HiFi News

Saddle up your walking shoes!

The Barn has been buzzing of late with whispers of Ø Audio coming from a number of secret and trusted sources.

Have you seen the Wilson Benesch GMT One System? (you’re looking at it)

Q Acoustics new Q SUB Series is comprised of 3 models featuring a 8-inch, 10-inch, and a 12-inch driver—How low do you wanna go?

One active, one passive. Pairs, that is.

Pack up your swim trunks and sunscreen and get ready to HiFi!

TEAC’s new AP-507 Stereo Amplifier measures 11.5″ across, weighs in at 9.75lbs. and puts out 70 Watts into 8 Ohms. Can you guess one thing that’s inside?

Advance Paris was founded 1995 as Advance Acoustic, a speaker manufacturer, but in 2003 they shifted focus to electronics, changed their name, and the rest is living hifi history.

My TAD memories go back, way back, to a CES past where I first heard their Compact Reference CR1 stand mounts and was even more excited about their sound than the fine single malt Japanese whiskey being poured in the TAD room. And that’s saying […]

In the mechanics of music reproduction, the only good vibrations are no vibrations.

Greg Roberts’ Volti Audio first developed their Vittoria Horns in 2010. The New Vittoria are bigger and, according to Volti, even better.

With completely customizable looks, Auralic’s new LightningCast next-gen multi-room streaming protocol, Lightning DS, TIDAL Connect, Qobuz Connect, AirPlay II, a CD transport, a DAC, line level input, and optional Phono input, the Aquila X3 Streaming Media Processor sure has a lot to offer.

OK. I’m not normally an earbud kinda guy, mainly because I never leave (the Barn).

Fyne Audio’s new Vintage Classic Gold SP Series slots in between their Classic and Vintage Series of classic vintage-inspired speakers.

Gentleman, start your upsampling.

We got a sneak peek at the Grimm Audio PW1 Phono Preamp at High End Munich 2024 and today’s news is it’s coming to the US in April.

And here I thought I was reporting on the new ‘Altec Lansing’ 300B mono amps on active display at CAF 2024, pictured above top left, offered at a special intro price of $3500/pair.

Is it too soon to make a waveguide joke?

How about some of that Lampizator DAC magic for under $3k! With tubes!

First a little history. I remember when graffiti art was all the rage. I was living in NYC in the mid-1980s, just a few years after street art turned into gallery art.

TEAC was created in 1953 by a merger between the Tokyo Television Acoustic Company and the Tokyo Electro-Acoustic Company.