IsoAcoustics upgrades, IsoTek power cleaning, Stranger Things mania, and the Great Weiner Resurrection—this Editor’s Round-Up dives into audio, culture, and hot dog chaos.

Astell&Kern ends 2025 with the new AK HC5 USB DAC featuring the AK4499EX and the STELLA reference IEMs developed with VOLK Audio and Michael Graves. $4,500 for the package.

Sony’s WH-1000XM5 now comes in limited NFL Editions, starting with the Detroit Lions and soon the Buffalo Bills and Houston ...

At $269, FiiO’s DM15 R2R portable CD player debuts with an in-house DAC, balanced and single-ended headphone outputs, ...

Technics adds Auracast support to the EAH-AZ100 earbuds, enabling easy Bluetooth LE audio sharing and broader compatibility ...

According to Sendy, Egret isn’t just another iteration. It’s the start of a new chapter in planar headphone engineering aimed at better accuracy, refinement, and long term listening comfort.

The 2025 Chord Mojo 2 portable DAC/Amplifier gets a psuedo-balanced 4.4 mm socket and USB-C charging convenience, while price ...

That workaround is now gone. Netflix has removed casting support from most new Chromecasts, Google TV streamers, and nearly ...

In 2025, indie stores are more than racks of vinyl. You’ll find coffee brewing, live bands tearing it up on makeshift stages, ...

From the DAC stage onward, everything inside the RU9 is fully duplicated—true dual-mono, with the left and right channels completely isolated. That cuts noise and crosstalk to impressively low levels, ...

Rega’s new Mercury and Solis flagship amps showcase peak engineering, but with a $50K full-system buy-in and no network ...

Shanling’s new SCD3.3 isn’t another nostalgia-driven disc spinner—it’s a purpose-built SACD machine with modern engineering, ...