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The Florida Audio Expo 2026 sparked controversy, largely driven by videos from Jay's Audio Lab discussing biases among audio reviewers tied to long-term loans. The discussions revealed ongoing concerns about bias and disclosure in audio reviews. But are these serious objections or just another tempest in a teapot?

It's been a while since I've reviewed a one-box CD player like the TEAC VDRS-701, but here's how I usually explain why I want to spend my time with a component that's largely considered obsolete, or at best vestigial. Perhaps I still want to listen to my rather large CD collection, for example. Or, I [...]

Marc Phillips Offers His 10 Choices for Best Sound at AXPONA 2026 If it seems like I'm constantly griping about AXPONA and that's it's getting too big to cover properly, that's one audio curmudgeon's problem and no one else's. From all other perspectives, of course, AXPONA's growth every year is a cause for celebration within [...]

Brooklyn Rider: The Four Elements by Darryl Lindberg Of the many blessings of the vinyl renaissance—if, after all these years, it still can be called a renaissance—the availability of LPs that are the product of living, breathing musicians is the most gratifying to me. Not only that, but the fact that I can listen to [...]

Audio Note (UK) releases IZVOR, the first-ever Discrete Ladder DAC module built with Premium Analogue Components. 2026 is shaping up to be a landmark year for Audio Note (UK) Ltd. The vanguard of high-fidelity vacuum tube and analogue-centric design has released a new version of their classic integrated amplifier, the OTO, and has quietly been [...]