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Three of our intrepid Stereophile contributing editors—Jason Victor Serinus, Ken Micallef, and Ola Björling—welcome one and all to the Audio Video Show 2026, the 28th edition of the hi-fi show in Warsaw, which is opening in just a few hours, on Friday, October 23, at noon local time. In this clip, our venerable power trio will give you a sneak peek at what they plan to cover at the show.

Audio Video Show 2026, the 28th edition of the hi-fi show in Warsaw, will open in just a few hours, on Friday, October 23, at noon local time. Three intrepid Stereophile contributing editors—Jason Victor Serinus, Ken Micallef, and Ola Björling—are on hand to cover as much of it as (in)humanly possible. Serinus kicks off our Warsaw coverage here.

My wife and I are both very specific about how we take our coffee, to the amusement of everyone around us. She likes her coffee so black and violently strong that it has its own event horizon, while I swoon over ultralight roasts with fermented, fruity, and flowery notes.

A phono cartridge is a mechanical-electrical thing with a single job: tracking a squiggly spiral groove as accurately as possible and converting that mechanical tracking into an electrical signal. (Okay, maybe that's two jobs.) The process can seem miraculous.

Welcome to Toronto Audiofest! Robert Schryer gives us his first impressions from the show in T.O. that ran from October 16–18, 2026.

Kudos to Audio Research for a tastefully designed website that wastes no words making its points. Audio Research proclaims its Reference 20 line-stage preamplifier "the culmination of a singular objective: to advance beyond the established limits of preamplifier architecture and redefine what is possible in line-stage performance."

Four years ago last August, I went to Port Washington, New York, on Long Island, to visit the North Shore Animal League America's (NSALA's) adoption shelter. It was a memorable day: We brought home our beautiful and beloved Ella, aka Ella Wren. But this column is not about puppies. It's about tequila and blind testing.