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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