TM News
Reliable’s UberLight Frame: Task Lighting for Record Playing
“Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.” Desiderius Erasmus (attrib.)
Year: 2025
HiFi News
Network Acoustics origin Streaming Power Supply: Designed For Digital
The new Network Acoustics origin Streaming Power Supply is an ultra-low noise multi-stage filtered hybrid power supply designed for use with routers, switches, DDCs, optical convertors, streamers and DACs.
#NewMusicFriday
#NewMusicFriday: July 11, 2025
Each Friday, Stephen Mejias, AudioQuest’s Director of Communications and former Stereophile and Audiostream columnist, will browse through the many exciting albums released that day and select 15 worth a closer listen.
Album of the Week
Album of the Week: Circuit des Yeux | Halo On The Inside
Ladies and gentlemen, faster your seat belts and prepare for departure.
Amplifier Reviews
Music News
Recommended Reading (and listening): The Quietus Albums of the Year So Far 2025
There are two ways to look at a list of best new music—one way is to get angry that none of our favorites are on it, the other way is to rejoice that none of our favorites are on it.
HiFi Thoughts
Darko Audio Podcast #63: 12 albums for your next hi-fi demo
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water.
#NewMusicFriday
#NewMusicFriday: July 4, 2025
Each Friday, Stephen Mejias, AudioQuest’s Director of Communications and former Stereophile and Audiostream columnist, will browse through the many exciting albums released that day and select 15 worth a closer listen.
Album of the Week
Album of the Week: Caspar Brötzmann Massaker | It’s a Love Song
It’s not really a love song.
In Barn for Review
In Barn for Review: Ø Audio Verdande Loudspeakers
You’re looking at (and into) the 2-way Verdande Loudspeakers from Norway’s Ø Audio. For a sense of scale, that woofer/midrange measures 15″ while the tweeter sits inside the abyss-like Quad Vertex SoundField Horn about a foot from its mouth.
In Barn for Review
In Barn for Review: DeVore Fidelity O/Bronze Loudspeakers
Regular readers know I own a pair of DeVore Fidelity O/96 loudspeakers which I’ve used as my reference for years.
#NewMusicFriday
#NewMusicFriday: June 27, 2025
Each Friday, Stephen Mejias, AudioQuest’s Director of Communications and former Stereophile and Audiostream columnist, will browse through the many exciting albums released that day and select 15 worth a closer listen.
Album of the Week
Album of the Week: Blixa Bargeld & Nikko Weidemann | Blixa Bargeld Sings David Bowie
Blixa sings Bowie. Sold.
HiFi Reviews
Review: Grimm Audio LS1c Active Loudspeaker System
I don’t know what they put in the water in Veldhoven, Netherlands, home to Grimm Audio, but my guess is there’s more than a dollop of musical mojo in the mix.
In Barn for Review
In Barn for Review: Harbeth NLE-1 Professional Monitor Loudspeaker
“Hey! Harbeth has a new desktop-friendly active speaker. You interested?”