Effective January 1, 2025, GoldenEar will join PML Sound International (Paradigm, Anthem, and MartinLogan) and operate under its new identity as GoldenEar Studio Inc. To ensure a smooth transition, GoldenEar will temporarily pause business operations from January 1, 2025, to January 31, 2025. During this period, GoldenEar orders will not be processed or fulfilled. PML’s business operations... Read More »
December 18th 2024 Grimm Audio started shipping the versatile phono preamplifier PW1. Creative Director Eelco Grimm says that “decades ago all founders of the company were so inspired by vinyl that they dedicated their life to developing audio equipment. Even in these days of high performance digital audio playback systems it is hard to imagine... Read More »
JPLAY, the premier software for audiophiles seeking ultimate sound quality, has released a new version of its music playback application, introducing groundbreaking features to elevate the listening experience even further. Seamless HQPlayer Integration The latest release adds support for HQPlayer Control API, allowing users to seamlessly integrate and remotely control HQPlayer directly from JPLAY app.... Read More »
SV-500 MK Adds HDMI and Bluetooth 5.0 Connectivity to Top-shelf Array of Digital and Analog Inputs GRAND RAPIDS, MI, November 20, 2024 Vincent Audio, a designer and manufacturer of elegant audiophile-grade stereo and multichannel components, is now shipping a new, updated edition of one of its most popular hybrid integrated amplifiers to date. Shipping this... Read More »
Roger Skoff: a moment. Los Angeles and Orange County Audio Society Gala. Buena Park, CA, 2024 (photograph and image processing by David W. Robinson) Roger Skoff writes about glad tidings from HiFi Land... Happy Holidays! Now's the time to enjoy family, good food, good friends, and good music, played in great sound. But, even now,... Read More »
Bluesound’s reference wireless music streamer is now available worldwide, marking an exciting milestone for the multi-room audio brand and setting a new benchmark in HiFi streaming. TORONTO, CANADA, DECEMBER 12, 2024 – BLUESOUND, the original wireless hi-res multi-room music brand, proudly announces that its highly anticipated flagship wireless music streamer, the NODE ICON, is now... Read More »
The Dutch company Siltech is one of the leading manufacturers of audio cables. For years, with its Triple Crown series, along with a handful of other manufacturers, it dictated the terms in the high-end. This May, however, it unveiled its new top-of-the-line Master Crown series. Twice as expensive. Gabi van der Kley (CEO) and Viktor... Read More »
Craft Recordings continues to drop great late-year releases, and I have four more here you'll definitely want to check out! These albums criss-cross the genres of classic jazz, alternative pop, post-grunge hard rock, and jazz fusion, and feature reissues of rare, long out-of-print, and hard-to-find classic and noteworthy LPs. Including a new Miles Davis compilation... Read More »
Vocalist Louisa Amend and band perform a wide variety of songs, from classic standards to music by Chick Corea, Joni Mitchell and more Boulder, Colorado, December 11, 2024 – Octave Records’ latest, Louisa Amend Quartet Live at the Muse Performance Space is sure to delight jazz fans and audiophiles alike with its beautifully-recorded songs, captured... Read More »
CUT FROM THE ANALOG TAPES AND PRESSED ON 180-GRAM BLACK VINYL AVAILABLE AT RHINO.COM AND SELECT RETAILERS (December 10, 2024 - Los Angeles, CA) Rhino Entertainment is proud to announce the launch of a new audiophile vinyl series, Rhino Reserves, offering legendary albums on 180-gram premium-quality black vinyl. Ensuring the highest audio quality, Rhino Reserve... Read More »
The history behind the band Mercy, from Tampa, Florida, is one of the more complicated rock and roll stories that I've tried to understand. On its surface, Mercy's story is a simple tale of a one-off single that nearly topped the charts, the release of the band's only album, and the band's eventual breakup. Mercy... Read More »
A festive start to the Christmas season: Stream and Download Qobuz releases exclusive compilation Into the Holiday Groove with the jazz record label ACT Music Paris, December 6th, 2024 - This year, get a festive start to the Christmas season with Qobuz, the leading high-quality music platform, and the exclusive jazz compilation Into the Holiday... Read More »
