Author: HFT Staff
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New Music Friday-October 7th, 2022: 10 Albums You Need To Hear This Weekend (Feat. Princess Chelsea)
Check Out This Week’s Best Sounding New Music Releases! Every #NewMusicFriday, we pick a bunch of the best-sounding new albums so you can get your audiophile music fix!… As usual, it’s a very eclectic mix (Albums are arranged with more traditional audiophile genres like Jazz and Blues at the top and the non-traditional audiophile stuff towards…
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“Monty Alexander: The Montreux Years” Is The Next Installment In The Phenomenal Montreux Years Album Series!
Fresh on the heels of the excellent “Chick Corea: The Montreux Years”, which we just got in for review and loved, comes the next installment in The Montreux Years album series, “Monty Alexander: The Montreux Years”. From the press release: Montreux Jazz Festival and BMG today announce the next installment in The Montreux Years series…
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The New Focal Bathys Is A Stunning ANC Headphone With Speaker Drivers Made In France
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Today, Focal introduced Bathys, their first wireless noise-canceling headphone. At $799, it becomes another entry into the ultra-premium ANC headphone class along with the Bowers & Wilkins Px8 and the Mark Levinson No.5909. Like both of those models, the new Bathys has a luxury build, and it may be the most opulent out of the…
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#NewMusicFriday September 30th, 2022: 10 Albums You Need To Hear This Weekend (Feat. Dropkick Murphys)
Check Out This Week’s Best Sounding New Music Releases! Every #NewMusicFriday, we pick a bunch of the best-sounding new albums so you can get your audiophile music fix!… As usual, it’s a very eclectic mix (Albums are arranged with more traditional audiophile genres like Jazz and Blues at the top and the non-traditional audiophile stuff towards…
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Check Out Andover Audio’s Latest All-In-One Turntable System, The Eye-Opening Andover-One “E”
Last year, we named Andover Audio’s Model One Turntable System Product of the Year under the Best Analog Audio/Turntable Components category, and we still think it’s the best product of its kind on the market. Well, today, we have some news regarding the Model One system. Andover is announcing a name change as part of…
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Ifi Audio’s Stunning New NEO Stream Brings Tons Of Crisp Digital Tunes To Your System!
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in DACs, First Impressions, Hi-Fi, Hi-Res Music, Home Audio, MQA, Music, Software, Streaming, Videos, WirelessA little while back, we reviewed iFi Audio’s ZEN Stream, a simple yet powerful streaming transport that let audiophiles bring a pristine digital music signal into their systems without a lot of fuss. While we love that device (especially as a raspberry pi alternative), some folks are looking for more of a “complete” solution, basically…
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PhaseTech Premier Lux Audiophile Speakers Revealed AT CEDIA Expo
MSE Audio debuts new PhaseTech Premier Lux Audiophile Speakers at $799 each: From the Press Release– The Premier Lux 150 is a two-way bookshelf speaker featuring a patented 6.5-inch tri-laminate Kevlar RPF® glass fiber flat-piston woofer with a 28 mm high-performance soft dome tweeter. The patented soft dome tweeter reproduces silky smooth and defined high frequencies…
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Bowers & Wilkins Releases All-New 700 Series Speaker Range
For quite some time now, Bowers & Wilkins’ 700 Series range has been a way to grab a substantial portion of the flagship 800 Series’ transparency and precision at a much lower price point. Today, that theme is carried on in an updated 700 Series (Series 3) lineup (8 models) with all-new curved slim line…
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PSB Drops A Brilliant All-In-One Speaker System With The Powerful BluOS Multi-Room Platform!
