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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.

My favorite kind of candy appeals to the eyes and ears and the new, even the old, Quad 33 Pre and 303 Amp look to be a tasty treat.

I thoroughly enjoyed my time with the perfectly sized Weiss DAC501 back in 2021 and now there’s a new one. Could it be the one?

The way time flies of late it feels like nearly a lifetime ago that I had the pleasure of living with the Treehaus Audiolab ‘Phantom of Luxury’ Field Coil Loudspeakers.

I’m not a tape head but if I was, I would. If I could.