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Are high-end floorstanding loudspeakers becoming more affordable? The options in 2022 are a mixed bag and we are already thinking wireless for 2023.
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Here's how we'd build a complete hi-fi audio system around Q Acoustics' M40 wireless speakers for under $2,500.
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After nearly 30 years, the surround sound format war enters a new chapter next month when DTS:X soundtracks launch on Disney+.
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You may not be able to build a real IMAX Theater in your home but IMAX Enhanced provides a different way to create an...
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Build a complete audiophile-grade stereo system around the Acoustic Energy AE1 Active Bookshelf Loudspeakers for under $4,000.
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For under $11,000 build a state-of-the-art headphone system with Linear Tube Audio, Meze Audio, Cambridge Audio and Holo Audio.
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In 2024, our favorite mid-tier budget friendly floorstanding loudspeakers are from Q Acoustics, DALI, Magnepan, Wharfedale and Zu Audio.
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The best audiophile headphones of 2022 include some smaller brands you might not know.
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Audiophiles and consumers are starting to pay attention to the pro market when it comes to headphones. The best studio headphones of 2022 from...
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The loss of a recluse pop icon and the dying days of kishka on this week's installment.
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Our favorite bookshelf / stand-mount loudspeakers of 2022 are listed in order of lowest to highest price from $400 to $3,000.
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Your turntable may not sound great without the right phono preamp. Our Editors' Choice 2022 Phono Preamplifier options offer great performance for the money.
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The tech titans couldn't have built their empires without songs -- and now they are destroying the cultural ecosystem that made them rich.
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Brooklyn-based Ohm Acoustics have been manufacturing loudspeakers for almost 48 years. A deep dive by the Budget Audiophiler.
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A new consumer survey measures an industry in which "time is standing still".
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My favorite MM and MC phono cartridges of 2022 priced from $190 to $899.
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But I now see firsthand how the music industry is fumbling this huge opportunity to revitalize its business.
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Which CD players and DAC made our Editors' Choice 2022 list?
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Now is a good time to pick up a pair (or more) of high-end speakers from British loudspeaker make Bowers and Wilkins.
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Cyber Monday 2022 is a great day to finally put together that home theater speaker system you've been dreaming about with big discounts on...
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Cyber Monday brings with it this deal on one of the top-rated UST Projectors.
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Is the shift from owning songs to streaming them eroding listener loyalty and reducing the cultural impact of music?
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My Editors' Choice selection for 2022. We cover wireless loudspeakers and turntables in the first of three articles.
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