Schiit Audio — yes, it’s pronounced “shit” — is an American hi-fi company known for making high-end desktop audio components that are significantly more affordable than they probably should be. (It’s ...

Which high-end stereo amplifier is best? A high-end stereo amplifier is the beating heart of an audiophile-quality hi-fi system. The days of bland black boxes with limited capabilities have made way ...

From beyond the Iron Curtain? A new generation of Polish high-end audio manufacturers are creating some incredible new amplifiers. The Fezz Audio Evolution Series has arrived in North America. Eastern ...

It was with considerable interest last month that I set out to track down where in the world there are still factories making tubes. My research found them in Slovakia, Russia, and China, and it’s ...

There’s a mystique in audiophile circles about tube amplifiers. They can have a very nice sound which is attributed to their even-harmonic distortion, but they are often portrayed as requiring rare ...

EASTHAMPTON — In a world ruled by the microchip, David Mell’s customers at Viva Tubes crave the soft electric hum and warm audio tone of the old-fashioned analog vacuum tube. Tubes — simple devices ...

The High End Munich 2025 audio show has brought its usual excellent, extravagant and extremely expensive mix of speakers, headphones and hi-fi gear this year – though 2025 also continued the show's ...

The Feliks Audio Echo Vibe is a $1,095 OTL tube headphone amp from Poland that runs hot, sounds lush, and proves you don’t need 2 watts to melt your face off. Feliks Audio positions the Echo Vibe as ...

Today marks Day 2 of the High End Munich show! It's the last time Europe's biggest hi-fi trade show takes place in Munich (the show moves to Vienna next year), and it's going out with a splash. There ...