Absolute Sounds,has announced ‘The Happening’, a special weekend event celebrating extraordinary sound, live music, and audio craftsmanship

The Eversolo AMP-F8 Class-AB is simply, and only, a power amplifier.  It blends solid structural engineering with a clean aesthetic.

The Edifier G5 MAX headphones are designed for gaming, with an emphasis on wireless Bluetooth playback, there is a mic.

FiiO has officially introduced the FT15 planar magnetic over-ear headphones, priced at $499.

The London Hi-Fi EXPO was busy, cosmopolitan, and generally excellent, with the Heathrow venue offering some great rooms, both big and small.

DALI has announced the BASIK SUB, a compact active subwoofer designed to enhance depth, scale, and impact

DALI has announced the BASIK SUB, a compact active subwoofer designed to enhance depth, scale, and impact

Roundup: AVID Entry Turntable, Unitra Flagship, Mains Conditioning, New Naim Insights and dorpo discount code

The AVID Ingenium SE is a belt-driven, unsuspended turntable. It is designed to near perfection, taking ideas from their flagship turntables

Naim Audio has announced a new Uniti Star Lite. It includes all the usual streaming services and supports TV and gaming performance.

The Unitra WSH-805 is a flagship, fully analogue stereo integrated amplifier inspired by the classic 1970s Unitra WSH-205

The OPUS Pre and OPUS Power amplifiers are claimed to be perfectly matched, with the aim of offering AVID's electronics to a wider audience.

Active Power, Pure 1-Bit Digital, and Major Launches: June 2026 at HiFi and Music Source (so far)

The QUAD Elegan lineup introduces two loudspeaker designs the compact Elegan 1 standmount and the larger Elegan 2

The Trilogy 921 is an all-analogue integrated amplifier.  Designer Nic Poulson devised this unit with a single gain stage

Acoustic Energy’s AE2 40th Anniversary loudspeaker has been announced this week, building on the incredible success of the AE1 40th

Active Power, Pure 1-Bit Digital, and Major Launches: June 2026 at HiFi and Music Source (so far)

Dan Clark Audio has unveiled the Aeon Core, a new sub-£1000 closed-back benchmark designed to redefine reference-grade sound on a budget

Triangle, this week, has announced a new range of passive loudspeakers called Solstice, featuring a floorstander and bookshelf loudspeakers

The Triangle Capella 2 Active are Wi-Fi, Connected and Bluetooth bookshelf loudspeakers with a bass-reflex design

The Topping D900 DAC is a DAC only with no streaming module or headphone output; it has Line and Preamplifier balanced XLR outputs

AVID today has announced two new phono stages, the Pulsus II and Peller II, which are successors to AVID's enduring products.

IFi Audio has announced the launch of the new iDSD GR 2, the next evolution of one of the company’s most celebrated portable audio products

Meze Audio has announced a new reference headphone today.  It features their highest-impedance planar magnetic headphone by Rinaro

KLH Audio has announced a new Model Four loudspeaker at Vienna this week.  The Model Four adds to KLH's Model Collection

Astell&Kern has announced an expansion of the A&ultima flagship player line with the launch of the SP4000T and a new Clarus In-Ear Monitor.

Welcome to May’s round-up, a month in which we have truly spanned the audio spectrum, from compact convenience to high-end isolation

Henley Audio has announced the Musical Fidelity M5xi & M6xi, new class-leading amplifiers that join the M-Series.

DALI has today introduced its VEGA All-In-One state-of-the-art wireless sound system.

The AE1 40th Anniversary 2-way, passive stand mount/bookshelf loudspeaker is available in High Gloss Walnut and High Gloss Black with grilles

The dorpo DMP-A1 is a streaming DAC and preamplifier, AND it also has a built-in premium headphone amplifier

These Edifier M90 are compact desktop style speakers with a single active (plugged in) loudspeaker driving a passive partner

Welcome to Newsletter #59, which looks back at reviews and looks forward to more products coming to HF&MS in May.

Ortofon Cartridge Event

The AE1 40th Anniversary 2-way, passive stand mount/bookshelf loudspeaker is available in High Gloss Walnut and High Gloss Black with grilles

DENON AVR S980H

Today dorpo is announcing their DMP-A1 Digital Music Player which combines a DAC, and a headfphone amplifier with digital audio streaming

The Wirewound UNITY cable is constructed with double-earth wires that do not absorb much RF. It is made of a combination of two 600V wires

This is a quick look at the Dorpo X3, which is an 8K Smart Media Player. This means, as a non-AV expert, it is like an Apple TV on steroids

Welcome to Newsletter #58, which looks back at reviews and looks forward to more products coming to HF&MS in April.

The M90 100W Compact Speaker features HDMI eARC as well as Optical, USB-C and AUX inputs with Bluetooth 6.0

The Whittlebury 2026 show was a joy with plenty of space and a relaxed springtime vibe. There were many highlights, including....

The iFi Audio iDSD PHANTOM uses an in-house Crysopeia FPGA engine that enables DSD2048 remastering, developed in Japan’s mastering studios

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The A&ultima SP4000 uses true Quad‑DAC Octa-Circuit Architecture, which pairs four AK4191 digital processors with four AK4499EX DACs.

The Bristol HiFi Show 2026 was its usual busy and bustling affair with much to see and hear. There were many highlights including....

Connected Fidelity is introducing their UNITY with ‘wirewound technologies’ cable, for a quieter and clearer sound quality.

Kii SEVEN active loudspeakers that have received a significant software-driven upgrade, which includes support for Qobuz Connect

The Martin Logan ElectroMotion ESL X is a hybrid design electrostatic loudspeaker with a ‘blade-style’ transducer and a separate ‘sub-woofer’

Titanic Audio Anchor Plate - The top plate is designed to control high-frequency vibrations by what Titanic refers to as Hex-DNA Geometry