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Piega Premium 301 Gen2
The second generation of Piega’s premium series has not only become more compact, but also comes with newly developed drivers. What has remained is the charming, timeless design of the Swiss speakers. The two-way bass reflex loudspeaker for small to...
Transrotor Tamino
A Musical Prince The new moving-coil cartridge Transrotor Tamino underscores the ideals of classical harmony through more than just its name. “This image is enchantingly lovely, like no eye has ever beheld,” declares the noble young prince Tamino in Mozart’s...
Audio Note (UK) AN-E Ltd Field Coil
As someone who deals with products on a daily basis, I always grin when the name Audio Note (UK) appears. But it’s not because I’m a passionate fan of the brand – that comes naturally. It’s that there are always...
Crystal Cable Diamond Series
You can fill tomes with all the discussions about cable sound. Pragmatic purists insist that cables aren’t supposed to sound at all and therefore do not (or should not) have any influence on the sound of a setup. High-end users...
HIGH END 2025, Part 3: Loudspeakers
A subjective tour through the world of loudspeakers large and small. The HIGH END 2025 is the 21st and, for the time being, last to take place at Munich’s M.O.C. It was a trade fair of contrasts – in many...
HIGH END 2025, Part 2: Analog
This year, my trade fair report will focus exclusively on the analog highlights of HIGH END 2025. You will deliberately not find sound descriptions of individual demonstrations here – for good reason. After all, anyone who has ever attended a...
HIGH END 2025, Part 1: Electronics
“The last HIGH END in Munich”, is the buzz everywhere, but there can be no talk of a gloomy farewell – quite the opposite: manufacturers have clearly been busy celebrating this change of era with a firework display of new...
Atlas of High-End Audio
High-end audio is more than just listening at the highest level. In the highest spheres of hi-fi, sound quality that pleases even the most critical ear is not an achievement, but merely a minimum requirement: every component is also a...
Jack Lancaster & Robin Lumley – Peter And The Wolf
In the 1970s, rock versions of classical music weren’t considered cringe yet. Emerson Lake & Palmer rocked Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, Beggars Opera adapted overtures by Suppè, Ekseption played the first movement of Beethoven’s Fifth and Deep Purple the...
Bruce Liu and Nicolas Hodges
Piano music offers an inexhaustible treasure trove of expressive possibilities that have developed over the centuries. Two recent recordings by Bruce Liu and Nicolas Hodges make this fact impressively clear, as at first glance, they could hardly be more different....
Dr. John - Goin' Back To New Orleans
First there is this whistling. Perhaps a bird, a tern maybe? Or a member of the Neville Brothers? We don’t know. But these few notes, no matter who whistles them – it’s one of the most beautiful sequences in the...
Enrico Rava Quartet
It was the cool jazz of Miles Davis that got him hooked on the trumpet. But when his own career really took off, Enrico Rava quickly became caught up in the maelstrom of European free jazz that was so popular...
Gold Note Qobuz Connect Support
Qobuz Connect added to a number of Gold Note streaming devices. Gold Note has announced that several of its streaming devices are now compatible with Qobuz Connect, a feature that enables direct music playback from the Qobuz app to supported...
Stenheim Alumine Sub
Stenheim Introduces Active Subwoofer at High End Munich 2025. Swiss audio manufacturer Stenheim has announced the launch of its new active subwoofer, the Alumine Sub, at the High End Munich 2025 show. Known for its use of aluminium cabinets and...
Ferrum Wandla Firmware Update 2.0.0
Ferrum Introduces Wandla 2.0.0 Firmware Update with New Streaming Control Technology Ferrum has announced the release of Wandla 2.0.0, a firmware update for its Wandla family of digital-to-analog converters (DACs), set to be showcased at the High End Munich 2025...
Estelon A-Series New Models
Estelon Expands A-Series with New Compact Loudspeakers and Subwoofer. Estonian loudspeaker manufacturer Estelon has announced three new additions to its A-Series lineup: the Aurelia, Aurelia Centre, and Aurus. The new models will be formally introduced during the High End Munich...