NAD has announced the C 589, a dedicated CD player that joins its Classic Series. The transport and loader mechanism was reportedly engineered for quiet and stable disc tracking across a wide range of ...

The SA45 (€4999/US$4999) is Arcam’s flagship streaming integrated amplifier, built around the company’s fifth-generation Class G amplification topology and rated at 180wpc into 8 ohms (and 300wpc into ...

My favourite Bluetooth headphone of 2025, the Px8 S2, edged out the Sennheiser HDB 630 on excitement and dynamics. Now Bowers ...

It's not just about bass whomp.

How many subwoofers are Darko.Audio’s YouTube viewers actually running? The answer, it turns out, is mostly none or one. I ...

Shanling has announced the SM1.3R, an R2R-powered sibling to the SM1.3 streaming DAC that landed in late 2024. The chassis, ...

A €5000 loudspeaker cable that a listener swears sounds more open and airy than a €50 one, yet no measurement can identify ...

The most persistent objection to acoustic treatment isn’t cost. It’s aesthetics. Very few hi-fi enthusiasts want their ...

The M6xi is aimed squarely at listeners with an established source chain, whether that is vinyl, CD or a dedicated external ...

Named after the primaeval giant of Norse mythology, the Ymir arrives as a complete clean-sheet design, sharing nothing with the Icon 12 or Verdande that preceded it.

So there you have it: five reasons to add a subwoofer to your hi-fi system. Not explosions. Not car-audio showboating.