KEF LS LUXE: Wireless Hi-Fi Has Run Out of Excuses
Lossless streaming and modern network audio can deliver the whole recording without a sonic haircut. KEF’s $4,000 active speaker system puts the burden where it belongs: on the speaker.
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Apple Music Costs More. Sonos Rediscovers Tabs.
Apple Music now costs $11.99 a month, while Sonos is reintroducing the navigation tabs it removed in 2024. One raises the bill; the other lowers the friction.
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QUAD ELEGAN 1 and 2: Kevlar Drivers, Real Walnut, and Prices That Stay Sane
QUAD’s $995 ELEGAN 1 and $1,995 ELEGAN 2 revive the woven-Kevlar logic of the early-2000s L Series with waveguides, Linkwitz-Riley crossovers, and sensible passive-speaker engineering.
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Arendal Sound 1610 Bookshelf 8 Review: The Superpower Is Invisibility
The Arendal Sound 1610 Bookshelf 8 is a large Norwegian three-way stand-mount whose coherence, stable imaging, and subwoofer-defying bass made it disappear into the room. Measurements reveal how sealed operation, room gain, and ARC Genesis shaped the result.
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Marantz MODEL 70 and CD 70 Replace Two Budget Hi-Fi Staples—with a North American Catch
Marantz replaces the PM6007 and CD6007 with the MODEL 70 and $750 CD 70. Both are meaningfully updated—but North America only gets the CD player.
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Dynaudio Is Leaving North America: What We Know, and What We Don’t
Dynaudio will cease commercial operations in North America and close its U.S. subsidiary in fall 2026. Here’s what is confirmed, what is still unclear, and what owners should watch next.
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John Atkinson Retires. The World of Hi-Fi Owes Him
John Atkinson has retired. This is not your usual industry personnel note, it is the end of an era. Stereophile says the July 2026 issue is the last one where he will perform the measurements for its equipment reviews. John has also retired as a reviewer. His final two reviews were the Dynaudio Contour 20…
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Focal Bathys MG Gets a Graphen Grey Finish
Focal has added Graphen Grey as a second finish for the Bathys MG, leaving the $1,499 wireless headphone’s hardware and feature set unchanged.
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Klipsch Rebellion Leads a Packed High End Vienna 2026 Showcase
Klipsch uses High End Vienna 2026 to debut the Rebellion Heritage bookshelf speaker, preview Atlas headphones, spotlight the 80th Anniversary Klipschorn, and continue the Ojas kO-R2 world tour.
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Bowers & Wilkins 800 Series Diamond D5: The 60-Year Flagship Line Gets Its Next Act
Bowers & Wilkins has launched the seven-model 800 Series Diamond D5 lineup, from the 805 D5 standmount to the $65,000-per-pair 801 D5 flagship, with Signature-derived refinements and serious home theater center-channel options.
