Thanks for getting in touch. Please forgive me for such a long-winded reply. I was accosted three times at Munich High-End 2025 by manufacturers who were visibly frustrated that I had declined to ...

I first polled the Darko.Audio subscriber base with this question back in 2022: “Do you have a TV between your loudspeakers?” 70% said ‘yes’, 30% ‘no’. This result is one reason why I became bullish ...

Qobuz Connect landed quietly on WiiM, Eversolo and Marantz streaming products two weeks ago. Last Thursday, a big splash press conference at Munich High-End 2025 formalised its broader arrival. What’s ...

🎵 Song IDs? Playlists of all music heard in this video – and other videos – can be found on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/johndarko ...

Mark Levinson (the Harman brand, not the man) has announced its 600 Series of high-end electronics: the No. 626 Dual-Monaural pre-amplifier, the No. 632 Dual-Monaural amplifier and the No. 631 ...

From the floor of Munich High-End 2025, JBL has added three new high-end loudspeaker models to its Summit Series. The two ...

True Digital Amplifier Integrated (TDAI) — that’s Lyngdorf speak for a digital (integrated) amplifier where the audio signal ...

MQA is back — and this time it’s hardware. The second version of NAD’s Masters M33 BluOS streaming amplifier has MQA tech on ...