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It was only a matter of time, really. High end DAP maker Astell and Kern has thrown every fun luxury trick in the book at their line of portable audio players. Previously plated in options like copper, the Korean manufacturer has decided to finally cover one of their pieces in 24k gold. The A&ultima SP3000 Gold is coming, and represents the latest and greatest model in the top line....

Astell And Kern Go 24k Gold, Dan Clark Audio's New E3 Closed Back Astell and Kern new AK SP3000 Gold and Dan Clark Audio DCA E3 Closed Back Headphone hit the market along with PTA Buyers Guide For 2024.

The Occasional Podcast | Buyers Guide 2024 Hi-Fi news, gear reviews, and interviews

Complementing the growing lineup of analog products from MoFi Electronics, this week trumpeted the news of a fresh flagship turntable from the Chicago-based brand and distributor. Also on the news docket, a fresh DAC/Amp combo (or modular, as the brand calls it) headphone product from LA and Texas based Schiit Audio in form of the Schiit Magni Unity. The new Masterdeck Turntable by MoFi is belt driven and features an all new carbon fibre tonearm and Cardes Audio internal wiring....

MoFi's New Turntable and Schiit's New Magni Amp/DAC Schiit Magni Unity and MoFi's new turntable serve as the latest in hifi news this week. Tons of great gear just in time for the holiday.

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The Audiophile Black Friday Guide 2023 Hi-Fi news, gear reviews, and interviews

HiFi Highlights And Best Of Show | Capital Audiofest 2023 Hi-Fi news, gear reviews, and interviews

The Audiophile Black Friday Guide 2023 Hi-Fi news, gear reviews, and interviews

This year we have partnered with PartTimeAudiophile.com to bring you the best of the best of the best Black Friday deals for Audiophiles. The early turnout for deals for the holiday sales season was very surprising this year. More brands and retailers in the Hifi space started their promotions as soon last last week. Below you will find a few of our favorites from the list, but if you want to see the whole master list you can…...

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A List Of All The Black Friday Deals For Audiophiles 2023 Black Friday Audiophile 2023 DEALS for all your hifi cravings. A list of highlights from this years crop of deals in audio.

Things are really heating up on a retail front for the holiday season, but we still have a few exciting talking points to discuss before we unveil our big Black Friday post for audiophiles in a few days. First being two new record releases from Rhino records in the form of The Doobie Brothers’ The Captain And Me and Herbie Hancock’s Crossings....

Rhino Records Reissues Herby Hancock and Doobie Brothers Rhino Records releases the doobie brothers and Herby Hancock on new high fidelity record pressings for a limited run of 5000 copies.

It has been a busy quarter for the Texas-based Schiit Audio. The latest on the way from the budget-conscious brand is an update to their least wallet-friendly, but still a statement unto its own. In a market battle against itself, Jason Stoddard and designer Mike Moffat released a series of flagship DACs that swap out chipsets and let consumers decide who wins in the marketplace....

Schiit Audio Updates Their Flagship Yggdrasil DAC - UPDATED! Schiit Audio updates their flagship DAC called the Schiit Yggdrasil More Is Better version. New chipset and internals from the Texas audio co.

Meze releases a new update, the Empyrean II headphone. It is always exciting when a new flagship headphone comes to market. What does the best of the best sound like? At a minimum, what does it sound like when a major player in the field of personal audio attempts to make their best even better? That is the vibe this morning from the PR mailbox from Romanian Meze Audio....

Meze Audio Updates The Flagship Empyrean To V2 Meze Empyrean II is the new update to the flagship planar magnetic headphone from the Romania based company. New updates on the personal audio

It has been a busy quarter for the Texas-based Schiit Audio. The latest on the way from the budget-conscious brand is an update to their least wallet friendly, but still a statement unto its own. In a market battle against itself, Jason Stoddard and designer Mike Moffat released a series of flagship DACs that swap out chipsets and let consumers decide....

Schiit Audio Updates Their Flagship Yggdrasil DAC Schiit Yggdrasil DAC gets updated with a new version called More is Better. The latest from the audio company gets a flagship changeup.

John Devore is one of HiFi's more interesting characters. Vividly talented in the arts, well spoken and one heck of a speaker designer, the proprietor of DeVORE FIDELITY has his own YouTube channel and makes for a good interview - even in the case of a 1.5 hour runtime. The latest episode from PartTimeAudiophile's The Occasional Podcast hits many good talking points across John's skillset....

John Devore Interview Part II John Devore of DeVORE Fidelity interviewed this week with The Occasional Podcast. Speaker designer interviewed, high fi topics discussed.

An Interview With John DeVore Of DeVORE FIDELITY Hi-Fi news, gear reviews, and interviews

It is time for the annual Halloween edition of The Occasional Podcast from our friends at PartTimeAudiophile. In full costume for the holiday, the show assumes the role of a true crime podcast to recount a bone-chilling incident, perhaps one of the most terrifying from the halls of high fidelity audio. The Occasional Podcast presents its Halloween special this week, delving into the gruesome HiFi Murders of 1974 in Ogden, Utah....

An Occasional Podcast Halloween Special: The HiFi Murders The HiFi Murders were one of audio's worst crimes ever committed and annual Halloween edition of The Occasional Podcast covers it.

