The UK’s Acoustic Energy has announced a 40th Anniversary Edition of its AE1 passive loudspeaker. The original AE1 was a two-way standmount that came to market in 1987 and was discontinued in 2016.

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The Eversolo DMP-A10 is a full-width digital streamer, DAC and analogue pre-amplifier; it’s the Chinese manufacturer’s most deluxe streaming product to date. Like the DMP-A8 and DMP-A6 that came ...

Spotify has – at last – formally announced the imminent availability of lossless streaming — it will soon be made available to Spotify Premium subscribers “in select markets” at no extra charge.

Last month, we raved about the K11 R2R DAC from FiiO. This week, the Chinese company has announced a more deluxe version of its desktop-sized R2R decoders: the K13 R2R. What’s R2R? It’s where a ...

Bluesound has annnounced an imminent firmware update that will add Qobuz Connect support to all BluOS devices. This includes ...

When Arcam launched its Radia series in October 2023, it brought with it not only a new look but a new attitude to integrated amplifiers: Future-Fi in intent, the A5, A15 and A25 had a sleek ...

I want to discuss people like me – hi-fi reviewers – and how we can deceive people like you – the hi-fi hardware buying public. I also want to talk about how a significant portion of the buying public ...