ADMD Audio Technologies at Audio Video Show Warsaw 2026

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Welcome to Warsaw!

Jack Stoughton Jr. Interview at The Vinyl Summit, Day3

Mastering Engineer Ryan K. Smith Interview at The Vinyl Summit, Day 2

Pure Sound Time | Revel Performa4 Bookshelf Loudspeaker

Vinyl Bliss: Discover Your Music Universe at Absoulute! #shorts

See How the New HumminGuru NOVA RCM Cleans an LP!

LATEST ADDITIONS

Capital AudioFest 2025

Gershman Symphoria Debuts with LampizatOr Aphrodite, VAC Master, and Cardas

Ken Micallef Nov 22, 2025

Ofra Gershman debuted her new Symphoria loudspeakers ($70,000/pair) at CAF. Joining the loudspeakers were a LampizatOr Aphrodite DAC ($105,000) and a Gulfstream music server ($8500).

Capital AudioFest 2025

Audio-Technica’s NARUKAMI HPA-KG NARU and ATH-AWKG anchor a statement headphone system

Ken Micallef Nov 22, 2025

I was pleased to finally meet John Tarulli, Hi-Fi Sales Manager at Audio-Technica US. A mainstay in hi-fi, consumer, and pro electronics since 1962, Audio-Technica doesn't necessarily need audiophiles, but we sure do need Audio-Technica.

Capital AudioFest 2025

Blink High End & Matterhorn Audio Group bring Børresen, Thuono, FinkTeam, Linn, HiDiamond, and Audience

Ken Micallef Nov 22, 2025

The three heavy hitters noted above brought Italian heavy hitter Thuono to Capital Audiofest (CAF), showing the Thuono TH400 turntable ($59,500) for the first time in the US. I've noted these handsome machines at High End Munich; it's great to finally see the brand stateside.

Products of the Year

Stereophile's Products of 2025

John Atkinson Nov 21, 2025

To be considered for our 2025 awards, only products subjected to a full review or considered in a column published from the November 2024 issue through the October 2025 issue would qualify. Each product was subjected by the reviewer to a thorough evaluation over a period of weeks or months—plus, for regular reviews (not columns), a session in my test lab.

As We See It

Is This the Ultimate Old-School Analog Move?

Jim Austin Nov 20, 2025

This month, I am writing about what could be the ultimate analog topic circa 2025: A prominent vinyl-only record club is going totally offline. Is it a marketing gimmick? Sure it is, but read on.

Capital AudioFest 2025

VPI Industries, Audio Research, VAC, and Acora

Ken Micallef Nov 20, 2025

Harry and Mat Weisfeld were up to their old tricks at CAF, wowing the audience with a reference rig containing a pair of vintage JBL Everest loudspeakers in the Jefferson suite and dropping a lower-cost system in the Adams room.

Capital AudioFest 2025

HiFi Logic, Hapa Audio, and Charney Audio introduce Lumaca IV horns with Voxativ AC-2.6

Ken Micallef Nov 20, 2025

I strolled into this room not knowing what to expect but seriously intrigued by the pair of large, folded-horn speakers that looked like something from a Grimm's fairy tale.

Capital AudioFest 2025

US debuts for Merason DAC2, Qln Prestige 3 Gen 2 in Alma Music & Audio/Well Pleased AV system

Ken Micallef Nov 20, 2025

Mark Sossa of Well Pleased AV always puts together solid, good-sounding rooms, often featuring Merason DACs and Qln loudspeakers. At this show Sossa's system, fortified by Alma Music & Audio, reached new levels of transparency, quiet, and soundstaging, wowing and entrancing me.

Capital AudioFest 2025