Articles Best Audiophile Upgrades Under $300 Our top 13 audiophile upgrades for 2023 feature a variety of affordable products that we've used all year and merit serious consideration. Ian WhiteOctober 29, 2023
Articles Empire’s Troubador Turntable is Making Some Incredible Music in the House: Exit to Vintage Street The Empire 598 Troubador is a classic vintage turntable in great demand. Long live the Empire and listening to vinyl! Eric PyeOctober 29, 2023
Headphone Amps Metaxas & Sins Unveils Its Audio Sculpture Collection and Ethereal Electrostatic Headphone Amplifier There's a headphone amplifier in every sculpture, which is debuting at CanJam Dallas on November 11-12, 2023. Ian WhiteOctober 26, 2023
Gift Guides Gift Guide 2023: Get Ready for the Holidays The countdown to Christmas Day and Hanukkah 2023 is on. Don't miss out on these amazing gifts for any music lover. Brian MitchellOctober 25, 2023
CD Players Marantz’s CD 50n Network CD Player Kills Two Birds With One Stone The CD 50n offers the convenience of a network music streamer and CD player with HEOS for multi-room wireless audio in one component. Robert SilvaOctober 24, 2023
Integrated Amps & Stereo Receivers Marantz’s Model 50 Integrated Amplifier Ditches the DAC and Streaming Capabilities A purist audiophile integrated amp that also makes an ideal match with the Marantz CD 50n Network CD player. Robert SilvaOctober 24, 2023
Digital Music Systems WiiM Pro Plus Network Streamer: Review Priced at $219, find out if this affordable network music streamer is right for you. Ian WhiteOctober 22, 2023
New Products Vertere Introduces XtraX and Dark Sabre High-Resolution Phono Cartridges Looking to upgrade your vinyl playback? Vertere's Dark Sabre MM and XtraX MC cartridges promise a lot for a very steep price. Ian WhiteOctober 19, 2023
DACs dCS Unveils Lina 2.0 DAC Update Lina 2.0 brings a range of new features, including new Mapper settings, filter options, and balance control, to the dCS Lina Network DAC. Ian WhiteOctober 17, 2023
New Products Naim Audio’s 500 Series Sheds Its Iconic Green Glow Naim Audio makes a very subtle visual change to its 500 Series of high-end audio components as of October 2023. Brian MitchellOctober 15, 2023
Digital Music Systems Cambridge Audio’s MXN10 & DacMagic 200M Black Editions Have Arrived Cambridge Audio Announces MXN10 & DacMagic 200M Black Editions at the 2023 Shanghai International Top Audio-Visual Show. Ian WhiteOctober 13, 2023
Amplifiers Acurus Unveils M4 Amplifier For Home Theater and Multi-Room Audio Systems Designed for multi-room and home theater systems, the Acurus M4 delivers 200 watts per channel out of a very compact chassis. Ian WhiteOctober 12, 2023
Digital Music Systems Audiolab’s 9000N Network Player Ditches Play-Fi and Swings for the Bleachers Audiolab dumps Play-Fi but adds high-end guts to its flagship 9000N Network Player. Robert SilvaOctober 12, 2023
Gift Guides Hot Gifts on Sale Right Now + Prime Day Deals Amazon Prime Day is already over, but some of the best deals remain available. Find out what would make a great gift. Brian MitchellOctober 10, 2023
A/V Furniture & Accessories McIntosh Unveils MQ112 Environmental Equalizer Forget digital. McIntosh takes analog approach to fine tuning audio with new audiophile-grade 8-band stereo equalizer in classic style. Robert SilvaOctober 10, 2023
Headphone Amps iFi’s hip-dac 3 Features 2 USB Type-C Ports and iEMatch Tech For Your IEMs More power, improved connectivity, and hi-res support for every relevant codec makes the iFi hip-dac 3 a real bargain at $199. iPhone 15 users... Ian WhiteOctober 6, 2023
Headphone Amps We Schiit You Not: Schiit Audio’s Skoll, Midgard and Hel+ Are Going to Rock Festivus 2023 Schiit Audio's new balanced Skoll phono preamp, Hel+ gaming headset interface, and Midgard headphone amplifier were the talk of CanJam SoCal 2023. Ian WhiteOctober 6, 2023