Tagged: high-end

Most multiroom systems treat every zone as an afterthought. Here's how to build secondary zones that respect the investment you've made in your primary system.

Multiroom audio and high-end source quality rarely coexist well. Here's how to architect a system where every zone gets the signal it deserves.

Balanced headphone outputs are everywhere on serious desktop rigs now. But do they actually change what you hear, or just justify a pricier cable? Sofia Laurent finds out.

Electrostatic and planar magnetic headphones sound unlike anything dynamic drivers produce — but they impose real system requirements. Sofia Laurent explains what you actually need to drive them properly.

Open-backs sound better on paper, closed-backs work in the real world. Sofia Laurent on how to choose honestly — and when the answer is both.

Build a serious headphone system for your desk: how to choose transducers, match amps, pick a DAC and set up the desk, with spending advice from Sofia Laurent.

The Bowers & Wilkins 801 D5 arrives at $65,000 a pair with a new tweeter, cabinet and crossover. What Australian buyers should know before 6 September 2026.

The JBL Summit Everest weighs 237kg per speaker and costs US$159,990 a pair. Here is what the engineering means for Australian listening rooms and amps.

D'Agostino's Momentum Z monoblocks deliver 500W into 8 ohms and 1kW into 4, with Kinetic Drive Regulator power and a network monitoring port.

The 805 D5 arrives as the entry point to B&W's new 800 Series Diamond D5 range, with a refined Diamond Dome tweeter, Continuum cone and a $15,000/pair AU price tag.

Ortofon unveiled its most advanced moving-coil cartridge ever at High End Vienna on June 4, 2026. Here's why the MC Vertex matters for serious vinyl listeners.

Antipodes Audio launched the new Oladra brand with the US$35,000 Sentia and US$58,000 Presence music servers, debuting at AXPONA 2026 in Chicago.

Final's DX10000 CL puts a 26mm CVD pure solid diamond dome in a closed-back flagship headphone. Here is what that means and what it may cost in Australia.

Chord Ultima 7 and Blade stereo power amps were previewed at HIGH END Vienna 2026, with specs, pricing and full launch due in September 2026.