HiFi News
GIK Acoustics New Amplitude Line Has An Ear & Eye For Design
See? Acoustic treatment doesn’t have to look like a lab.
#NewMusicFriday
#NewMusicFriday: October 24, 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: Ghosted III by Oren Ambarchi, Johan Berthling and Andreas Werliin
There may be some danger in naming albums as numbered sequels due to the well known fact that movies that do the same typically get worse the higher the number.
HiFi News
Technics New Limited Edition SL-1200/1210G Master Edition Turntables Coming Q1 2026
Here’s the gist—the Technics SL-1200/1210G Master Edition Turntables incorporate the ΔΣ-Drive and low-noise switching power supply from the SL-1200GR2 and SL-1300G models. Plus a touch of gold.
HiFi News
Advance Paris Launches Limited Edition APEX Range to Celebrate 30th Anniversary
The new APEX Range from Advance Paris includes three hybrid tube/transistor integrated amplifiers—A8 APEX, A10 APEX, and A12 APEX—offering 75, 130, and 190 Watts respectively with each also housing a MM phono input and on-board DAC joined by the ACD APEX compact tube CD player.
Amplifier Reviews
Review: Audia Flight Strumento Series N°1 evo Stereo Preamplifier & N°8 Monoblock Power Amplifiers
Small, medium, and large. I’ve now reviewed four products from Civitavecchia, Italy’s Audia Flight—the FL Three S and FLS 10 integrated amplifiers and the subject of this review, the Strumento Series N°1 evo Stereo Preamplifier and N°8 Monoblock Power Amplifiers.
Art&Culture
Affordable Art!: the Magnum Square Print Sale
Boy. It’s been a good long while since I posted about something other than hifi and I can think of no better reason than to once again highlight the Magnum Square Print Sale.
HiFi News
Welcome KEF’s New All-In-One $999.99/pair Coda W Speakers (where “W” stands for Wireless)
KEF’s new Coda W Wireless HiFi Speakers come in colors with names like Vintage Burgundy, Nickel Grey, Moss Green, Midnight Blue, and Dark Titanium, colors that could very well be on offer in a nice thick cardigan.
HiFi News
Lab 12 Appoints MoFi Distribution as Its Exclusive U.S. Distributor
Hand built tube amps, NOS DACS, and phono stages with RIAA curves. These are a few of my favorite things.
HiFi News
Two New Turntables From Michell Engineering: the Re-Imagined Gyro and the New Revolv
Two essentially new turntables from Britain’s Michell Engineering nearly never happens.
In Barn for Review
In Barn for Review: Orpheus Lab Absolute Integrated Amplifier A Four I200
This is my first encounter with a product from Switzerland’s Orpheus Lab.
#NewMusicFriday
#NewMusicFriday: October 17, 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: Listen Ship by Henry Threadgill
Six acoustic guitars and two pianos composed and conducted by Pulitzer Prize laureate Henry Threadgill.
HiFi News
AudioQuest Goes West With The New Lone Ranger Zero-Tech Speaker Cable
Following on the release of the Brave Heart ZERO-Tech Speaker Cable comes news of the new Lone Ranger ZERO-Tech speaker cable that also falls into the Folk Hero Series.
HiFi News
Mono Power From Mola Mola’s New Ossetra Amplifier
Coming just in time for the holidays, say hello (twice) to the new Mola Mola Ossetra mono amplifiers.