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A few years back, we reviewed the smooth and natural-sounding new powered speakers from PSB Speakers, the Alpha AM5. Built on the foundation of PSB’s capable (and affordable) Alpha Series passive loudspeaker, it definitely sounded good, but it also lacked some of the advanced features provided by active speaker systems with Wi-Fi (like Kef’s LSX…
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Roon 2.0 Brings Stunning New App With On-The-Go Music Playback
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Today, Roon Labs announced the launch of Roon 2.0, a significant new update to their well-liked music management software. This free update lets you use Roon outside the home, providing worldwide access and playback to your Roon library and its extensive metadata via the new Roon ARC app (available for iOS and Android). Unlike the…
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#NewMusicFriday September 16th, 2022: 10 Albums You Need To Hear This Weekend! (Feat. Samara Joy)
Check Out This Week’s Best Sounding New Music Releases! Every #NewMusicFriday, we pick a bunch of the best-sounding new albums so you can get your audiophile music fix!… As usual, it’s a very eclectic mix (Albums are arranged with more traditional audiophile genres like Jazz and Blues at the top and the non-traditional audiophile stuff towards…
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ICYMI: Bluesound Intros The $649 POWERNODE EDGE, A Small-Scale and Low-Cost Streaming Amplifier
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in Bluetooth, Budget, DACs, Hi-Fi, Hi-Res Music, Home Audio, MQA, Music, Power Amps, Software, Speakers, Streaming, WirelessThis past week, Bluesound announced the $649 Powernode Edge, a new streaming amp that will sell alongside their long-time “just-add-speakers” option, the $949 Powernode. Marketed as an entry-level device, the Powernode Edge has a smaller footprint than the Powernode but much of the same functionality, like access to Bluesound’s impressive BluOS, a multi-room, hi-res (up…
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The Best Labor Day Deals For Audiophiles: Speakers, Headphones, And Electronics! (2022)
If you’re looking for the Best Home Audio deals this holiday weekend, then look no further! We’ve got a great round-up below! This weekend there are some great deals on integrated amps by Yamaha, speakers by Klipsch, and Headphones from Sony. Plus a lot more! Check out all the great stuff, and take advantage of the savings! Check…
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#NewMusicFriday August 26th, 2022: 10 Albums You Need To Hear This Weekend! (Feat. Thee Sacred Souls)
Check Out This Week’s Best Sounding New Music Releases! Every #NewMusicFriday, we pick a bunch of the best-sounding new albums so you can get your audiophile music fix!… As usual, it’s a very eclectic mix (Albums are arranged with more traditional audiophile genres like Jazz and Blues at the top and the non-traditional audiophile stuff towards…
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The Best Budget Audiophile Gear Of 2022 (Fall Edition): Speakers, Headphones, Etc.
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If you’re putting together an audio system on a budget, it’s an excellent time to be alive. Affordable hi-fi gear has never sounded better, so getting more system for your money is easy if you know where to look! We here at Hifitrends.com eat, sleep, and breathe affordable hi-fi, so we have both studied and…
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#NewMusicFriday August 19th, 2022: 10 Albums You Need To Hear This Weekend! (Feat. Early James)
Check Out This Week’s Best Sounding New Music Releases! Every #NewMusicFriday, we pick a bunch of the best-sounding new albums so you can get your audiophile music fix!… As usual, it’s a very eclectic mix (Albums are arranged with more traditional audiophile genres like Jazz and Blues at the top and the non-traditional audiophile stuff towards…
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Montreux Jazz Festival and BMG Reveal Chick Corea: The Montreux Years In High-Resolution MQA Audio
Piano Legend Chick Corea performed at the renowned Montreux Jazz Festival 23 times, so you know he had to have had a remarkable moment or two. To that end, BMG, in partnership with Montreux Jazz Festival, is featuring Corea in the latest installment of their Montreux Years series of recordings. The new album, entitled Chick…
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HiBy Goes Back To The Future With New R2R Digital Audio Player
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With Delta-Sigma DAC chipsets becoming so ubiquitous in our globalized markets, R2R-based DACs are coming back in a big way. Once considered an outdated technology, many audio manufacturers are selling them as a contrast (in sound) to chip-based (ESS, Burr-Brown, AKM) devices. To that end, HiBy has a new R2R Dac-equipped digital audio player called…
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Pangea Debuts Beautiful Hardwood Version Of Their Popular Vulcan Audio Rack
Today, Pangea Audio announced the arrival of the Vulcan Parawood Four-Shelf Rack, a new version of their highly sought-after Vulcan audio rack. The new design features shelves of sustainable tropical hardwood with a clear semi-gloss finish, providing elegance and sturdiness. The wood they use is called Parawood, which Pangea touts as sustainable since the trees…
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#NewMusicFriday July 29th, 2022: 10 Albums You Need To Hear This Weekend! (Feat. DOMi & JD BECK)
Check Out This Week’s Best Sounding New Music Releases! Every #NewMusicFriday, we pick a bunch of the best-sounding new albums so you can get your audiophile music fix!… As usual, it’s a very eclectic mix (Albums are arranged with more traditional audiophile genres like Jazz and Blues at the top and the non-traditional audiophile stuff towards…