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$4,700 audiophile-grade network hub promises a noise-free experience and music with 'emotional impact'

By Bruno Ferreira Published

$4,700 audiophile-grade network hub promises a noise-free experience and music with "emotional impact." Seven isolation stages per port were chosen with "listening comparisons"

Sound Cards
Turtle Beach Stealth Pro 2 on a desk
Why you don't need an audiophile headset for gaming — comfort, convenience, and a good mic win over pure audio fidelity

By Sarah Jacobsson Purewal Published

Premium Headsets are mainly about audio, but that doesn't mean that the "objectively" best-sounding headset by audiophile standards translates to the best-sounding headset by gaming standards.

Premium
Portable Bluetooth CD player has a glow-in-the-dark transparent green finish, modern features

By Mark Tyson Published

Sincere Inc. has released its Pixel Tunes portable Bluetooth CD player in an alluring new ‘After Hours’ finish.

Peripherals
Sony released the first CD audio player on this day in 1982

By Mark Tyson Published

Sony launched the world’s first CD player on this day in 1982, kickstarting the compact disc digital audio era.

Storage
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
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
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