What happens when a $7B company builds a state-of-the-art loudspeaker system? JL Audio Primacy aims to redefine luxury audio with T6 towers, S3 standmount active speakers, and Centerpiece DAC/preamp.

AXPONA has been sold! JD Events, sold AXPONA to Sound & Fury LLC and its owner Henry Wu. Details are scarce, but we are told that the AXPONA team will remain under the new ownership.

AXPONA once again returned to Schaumburg, Illinois (which, contrary to many media reports, is not Chicago) at the Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel & Convention Center on a crisp Friday morning in April.

RBH Sound marks its 50th anniversary with 3 new loudspeakers: the Obelisk slim tower with planar midrange, the Voce Fina Mk II standmount, and the Nemesis Mk II dual 12” subwoofer with ultra-deep bass ...

Congratulations to Ray Olson from California, winner of the new SVS SB-3000 R|Evolution!

2025 proved to be a standout year for audio—one where meaningful performance gains, smarter engineering, and real innovation weren’t limited to sky-high price tags. After months of hands-on testing, ...

Sony has announced its 2025 TV lineup, led by a new flagship QD-OLED called the BRAVIA 8 II. Sony also released their new BRAVIA 7 Projector that includes their killer processing at a lower price.

I Found The BEST Audiophile Speakers Under $5000 at a Hi-Fi Show North America’s largest hi-fi audio show, AXPONA (an acronym which stands for Audio Expo North America) opened 2025’s show on a chilly ...

The iconic Bowers & Wilkins Nautilus loudspeaker is back but costs $100k/pair! We discuss the 31 year history of this iconic speaker and give our listening impressions too.

The Marantz AMP 10 is a 200 watt x 16CH amplifier utilizing the ICE Edge Class D topology with a custom built SMPS power supply. I put the AMP 10 through exhaustive bench tests to gauge its ...

In this bench test report of the Anthem MRX 740 & 1140 AV receivers, preamp & amplifier performance is evaluated and compared. We cover Bass management and amplifier matrixing performance ...

We bench tested the Yamaha RX-A6A 9.2CH 8K 150watt/ch Atmos/DTS:X Receiver to gauge power output and uncover performance issues we discovered. We discuss the proper settings for best power delivery.