Rhino Entertainment has just released four sprawling, color-coordinated, exclusive 16-LP box sets for Harry Potter: Original Motion Picture Soundtracks I-VII. The comprehensive box sets feature distinctive, brightly colored slipcovers with individualized artwork for each of the four Hogwarts houses, Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff, and Ravenclaw. Each set of 16 LPs are also color-coordinated with red vinyl... Read More »
Beginning at the end of 2003, Positive Feedback established its first annual awards for fine audio. The Brutus Award was established for the best that David Robinson and Dave and Carol Clark had heard in their own listening rooms during that year. You can think of it as our equivalent of an "Editors' Choice" award. The... Read More »
Acoustic Revive is a Japanese company founded in 1997 and led by Mr. Ken Ishiguro. It specializes in interconnect cables, anti-vibration products, but also offers innovative products with the University of Tokyo usually behind the ideas. We are testing a USB cable made of Triple-C copper and a USB filter with material doped with kiyoh-stone... Read More »
This is an ongoing project by Claude Lemaire of Soundevaluations 246. ABC, "The Look of Love (USA remix-dub version)"/ "The Look of Love (part 3 dance version)". Mercury MDS-4023, Mercury 6400 751 (1982), 12" 45 rpm. Genre: synth-pop, dance-pop, new romantic, alternative. Hailing from Sheffield, England, minimalist electro-new wave outfit Vice Versa started back in 1977. The... Read More »
Two new immersive music streaming playlists feature music mixed or mastered on Focal speakers Montreal, Canada — December 3, 2024 — Focal Naim America, a leading North American importer and distributor of premium consumer and professional electronics brands, has released two new immersive HD audio playlists, expanding its “Mixed on Focal” format to include instrumental Classical music selections and Holiday music Mixed or... Read More »
ISVARNA’s Semi-enclosed Design with Miniature Dynamic Subwoofer Driver Boosts Low Frequency Response with No Distortion BELLMORE, NY, December 3, 2024 – HIFIMAN, the leader in high fidelity personal audio, will soon ship the audio industry’s first hybrid headphone, ISVARNA. ISVARNA (SRP: $2,899) includes a miniature dynamic subwoofer driver that boosts the low frequency response of a planar headphone,... Read More »
The audio show in Vienna's ACV builds anticipation for the HIGH END Vienna 2026 The FINEST AUDIO SHOW Vienna 2024 on November 23 and 24, was a resounding success for exhibitors, visitors and the organiser, and for the second staging in a row at the Austria Center Vienna (ACV) proved to be a popular trade... Read More »
T+A Continues Successful Lifecycle Impulses with the New MP 200 G3 in the popular Series 200. Additionally, T+A announces a future-proof upgrade for the previous MP 200 model, available from Spring 2025. Herford, 28 November 2024 – T+A, Germany’s leading manufacturer of high-end audio systems, announces that the newly developed Audiophile Streaming Architecture (ASA) G3... Read More »
Rhino Entertainment has another eclectic and impressive slate of limited-edition LPs available for Record Store Day Black Friday coming on November 29th. Once again, Rhino's offering of 21 rarities, enhanced, and specialty releases are only a few of the hundreds of exciting albums that will be available from both online sources and at independent record... Read More »
In the last 15 years, Horch House has developed into the world’s leading company within the analog master tape industry. The brand Horch House, headed by Volker Lange, stands for an uncompromising approach towards quality. Recently, Revox announced the return of the B77, the icon of tape machines, which will be produced as the newly... Read More »
Craft Recordings has announced a striking offering of limited-edition LPs for the upcoming Black Friday celebration of Record Store Day 2024 on November 29th. Once again, Craft is presenting a diverse selection of rarities and specialty releases that will be among the hundreds of ultra-desirable LPs available online and at independent record stores everywhere. For... Read More »
This show report by Frank Doris, a Senior Editor for Positive Feedback, and Editor of PS Audio's Copper Magazine, is republished from Copper. The 2024 AES (Audio Engineering Society) convention took place in the Javits Center in New York this past October, in conjunction with the NAB (National Association of Broadcasters) convention, which focuses on television,... Read More »
