The prestigious Los Angeles and Orange County Audio Society takes enormous pleasure in announcing the launch of AudioConLA, a world-class international high-end luxury audio show organized under the direction of Sarah Tremblay and Michel Plante, the successful duo behind Montreal Audiofest and Toronto Audiofest. Scheduled for January 14th to 16th at the Regency Newport Beach, it is convenient to airports and a large population too. "Positioned nearly equidistant from key Asian markets and the EU, LA is an ideal location to hold an exclusive annual high-end show. Combined, Sarah and Michel have decades of experience in organizing successful and universally acclaimed international industry events, and we are confident that with them at the helm, AudioConLA will continue their winning streak," says their press release.

This month's EnjoyTheMusic.com Review Magazine features world premiere reviews, videos, plus we take a look back at the legendary EMT turntable!
Reviews include the Accustic Arts Preamp III
Vermouth Audio Reference Series Cables
Alluxity Power Two Stereo Amplifier
Revisiting The NPS 1260 3D Enhancer Solution
Zu Audio Omen MK.II Floorstanding Loudspeaker
Beyerdynamic T5 Headphones (3rd Gen)
ampsandsound Rockwell Vacuum Tube Stereo Amplifier
All this and much more within our August Review Magazine!

Spotify just announced their second quarter 2021 financial performance and it's great news for the music business and musicians worldwide. Revenue of €2.33 billion grew 23% Y/Y in Q2 (or 28% Y/Y on a constant currency basis) and was toward the top end of the company's guidance range due to significant advertising strength and subscriber outperformance. Central bank driven currency devaluation (FX headwinds) of 430 bps were 230 bps greater than expected, primarily driven by the Federal Reserve's Dollar product weakness versus the ECB's Euro product. Spotify's Premium Revenue grew 17% Y/Y to €2.056 billion (or 20% Y/Y constant currency) while Ad-Supported Revenue was particularly strong, growing 110% Y/Y to €275 million (or 126% Y/Y constant currency).

EnjoyTheMusic.com is once again happy to announce that The Cable Company has launched their annual Summer Against Hunger fundraiser. This is their 26th annual audiophile fundraiser to help support CARE, an organization that save lives, helps defeat poverty, achieve social justice, and fights for women and girls rights. The Cable Company's Summer Against Hunger donates 100% of August purchases from The Cable Company from over 70 sponsoring brands, with matching funds with equal donations to CARE. In addition, all products from their other vendors who are not participating in the fundraiser directly, plus this fundraiser includes their sales of used products from UsedCable.com website (50% donation to CARE).

During EnjoyTheMusic.com's very special 25th Anniversary we're asking various high-end audio manufacturers to answer the same ten questions. Their answers may surprise you! This month we're featuring James Chung, CEO of FiiO. FiiO was established in 2007 and has experience in researching and developing countless portable music products of different types, and sell FiiO-branded products through sales agents worldwide.

Hi-Fi+'s August 2021 issue features the following:
Editorial: The UK Celebrates 'Freedom Day'
Meet Your Maker: Daryl Wilson of Wilson Audio
Meet Your Dealer: Ajay Verma of Art+Sound
How To Fall In Love With Classical Music (Part 3)
Stephen Duffy: 1980s Icon / The Hawks
Contemporary, Classical, And Audiophile Music

Equipment Reviews Include:
Kuzma XL AIR Turntable Upgrade
Constellation Audio Inspiration Int. Amp.
T+A SDV 3100HV DAC/Preamplifier
Aqua Linq / La Scala MkII Optologic DAC/Streamer
Cary Audio DMS-700 Network Player
QLN Prestige Three Floorstanding Loudspeaker
VPI Prime 21+ Turntable, Arm, And Cartridge
Sonus faber Lumina II Stand-Mount Speaker
IsoAcoustics Zazen I/II Equipment Platforms
Geerfab D.Bob Digital Break-Out-Box
Titan Audio Eros Sig / FF AC Cord/RFI Control|
...And Much More!

I admit it. The pair of TD4.2 speakers that have taken residence in my listening room are the best speakers I have ever had the pleasure of auditioning. They are also the most massive, most substantial, and at $122,000 to $142,000 a pair, the most expensive. It was a bit of a humbling experience unpacking these speakers. This is because getting them out of their crates and into the listening room required hired help - there was no way I could move these speakers into the listening room upstairs by myself.

With the early Internet being fraught with cyber-squatters, those who register URLs to 'hold hostage' to profit from resale, the new .Music domain seeks to remedy that for the music industry. The new .Music URL is claiming to be the only exclusive web address for the global music community. The .Music initiative by DotMusic is claiming to be a truly global community-led effort and the only initiative with enhanced music tailored policies that ensure that music artists, bands, industry professionals, and organizations register a trusted, secure, and verified .Music domain . This is to be a "safe, authenticated domain identity similar to that of a domain ending in .Edu or .Gov — and own their exclusive www.name.music web address".

Hi-Fi World's September 2021 issue features your chance to win a pair of black rhodium loudspeaker cables worth £600. Reviews within this issue include:

Sonus faber Lumina V

Cambridge Audio Evo 150 System

Icon Audio HP 205d Headphone Amplifier

Audiolab DC Block Mains Cleaner

RX Reels High Quality Tape Reels

Coherent 62 XLR Cables

Hacker Gondolier GP42 Turntable

Teac TN-5BB Turntable

JBL Tour I Headphones

Paul Rigby rounds up the latest audiophile CD releases

...and much more!

Wish there was more time within a day. While that might may sound like a weird way to start off an editorial during this site's 25th Anniversary issue, 25 years is a very short period of time. With each passing day, there are times the many ideas that never came to fruition haunt my mind. There are, literally, hundreds of ideas that have come and gone over the past 25 years. This month's EnjoyTheMusic.com Review Magazine celebrates the first part of our 25th Anniversary celebration. During September we'll bring in our very special Blue Note Awards magazine.