Built on the ergonomic chassis of the HD 500 series with steel-reinforced earcup covers, Sennheiser’s $349.95 HD 620S closed-back headphones pair an angled 42mm transducer and 150-ohm aluminum voice coil for open-style imaging.
Priced at $1,199, Onkyo’s THX-Certified TX-RZ30 9.2-channel AV receiver bundles a full 20 Hz–20 kHz Dirac Live license alongside full 9.2 preamp outputs and two independent subwoofer channels ready for Dirac Live Bass Control.
SVS brings its flagship R|Evolution architecture to its smallest subwoofer, upgrading the $999.99 3000 Micro R|Evolution to dual opposing 9-inch drivers, 1,200W RMS power, a 295 MHz DSP, balanced XLR input, and 20 Hz extension.
Technics’ new $449.99 EAH-A1000 flagship wireless ANC headphones combine a 40mm Magnetic Fluid Driver, carbon-fiber cone, SST surround edge from Technics hi-fi speakers, and USB-C audio. Rated battery life is up to 45 hours with ANC on or 90 hours with ANC off using AAC.
Victrola’s Soundstage under-turntable speaker base combines a force-canceling woofer system, Balanced Mode Radiators, wired inputs and Auracast. Its design reduces vibration, while careful gain and placement remain important.
Ten years after the WXA-50 and WXC-50, Yamaha’s compact WXA-70A streaming amplifier and WXC-70A streaming preamplifier upgrade to an ESS ES9039Q2M DAC, YPAO R.S.C. room calibration, HDMI eARC, and an OLED front display.
Announced alongside the C 359S amplifier, the $999 NAD C 569 CD player upgrades to an ESS ES9039Q2M DAC, Dynamic Digital Headroom anti-clipping, QRONO d2a filtering, and an NXP servo tray.
Focal and Naim expand the Mu-so wireless line with the $3,600 Focal Mu-so Hekla (660W Class D) and the $6,500 Naim Mu-so Utopia, which adds W-cone midrange drivers, PRISM tweeters, and a 720-watt hybrid Class D / Class AB amplifier array.
Our comprehensive primary-source guide to the best loudspeakers, amplifiers, digital & analog sources, and headphones under AOAB’s strict $9,999.99 per-item price cap from Audio Video Show Warsaw 2026.
Audiolab’s first standalone phono stage since the 8000PPA combines dual MM/MC inputs, 1 dB gain trim, a 600 mW current-feedback headphone amp, 24-bit/192kHz USB-C recording, and aptX HD Bluetooth for $699.