It is no surprise when new products roll out just in time for the holiday season. Personal audio is no different. Last weekend at the CanJam event in Southern California a ton of new gear was unveiled including Schiit Audio, Abyss Headphones, Woo Audio, ZMF Headphones and more. The Occasional Podcast was there to cover all of the good news firsthand, including even some direct interviews into the show this week....

Hot Headphones For The Holiday Season Tune into the Occasional Podcast this week to hear about the latest trends in headphone gear for the holidays.

I haven’t thought about Jason Mraz in years, maybe even a decade. Most likely it was at some wedding where the couple was hanging onto the nostalgia of 2008’s “Lucky” for their first dance. I had a vague memory of him coming out as bisexual in 2018, but, as that’s often the most under-promoted letter of the q***r alphabet soup, I joined in and wrote it off as him just changing his mind....

Review: Jason Mraz - We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. 15th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (3LP) A review of the Jason Mraz We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. 3 LP 15th Anniversary Deluxe Edition including impressions.

There is always a great sense of camaraderie when Woo Audio teams up with Abyss Headphones at an audio show. This weekend, the two upscale brands were showing off plenty of new wares at the Los Angeles CanJam personal audio event. Located in a private room just off to the side of the main convention hall, the two show stoppers had their "forces combined" for a mix of both high-end tube home setups, and surprisingly, portable tube setups....

Woo Audio And Abyss Headphones Talk New Gear At CanJam SoCal Cosmic Harmony of Abyss Headphones and Woo Audio at the LA CanJam. portable tube setups, including Woo TUBE mini and Diana MR.

Jason Stoddard of Schiit Audio has plenty of reason to smile big after this year's CanJam Socal headphone event. His ever-expanding product line continues to push the boundaries into two channel and the analog domain. Hot off the news junket is three new black and silver boxes to compliment his growing audience of clients (and ultimately fandom) as his popularity continues to grow 13 years in....

Schiit Audio's New Phono Pre, Headphone Amp and Hel 2 The best of Schiit Audio from CanJam Socal headphone event – introducing the Schiit Hel+ gaming interface – and more!

Once upon a time, in a studio far far away, some engineers and musicians got together to create a surround sound experience - something took place way before the advent of Dolby Atmos and even 5.1 capable receivers. I recently got the chance to re-experience some of this early mixing magic at a Rhino Records event located deep in the heart of Los Angeles....

Rhino Records Releases New Quad Audio Albums At Los Angeles Event Reworking music for the Quad audio format: Learn how Rhino Records harness the enchantment of Quad sound.

Not sure anyone will do this IRL, but, maybe folks should. DeVore Fidelity micr/O on the . Hubba hubba.

Andrew Jones is a good sport when it comes to sharing his design secrets with the public. While it take much more than a simple conversation with one of HiFi's more recognizable names in speaker-making to actually create a market-ready sounding transducer, more often than not, Mr. Jones is happy to relay some insider information from his years of experience....

Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Speaker Crossovers In this week's podcast, Andrew Jones talks crossover design with Brian Hunter. Tap into Mr. Jones expertise on crossovers and more.

Wireless has always been the direction headphones have been heading. If it is not the True Wireless category of earphones that continues to evolve year over year, it's the more comfortable and natural sounding over-ear category that has been tip-toeing towards audiophile acceptance. Recently one of HiFi's biggest brands took their own leap of faith into the wireless frontier with the over-ear…...

Focal Adds A New Colorway Plus A Hearing App To The Bathys Wireless Headphone Wireless headphones are evolving. The Focal Bathys have active noise cancelling, transparency mode and a personalized sound experience.

PS Audio has been known to offer a range of price points into the audiophile world. Today they announced a new product into the $2k price range with the introduction of their latest streamer (source only, no DAC) called the Airlens. Packed with plenty of digital goodies, the standout connection on the back panel for most is likely the I2S option, unusual in the mainstream, but regular feature on many PS Audio products....

PS Audio Reveals A New Network Streamer In The $2k Range PS Audio Airlens brings advanced digital options, I2S connection & ultimate sound quality from streaming audio sources.

The Technics SL-1200 has been around since 1972. It has gone through several updates since then, but has always remained a classic staple of high fidelity listening, even during its first introduction. This week Technics announced a new update to the Sl-1200 lineup called the SL-1200GR2 (Sliver) and SL-1210GR2 (Black). The new options will retail for $2199 and hit the market in December of this year....

Technics Releases Their Latest Generation of the SL-1200 Turntable Discover the Technics SL-1200GR2/SL-1210GR2 Direct-Drive Turntable System: drive control, low noise floor, & standout audio & design features.

We have always been a big fan of the TAD house sound, ever since our review of the TAD Micro Evolution One. Today the company announced the arrival of a new floorstander called the TAD GE1 to the Evolution Series of hi-fi audio components, based around some of the same inspiration as the reference TAD CE1TX standmount. The new TAD GE1 hits the market this November via the dealer network and will retail for $65,000....

TAD Announces New GE1 Floorstander Loudspeaker Behold the TAD GE1 - the TAD Evolution Series' newest addition. Crafting superior sound quality with the same inspiration as the TAD CE1TX standmount.