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The Current State Of Physical Media In HiFi

What is the current state of physical media? CD players all but vanished a few years ago. Vinyl had a

Is the term “Yacht Rock” offensive to the musical genre? I didn’t think so, but watching HBO’s Yacht Rock: A

Big sounds, big speakers and big crocodiles in the parking lot. The Florida Audio Expo 2025 (or FLAX) really had

Michael Trei is much more than the title of this post may elude to. In addition to being a Stereophile

What makes a good headphone? This week on The Occasional Podcast host Brian Hunter attempts to answer that question with

This week on pt.AUDIO’s The Occasional Podcast, Herb Reichert of Stereophile magazine stops by the show to chat a little

Just as the year wraps up, so does our impressions of what was a colossal 12 months of gear, reviews

Is there really such a thing as a “British Sound”? What about Germany? A Singapore Audio Show? Japan? Here in

Last weekend in DC was a huge show of HiFi releases at the Rockport Hilton. Attendees were greeted with a

It isn’t out quite yet, but Schiit Audio has released a pre sale for a trio of new products that

Have you ever passed by a garage sale, or been in the “audio” section of Goodwill and noticed an amplifier

The latest HiFi event on the audio show circuit comes courtesy of the Pacific Northwest, with a 30 room, mostly

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