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Esoteric Grandioso N1 network player
Esoteric’s Grandioso N1 network player demonstrates what luxury means in the digital age. Yes, this is what a digital high-end component should look like! No computer-like appearance, no Cupertino-inspired design, but a vault-like edifice that reassures us our digital music...
Gryphon Helios and Antileon Revelation Pre-/Power amp combo
A preamplifier with a new name and a power amplifier with a legendary reputation: Helios and Antileon Revelation invite us to celebrate the music. Now there’s a good line: “Gryphon starts where others leave off.” Some competitors might take issue...
iFi iDSD Phantom
The iDSD Phantom is the new flagship of iFi’s product lineup. It offers a wealth of features, but its greatest strength is its remarkable sonic versatility. Many hi-fi enthusiasts still think of iFi Audio as the affordable offshoot of British...
Harbeth C7ES-3 XD2
Harbeth speakers have been a familiar sight at hi-fi shows for decades. You might say they have accompanied me throughout my life; they have always been there. Angular in appearance and straightforward in sound, they have never left me in...
60 Years of Bowers & Wilkins
The story of Bowers & Wilkins begins well before the company itself was founded, in the years following World War II. John Bowers and Roy Wilkins, who had met while serving in the Royal Corps of Signals during the war,...
AVS Warsaw 2026
If we call the Audio Video Show a consumer show, we mean it quite literally: men and women, young and old, middle-aged visitors and children—all of them happily milling about the hotel rooms and stadium corridors, and all of them...
Accuphase Setup at Lifelike, Munich
It took a little longer than expected to arrange the visit – after all, everything had to be just right. The German Accuphase distributor suggested I get in touch with Life Like, in northeastern Munich, where the dealer had a...
MSB The Sentinel at AudioXperience in Nuenen, NL
Is it even possible to meaningfully judge and evaluate components that sit deep in the six-figure territory? Of course not! At MSB’s level, embodied by the Sentinel D/A converter (approximately €450,000), there is only one currency that matters: superlatives, both...
Pepe Deluxé - Super Sound 25
Against a backdrop of leafless birch trees in the Finnish fall, two bizarrely appointed men stare into the camera. Jari Salo wears a fur coat beneath a transparent raincoat, tinted seventies-style glasses on his nose and a picnic basket filled...
Pachora - Ást
In the 1990s, the world’s attention turned to the Balkans. For a decade, war raged in Croatia, Bosnia, and Kosovo. The United States intervened militarily, mounted airlifts, and sent in peacekeeping forces. At precisely the same time, the sounds of...
Rush - Xanadu. Epic, 1977
Progressive rock entails tempo changes, classical and jazz reminiscences, extensive instrumental parts and surprising instruments. But all of this is hard to fit into a three-minute song – which is why epics exist. The song takes its time. The opening...
Stars on 45 - classics reissued at 45 rpm
This time around in Vinyl Corner, we’re devoting ourselves entirely to the phenomenon of 45-rpm sound, listening to reissues from Analogue Productions. High-quality reissues and new releases pressed at 45 rpm keep finding their way onto our editorial desk. It’s...
Shanling SM1.3R HD Network Player/Headphone Amplifier
Shanling SM1.3R HD adds 2K display and second-generation R2R DAC Shanling has launched the SM1.3R HD, a network streamer, digital-to-analogue converter (DAC) and headphone amplifier featuring a 5.98-inch 2K display, second-generation R2R conversion technology and support for multiple streaming services....
Linn 343 launched
We’ve been eagerly anticipating Linn’s latest move for quite some time. At High End Vienna, we’d already had a conversation with a visibly excited Joe Rodger, who hinted at what he described as the company’s most significant new product in...
RS Audio Apparition Hi-Fi Cables
RS Audio Launches Apparition Series of High-End Audio Cables. RS Audio has announced the launch of its Apparition Series, a new range of high-end audio cables designed and handcrafted in Canada. The Alberta-based company says the series is intended to...
FiiO FT15 planar magnetic headphone
FiiO launches FT15 planar headphone with 101mm drivers. FiiO has launched the FT15, a new over-ear planar headphone featuring 101mm drivers, an ultra-thin diaphragm and natural walnut earcups. The headphones are positioned as a flagship model and follow the company’s...