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Nagaoka MP-700 moving permalloy cartridge
With its sharp diamond blade, the Nagaoka MP-700 effortlessly tracks even the wildest grooves, extracting the finest sounds. Cartridges are among the most interesting test objects for me. Tasked with converting mechanical movement into electrical signals, they sit right at...
Audes TT-3200DC power conditioner
Electricity comes from the power strip – and you can get power strips at the hardware store. Or you can transform power supply into an Olympic sport with the new power conditioner from Audes. When the Rolling Stones rolled into...
Palma DHS-1 headphone
Anyone who thinks everything has already been said about “dynamic headphones” has not yet encountered the Palma DHS-1. This dynamic design from beautiful Mallorca represents a revolution in the construction of dynamic headphones. If you have never heard of the...
Aavik I-588 integrated amplifier
The new Aavik I-588 is no ordinary amplifier. It reaches technically perfect results by unusual means, while making it clear that these are only half the truth. A Danish masterpiece that transforms technology into emotion. There are components you hear...
Munich HiFi Days 2026
The temptation is obvious. No sooner does the HIGH END move from Munich to Vienna after more than two decades than a new hi-fi show springs up in the city – and the rumor mill starts churning. A replacement event?...
Linn Keel versus Keel SE
Hi-fi is an interesting hobby: If I were to explain to someone outside the audiophile bubble that my colleague Carsten Barnbeck and I traveled from Munich to Nuremberg for an A/B listening test between two solid aluminum parts, that person...
Jazz Kissa - The Soul of Japanese Listening Culture
The Japanese have a way of elevating seemingly simple things into works of art through remarkable care and attention to detail quite unlike anybody else. This applies equally to objects such as rice bowls and sliding doors as it does...
Visiting A-Musik, Cologne
For 30 years, Georg Odijk and his collaborators have run a record store known far beyond Cologne – one that celebrates music in its distinctive, unconventional forms, independent of genre or medium: A-Musik. There are street names that burn themselves...
Genesis - A Trick of the Tail. 50 years of classic albums
It was the headline in Melody Maker: “Peter Gabriel leaves Genesis.” The author of the article, the renowned Chris Welch, declared the band effectively dead. After all, Genesis without their frontman, main lyricist, and charismatic singer? It seemed unthinkable. In...
Speakers Corner Reissues
Speakers Corner releases two jazz classics in exemplary editions. It’s hard to believe that, until recently, there were no current high-quality reissues of these two jazz classics. We’re talking about Charles Mingus’ Tonight At Noon from 1964 and Ornette Coleman’s...
Roger Eno - The Quiet Brother
With Without Wind / Without Air, Roger Eno completes his trilogy on Deutsche Grammophon. For a long time, Roger Eno was considered “the little brother” – a label that reveals more about our need to categorize than about his music....
Louis Sclavis - Napoli's Walls
Before Banksy came along, there was Ernest Pignon-Ernest. This painter from Nice also placed his artworks illegally in public spaces – charcoal drawings or silkscreen prints of human figures, life-sized, realistic, but in black and white, often with a political,...
XLO Cables
XLO Cables has announced the expansion and global availability of its 2026 cable lineup, introducing a structured range aimed at users across different levels of high-performance audio systems. According to the company, the updated XLO Cables portfolio spans analog and...
TAD A1000 integrated amplifier
Japanese high-end audio manufacturer Technical Audio Devices Laboratories (TAD) has introduced its first integrated amplifier. The new TAD A1000 expands the company’s Evolution Series with its first ever integrated amplifier. Until now, the brand has been primarily known for separate...
Ferrum Wandla GoldenSound Edition Gen 2 DAC
Ferrum Wandla GoldenSound Edition Gen 2 introduces expanded sound tuning features. Polish audio manufacturer Ferrum Audio has announced the launch of the Wandla GoldenSound Edition Gen 2, the latest iteration of its flagship digital-to-analog converter and preamplifier. Building on the...
iBasso DX340 Digital Audio Player
iBasso unveils DX340 flagship digital audio player with modular design and dual operating systems Audio manufacturer iBasso has announced the DX340, a new flagship digital audio player (DAP) positioned as its latest high-end portable source. The company describes the device...