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Vintage Emulator Studio recreates 44 legendary synths down to the chip level

By Bruno Ferreira Published

Vintage Emulator Studio brings iconic vintage synths and samplers to life — MAME-powered component-level emulation should offer exceedingly accurate sound

Retro Gaming
Sales of CD and vinyl music sees strong resurgence amid physical media backlash

By Mark Tyson Published

Music industry physical revenues jumped by 25.9% in H1 2026, 'powered by 17.7% vinyl growth and a 58.6% increase in CDs,' reported the RIAA.

Streaming
Maxell brings back classic 1970s cassette tapes

By Mark Tyson Published

Maxell and Disk Union collaborate to release special edition UD-60U cassette tapes in Japan.

Storage
Boutique DIY Hi-Fi solution lets you repurpose your old IDE optical drives as a standalone audio player

By Mark Tyson Published

A stylish new product encourages the repurposing of old IDE optical drives as standalone audio players.

Enclosures
Sony WH-1000XM5 active noise-canceling headphones for an all-time low $198 at Amazon

By Bruno Ferreira Published

Deals Sony WH-1000XM5 active noise-cancelling headphones for just $198 at Amazon — audiophile-grade audio and ANC for an affordable price

Deals
Retro pirate gets two-year suspended jail sentence for being stuck in the past, burning and selling remix CDs of famous artists

By Mark Tyson Published

A UK man has been sentenced after pleading guilty to the unauthorized mixing and selling of music CDs, and thus breaking copyright laws. It is 2026.

Storage
Retro gaming enthusiast attempts loading games to Sega Genesis from a vinyl record player, recording game data as sound

By Mark Tyson Published

A quirky tech enthusiast attempted to load Sega Genesis console games through a vinyl record player.

Retro Gaming
Comparison of $4,000 boutique audio cable to $7 Amazon Basics cable shows audiophiles waste a lot of money

By Mark Tyson Published

Those upgraded audio cables probably won't take your music listening pleasure up to the next level. All you need are the basics, literally.

Sound Cards
banana audiophile test
In a blind test, audiophiles couldn't tell the difference between audio signals sent through copper wire, a banana, or wet mud

By Jowi Morales Published

An experiment revealed that people cannot differentiate between audio signals sent through premium audio cables, wet mud, and a banana.

Speakers
DoomBuds ports the 1993 FPS classic to open-source earbuds by streaming JPGs at 18fps — runs on 300MHz CPU with less than 1MB of RAM

By Mark Tyson Published

A developer has ported Doom to a pair of earbuds, but there were extra hurdles to jump, as the earbuds don't have a screen.

Retro Gaming
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