Best Turntables and Record Players of 2024

Last Updated: October 2, 2023

Vinyl records are just cool. They deliver music with an elusive and even romantic warmth that audiophiles continue to love. And right now, we have a list of the very best turntables available. Come see it.

Best Soundbases of 2021

Last Updated: April 9, 2021

Soundbases don’t often get a lot of respect and audio world. This is a landscape dominated by huge tower speakers, feature-heavy home theater systems and sleek soundbars.

WAV vs. FLAC vs. MP3: Audio File Formats Explained

Last Updated: August 30, 2018

FLAC, WAV, AIFF, DSD… There’s no denying that picking the right type of audio to listen to can be crazy confusing. Fortunately, we're here to help, with our full guide to this audio topic.

Best AV Receivers of 2024

Last Updated: February 6, 2024

An audio-video (AV) receiver is the quarterback of your home theater. It’s not just because it tells everything where to go, routing signals to different speakers and screens. It’s because a good receiver will bring the best out of your home theater...

Best Blu-ray Players of 2021

Last Updated: May 3, 2021

Even in a world bursting with streaming content, Blu-ray players are still going strong. Technology has exploded over the past few years, bringing better and better picture options to the table. In this guide, we’re going to break down this year’s best.

NAD D3020 V2 Review

Last Updated: March 20, 2020

Stereo amps can be boring as hell. The companies that make them are more often than not concerned with treating the internals, and ignoring what things look like on the outside. The NAD D3020 V2 is different.

Review: Bose QuietComfort 35 II

Last Updated: July 12, 2018

The Bose QuietComfort 35 IIs are the best wireless travel headphones available. We have absolutely no doubt about this. After spending a month with them, including two international trips, we concluded that, in this regard, they are simply unbeatable.

AudioQuest DragonFly Cobalt Review

Last Updated: September 20, 2019

It’s impossible to overstate the impact of AudioQuest’s Dragonfly range on the audio world. The technology remains revolutionary: a tiny USB stick that matches the quality of much larger headphone amp/DAC combinations.

Best Bookshelf Speakers of 2024

Last Updated: October 4, 2023

Ever since the glory days, when hi-fi systems were integrated and even color-matched to the furniture, bookshelf speakers have been the beating heart of the party...

Sonos Amp Review

Last Updated: October 9, 2023

Sonos don't just make great wireless speakers. The company's old Connect:Amp has long been the secret weapon of custom home theater installers, and if you think the guys at Sonos didn't notice this, you're dreaming.

Review: SONOS PLAYBASE

Last Updated: May 29, 2018

We’ve never understood why more people don’t use soundbases. They are an absolutely perfect bridge between a basic TV speaker system, and a full surround home theater setup. They solve every problem. SONOS want to change that.

Schiit Fulla 2 Review

Last Updated: February 6, 2019

Let’s get one thing out of the way first. We solemnly swear that in this review, and in all future reviews, we will not make any jokes, puns, bon mots or witty jibes at Schiit Audio’s name.

Review: AudioQuest Beetle

Last Updated: October 9, 2023

It’s often easy to forget in the seemingly endless mission for better and better sound, but the role of a Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC) isn’t just to improve the audio quality. It’s also there to make it easy to send the audio where you need it.

Kanto TUK Review

Last Updated: October 9, 2023

We have a soft spot for Kanto, and not just because they come from Coquitlam - a town no more than a few miles away from our offices in Vancouver, BC. We have a soft spot for them because they make genuinely fantastic wireless speakers.

Review: FiiO A5

Last Updated: May 1, 2018

Portable amps are tricky little things. While they unquestionably make your sound better, they don’t have the luxuries that desktop models do. They can’t be heavy, or feature cool-looking tubes, or have loads of connections.
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