Audio World

Technology Tariffs Having a Mixed Impact on Consumers So Far

Although the U.S. consumer electronics and technology industry has been hurt at least somewhat by the ongoing tariff war between the Trump Administration and Chinese government, the impact on American consumers has been more of a mixed bag. So far,...

Anthem Launches MDX Audiophile Multi-Zone Distribution Systems

Anthem announced today a new series of multizone music distribution products that... Hang on, come back here. You'll actually want to hear this. The new MDX Series isn't your typical distributed audio product. The two models that comprise the new...

SVS Prime Pinnacle Tower Speaker Reviewed

SVS, the highly acclaimed online consumer direct retailer best known for its subwoofers, has introduced a new tower speaker that in some ways blurs the lines between its existing loudspeaker lines. The Prime Pinnacle tower, as its name implies, is...

Phono-Festival in Arbeit

Erwischt! Wenn im Hörraum gerade nichts los ist, hört sich der Kollege Matthias Böde durch allerhand tolle Schallplatten.

Samsung QE65Q85R 4K HDR QLED TV review

Samsung's latest Quantum Dot TV leaves John Archer feeling shaken and stirred

The first new Samsung TV for 2019, the QE65Q90R [see HCC #298], was a stunner. It combined new backlight and viewing angle technology with improved processing, helping to blend the brightness and colour volume traits of LCD with the black level and contrast benefits more usually expected of OLED. But that set is £3,800. The QE65Q85R, a UK/Europe-only model, retains much of the Q90R's skillset but retails for £3,000.

Ultrasone vertreibt selbst

Der bayerische Kopfhörerhersteller Ultrasone trennt sich von seinem bisherigen Vertrieb cma audio und vertreibt seine Produkte in Deutschland ab sofort selbst.

A Love Affair: Craft Records/Prestige Records Coltrane '58 Eight LP Collection and the Mag-Lev ML1, Latest Edition

The Software The 60th anniversary of jazz king John Coltrane's banner year with Prestige Records, with all cuts produced by legendary Rudy Van Gelder and released on vinyl 4/26/19, has arrived. The eight LPs are from 24/192 tracks produced from the master tapes. The 37 cuts, presented in chronological order, were pressed at RTI in... Read More »

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What the hell is “high end audio” anyway?

After 40 years of being an audio enthusiast, consumer (and someone covering this world for the last 17 of those years) I think we have a fundamental confusion in what we’re talking about. To me, “high end audio” means something condescending, something unapproachable, something you can’t have. It means the secret handshake, the elite club. I’d [...]

iFi Uses Noise Cancellation to Deliver Clean Power

U.K.-based iFi Audio has introduced an eight-outlet power conditioner that uses active noise cancellation to ensure a “clean, consistent” flow of power to an AV system.

HifiMan Arya Review

 When I was just starting in the hobby one of the early headphones I aspired to own was the HiifiMan HE-400. I never did own one, but I recall being enchanted with it.

Spears & Munsil UHD HDR Benchmark

The Spears & Munsil (S&M) UHD HDR Benchmark is a video test disc developed with a wide range of users in mind. It has basic video setup and evaluation patterns aimed at the general consumer, but also patterns and features designed for use by professional calibrators, reviewers, and even manufacturers. Unlike S&M's previous test disc, the HD Benchmark, this version does not include general explanations on how to use the patterns wrapped into its interface but is still easy to navigate and use. (Tips are posted on the spearsandmunsil.com website that will help to get the most from the disc's content.)