HiFi News

Bluesound, known for their budget friendly streaming audio products, has lowered the price bar with the new POWERNODE EDGE.

The most recent piece of my system-building puzzle recently arrived and you could say I’ve been waiting for it for 30 years.

Sometimes, there’s a lot going on in the Barn but there’s not much to show for it. This is one of those times.

While the Technics SL-100C Direct Drive Turntable isn’t exactly new(s), it hit the EU/UK markets last April, the (good) news here is that it’s now available in apple pie country. Or Jersey tomato country as the case may be.

The latest Darko.Audio podcast finds us covering a number of topics from streaming technology’s life-span to the most contentious news to hit the world of hifi in years – The MoFi Affair.

You may be wondering what Auralic could possibly add to their already feature-rich ALTAIR G1 and ARIES G1 Music Streamers. The kitchen sink?

Lowther Loudspeaker Systems Ltd. released its first speaker in 1934, a decade in the making. The sleeping giant of single driver fame has awakened once more with the Almira, their first new speaker in 3 decades.

When I watched the 50th Anniversary PSB video and eyed the Passif II Standmount Loudspeaker that date from 1974(!), I thought—Damn! PSB should make that speaker again! Retro-loving minds apparently think alike.

Fifty years is a long time in human time. In HiFi, its nearly forever.

Anyone in the hifi hobby, especially those who have the good sense to enjoy spinning records, know Michael Fremer. More or less.