Capital Audiofest 2025
Capital Audiofest 2025: Just A Month Away!
Ready your ears!
#NewMusicFriday
#NewMusicFriday: October 10, 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: Getting Killed by Geese
We’re leaving this very morning for a short vacation, our first in 4 years.
HiFi News
Vivid Audio’s New GIYA Cu Series: More Than a Facelift
When you see a Vivid Audio speaker there’s one thing you know for sure—you’re looking at a Vivid Audio speaker.
HiFi News
Qobuz Connect Comes to Select Cambridge Audio Streaming Products
I’m a fan of the one and done approach when it comes to lossless streaming and Qobuz Connect is my favorite solution.
In Barn for Review
In Barn for Review: Wilson Benesch A.C.T. 3Zero Loudspeakers
One look at the Wilson Benesch A.C.T. 3Zero Loudspeakers tells you a lot beyond their 2.5 way design—mainly we’re looking at something very different from the ground on up.
#NewMusicFriday
#NewMusicFriday: October 3, 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: Blurrr by Joanne Robertson
I initially sidled up to Joanne Robertson and her work with Dean Blunt on Backstage Raver.
HiFi Reviews
Review: Magnepan 20.7x Loudspeakers
The Magnepan 20.7x are the first pair of Maggies in Barn and perhaps more than most, their unique qualities and standout strengths challenged my abilities to describe their sound in words. While I love a good challenge, I enjoyed experiencing music Maggie-style even more.
HiFi News
Say Hi! to the $20 FiiO Snowsky Tiny Portable DAC & Headphone Amplifier
I rarely go anywhere.
Music News
Ek Is Out! Spotify Names New Co-CEOs
Cause for celebration has been greatly exaggerated.
HiFi News
ATOLL Electronique Readies the New Flagship Evolution 400 Series
I think I did more than let on that I really enjoyed my time with Atoll’s SDA300 Signature Streaming Integrated Amplifier when I reviewed it back in December.
HiFi News
Massive Fire at Resolution A/V’s Brooklyn, NY Home and How You Can Help
Late Wednesday, more than 250 FDNY firefighters spent over seven hours fighting a fire at 481 Van Brunt Street in Brooklyn, home to many artists and businesses including Resolution A/V.
#NewMusicFriday
#NewMusicFriday: September 26, 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: Sysivalo by Ø
Have you ever seen John Berger’s Ways of Seeing, the series that ran on the BBC in 1972 where Berger talked about, well, ways of seeing. . .art?