Witness the explosion of premium, in-car audio. Not so long ago, the number of speakers in a car and the brand on the head unit were hardly differentiating factors in the top luxury cars and trucks.

Final Audio is a Japanese hi-fi manufacturer that specializes in high-end in-ear monitors and headphones, most of which are ...

We sadly don't have a valve amplifier in for testing, but we do have Rotel's high-end CD player that's built like a tank, a ...

Marc Storch is a commerce writer currently based in Denver, Colorado. He is passionate about making tech accessible to all and being excellent to each other. Outside of writing about tech and video ...

Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a high-end audio salesman, and as a record producer. Steve reviewed audio products for CNET and worked as a freelance writer for ...

From February 2017 to September 2025 is a fair while for an audio product to stay on the market – so it just goes to show how right Ruark got the predecessor to its new Ruark MR1 Mk3 and what a tough ...

I worked as a high-end audio salesman for 16 years in New York in the 1980s and 1990s, and I've visited a lot of audio stores, but Audio Connection is a standout in a number of ways. First, it looks ...

When stripped of branding, features and design, how do premium headphones actually sound? Wired put this question to the test by having audio pros blind-test six popular over-ear headphones. The ...

Ultra luxury hi-fi loudspeakers, audiophile components, and a movie player you have to hear (and see) to believe. When you can drop cash on any audio or video system on the planet, the real question ...

At IFA 2014, Panasonic woke up its Technics music entertainment beast from a 6 year slumber with the launch of the first Reference Class R1 Series and the Premium Class C700 Series high end home audio ...

Here’s a riddle: If higher-quality audio sounds better, and better-sounding music is more enjoyable, then shouldn’t you stream music in the highest possible audio quality? The answer is yes. Listen to ...