which in turn replaced 'S1' (or perhaps just '705') – but you'd be wrong. Getting to '705 S3' initially required there to […]

Andy Weiderspahn was away at the Florida Audio Expo when news broke of their new Master fuse so Kevin Sample stepped up and obtained permission for me to receive some review samples. Having previously reviewed the Black, Blue, Orange, and Purple fuses over the years I was eager to investigate this new version — especially […]

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, […]

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 […]