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Audio-Technica's AT-MCD1 flagship cartridge debuts with a one-piece diamond stylus and cantileverAudio-Technica's AT-MCD1 arrives June 4, 2026, with a unified CVD diamond cantilever-and-stylus and dual moving-coil design at US$11,000.By Priya Anand
Ortofon's MC Vertex: a solid-diamond cantilever arrives at the top of the rangeOrtofon 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.By Priya Anand
Lumin X2 Review: The Flagship Streamer That Builds Its Own DAC From ScratchLumin's X2 ditches off-the-shelf DAC chips for a fully discrete converter, marking a bold new direction for the Hong Kong brand's flagship network player.By Theo Mensah
dCS breaks from stereo tradition with the 16-channel MCD 16 Ring DACdCS unveils its first-ever multichannel DAC at High End Vienna 2026 — eight stereo Ring DACs, discrete Class A outputs, and a question worth asking: is this the future of high-end home cinema?By Theo Mensah
Antipodes spins out Oladra as a standalone brand with the $35K Sentia and $58K Presence music serversAntipodes Audio has established Oladra as its own super-premium digital brand, debuting the Sentia and Presence servers at AXPONA 2026.By Sofia Laurent
Spotify gates lossless behind a new three-tier Premium structure in emerging marketsSpotify's new three-tier Premium structure in India, Indonesia, UAE, Saudi Arabia and South Africa gates lossless 24-bit FLAC behind the top Platinum tier. Here's what it means for AU listeners.By Theo Mensah
Qobuz posts 45.7% revenue growth, outpacing the broader streaming market by a factor of fiveQobuz's June 2026 annual results show 45.7% revenue growth in 2025, dwarfing the market's 8.8% rise, with profitability now targeted by March 2027.By Marcus Vale
Qobuz Draws a Line in the Sand: An AI Charter and Detection Tool to Keep Human Music HumanQobuz has published an AI Charter and a proprietary detection system to tag fully AI-generated music, pledging to keep human curation at the heart of its catalog.By Theo Mensah
Dolby Atmos Music hits 150-plus car models across 35-plus automakers at CES 2026At CES 2026, Dolby confirmed Atmos Music is now built into 150+ vehicles across 35+ automakers. Here's what it means for spatial audio's mainstream moment.By Theo Mensah
How Spotify's Lossless Launch Shook, Then Ultimately Helped, QobuzQobuz MD Dan Mackta says Spotify's lossless rollout caused only modest cancellations before the hi-res streamer's user base grew — here's why that matters.By Theo Mensah
Astell&Kern brought four vacuum tubes to a portable player — and it changes what 'high-end portable' meansThe SP4000T debuts at HIGH END Vienna 2026 as the world's first DAP with a quad vacuum-tube layout. Sofia Laurent unpacks why it matters.By Sofia Laurent
AKM's Comeback Completes: The Flagship AK4499EX Arrives in a $450 DongleAKM's recovery from its 2020 fab fire reaches a milestone as the AK4499EX lands in Astell&Kern's $450 HC5 — the first portable DAC to carry the chip.By Theo Mensah
The end of the MQA era: where QRONO, FOQUS and AIRIA landedMQA's successor technologies are finally shipping in real products. Here's a clear-eyed account of what survived the collapse — and what's still missing.By Priya Anand
Spotify Lossless finally arrives — eight years late and freeAfter an eight-year wait, Spotify began rolling out 24-bit/44.1 kHz FLAC to Premium subscribers in September 2025. Here's what it means for your system.By Priya Anand
Apple TV 4K gets 24-bit/192 kHz hi-res lossless in tvOS 27 — five years late, but finally worth talking abouttvOS 27 unlocks Apple Music Hi-Res Lossless at up to 24-bit/192 kHz on Apple TV 4K — closing a gap that has frustrated serious listeners since 2021.By Priya Anand