On September 29th Warner Music Poland released five Czeslaw Niemen albums on SACD hybrid discs. This was the first part of a Series of "Polskie Nagrania catalogue selections - Limited Edition SACD Hybrid", extending to as many as 75 discs. We took a look at the selected titles, listening to them together with Damian Lipinski,... Read More »
Roger Skoff writes about why things cost what they do In the first part of this article, I wrote about how pricing works, using not only our own industry but others for illustration. I explained that this article is not intended to replace an economics text, but to just touch on, and state in language... Read More »
For Immediate Release from Divine Art Recordings Group and First Inversion: FORT WORTH, TX — First Inversion, LLC is proud to announce the acquisition of the United Kingdom’s enterprising recording and publishing group, Divine Art Ltd. Known as the Divine Art Recordings Group, Divine Art consists of the prestigious Divine Art, Métier, Athene, Diversions, Historic... Read More »
Toronto Audio Fest Show Report, Friday, 18 October - Sunday 20 October 2024 Encouraging an audiophile with a cabling and equipment addiction to attend the 2024 Toronto Audio Fest, (herein referred to as TAF 2024), is like encouraging an alcoholic to fly to Scotland and take a three week tour of Scotch Whiskey distilleries. Such... Read More »
T.H.E. Show Expands to Include T.H.E. Film Festival to Support Filmmakers November 14, 2024 Los Angeles CA - T.H.E. Enterprises, the owner of America's longest running HiFi show (T.H.E. Show) is pleased to announce a new initiative – T.H.E. Film Festival – to be held in conjunction with each of its upcoming HiFi shows. With the... Read More »
November 14, 2024 - Youngstown, OH - SVS was chosen as the official subwoofer partner of Reel Sound Distribution for high-end audio manufacturer Metaxas & Sins, bringing low-frequency support for the new Prinz electrostatic speaker model. Metaxas & Sins creates loudspeakers and other audio gear that straddle the line between technology and art with striking designs they refer to as “high-end... Read More »
Buffalo, NY, November 15, 2024 -- Bluebird Music, distributor of high-performance audio products since 2000, is pleased to announce the availability of the new Fezz Audio Equinox Vacuum Tube DAC empowered by Lampizator. Equinox is the world’s only Lampizator licensed vacuum tube D/A converter designed by Łukasz Fikus. It is also the most affordable D/A converter available with... Read More »
Wroclaw, Poland — JCAT, a leader in high-performance streaming-specific products, is thrilled to announce the release of the NET Card XE EVO, a next-generation network card that sets a new benchmark for audiophile-grade network audio. With groundbreaking advancements in noise reduction and clock precision, the NET Card XE EVO brings unmatched clarity and detail to music streaming,... Read More »
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: NOV 11, 2024 (LOS ANGELES, CA | STUTTGART, GERMANY) – Known for precision engineering and emotional music experience, ACCUSTIC ARTS Audio GmbH, the revered German manufacturer of reference-grade audio components, announces a major expansion in North America with the appointment of On A Higher Note, LLC as its exclusive distributor for the United States and Canada.... Read More »
When I wrote about The Blue Things I expressed my general distaste for cult bands and cult singers. And the reason is because mediocre cult bands cast huge shadows over great bands and singers who deserve our attention, like the above-mentioned The Blue Things. However, there are cult musicians who deserve their cult status. Emitt... Read More »
AFI (Audio Fidelity Improvement) presents the FLAT.DUO, offering both LP flattening and relaxing. DUO stands for both treatment methods and the ability to treat 2 LPs simultaneously. The FLAT.DUO is made of Expanded polypropylene (EPP), a material that is ideal for use in record flatteners and relaxers. Its high heat resistance and excellent thermal insulation make... Read More »
First, Some Personal Backstory And Perspective Please be patient with me as I step you through some personal backstory. When IMPEX released the 33 RPM reissue for Sing and Dance with Frank Sinatra in late 2020, it was somewhat of an inspiration for me. I always enjoyed Frank as my father was a big fan... Read More »
October 31, 2024 (Montreal, Canada) – MOON will be showcasing two premium systems at this weekend’s Finest Audio Show in Zurich. The 390 and 330A will form the heart of one system, while the flagship 891 network player/preamplifier and 761 power amplifier combination will drive the other. Each system will be voiced by Trenner &... Read More »
