Klipsch Trumpets 80th Anniversary Klipschorn Loudspeaker at Audio Advice Live 2026

See How the New HumminGuru NOVA RCM Cleans an LP!

Canvas HiFi Unveils Powered 2-Channel Speaker System at Audio Advice Live 2026

KLH Previews the New Model 4 Loudspeaker at Audio Advice Live 2026

GoldenEar Technology Talks Up the T44 Loudspeaker at Audio Advice Live 2026

KEF Showcases the New LS Luxe Loudspeaker at Audio Advice Live 2026

Paradigm Premieres a Trio of Premier Series Speakers at Audio Advice Live 2026

Bowers & Wilkins Stands Tall at Audio Advice Live 2026

Vibrant HiFi at SouthWest Audio Fest 2026

Pure Audio Project at SouthWest Audio Fest 2026

Dreamscapes A/V at SouthWest Audio Fest 2026

LATEST ADDITIONS

Capital AudioFest 2025

Robyatt Audio Debuts Simco ONE Horn Loudspeakers with Miyajima and VPI

Ken Micallef Dec 01, 2025

One of the largest personalities in audio, Robin Wyatt is also a purveyor of exceptional sound systems. And his showing at CAF was no exception.

Capital AudioFest 2025

American Sound Distribution: Avantgarde Mezzo G3 loudspeakers and Wadax Studio Player

Ken Micallef Dec 01, 2025

Angie Lisi of American Sound Distribution always brings components that make my pulse race. Tube amps. Horn speakers. Turntables. What more could a music playback nerd ask for?

Capital AudioFest 2025

Audience AV pairs ClairAudient Bellare loudspeakers with Atma-Sphere power

Ken Micallef Dec 01, 2025

San Marcos, California's Audience debuted its new Audience ClairAudient Bellare Loudspeakers at T.H.E. New York International Audio Show in New Jersey last month. Here they were again in Rockville, with essentially the same system.

Capital AudioFest 2025

La Dolce Audio showcases DIY open-baffle loudspeakers and Allegro tube amplifiers

Ken Micallef Dec 01, 2025

"Here, we believe in challenging the status quo," states the landing page on the La Dolce Audio website. "We believe in thinking differently to create new ways of accomplishing the musical experience. We believe everyone should enjoy the best musical experience in their own home."

Capital AudioFest 2025

GT Audio Works, LampizatOr, Sonore, and Small Green Computer in Giulietta Bellissima Debut

Ken Micallef Dec 01, 2025

Greg Takesh's GT Audio Works Giulietta Bellissima planar ribbon speakers and OB subs, in their US debuts, are handmade in upstate New York, where he even makes his own drivers.

Capital AudioFest 2025

Six systems, six rooms: Fidelity Imports and The Listening Room go big

Ken Micallef Nov 30, 2025

In years past, Fidelity Imports filled room upon room with the hi-fi equipment they distribute. This year, New Jersey dealer The Listening Room shared the load. Fidelity and The Listening Room compiled six systems in six—um—listening rooms full of hi-fi goodness.

Audacious Audio Tube Power Amp Reviews

Audio Research Reference 330M monoblock power amplifier

Jason Victor Serinus Nov 29, 2025

The memory of the sound of the Audio Research 330M monoblock amplifiers ($90,000/pair) at AXPONA 2025 is so vivid I can still recall what I heard and felt. I sat front and center in a room sponsored by Quintessence Audio . . . The sound was so colorful, rich, and effortless—the images so convincing in size, weight, and timbre—that I felt my eyes open wide in amazement.

Floor Loudspeaker Reviews

DeVore Fidelity Gibbon Super Nine loudspeaker

Ken Micallef Nov 28, 2025

I've watched the DeVore Fidelity factory develop from its humble start as an early tenant in the Brooklyn Navy Yard—once a sprawl of crumbling ruins, now a sleek high-tech hub—into a thoroughly professional facility housing a cabinet shop, assembly, and R&D. It is also the legendary Monkeyhaus, where late-night listening sessions and pizza feasts are a tradition.

Gramophone Dreams Phono Cartridge Reviews Phono Preamp Reviews

Gramophone Dreams #103: Ortofon MC X40 phono cartridge, Robyatt & Lundahl step-up transformers

Herb Reichert Nov 26, 2025

The new MC X-series moving coil cartridges appear to have jumped the fence and broken free of what I long perceived as Ortofon's traditional Scandinavian style. This month, I'm auditioning the top of the X series, the MC X40, which costs $1150 and sounds almost Japanese.

Re-Tales

Re-Tales #60: Matt Alterman's Crescendo Audio Returns to Boulder

Julie Mullins Nov 25, 2025

A hi-fi dealer's son, Matt Alterman has been in or near the business almost all his life. His dealership, Crescendo Audio, is coming full circle as he opens a new location in Boulder, Colorado, the town where he launched his first store 13 years ago.