Editor’s Choice

• Roksan introduces Caspian 4G streaming pre & power amplifier 26th January 2026
  Roksan has added two new components to its Caspian Series 4G lineup: a streaming pre-amplifier and a power amplifier. The Essex-based manufacturer, operating under the Monitor Audio Group umbrella, positions these as the separates option for listeners who’ve outgrown the existing Caspian integrated and streaming amplifiers. ‘Streaming pre-amplifier’ The streaming […] The post Roksan introduces […]
• Why every untreated listening room is broken (in two) 🌶️ 25th January 2026
  [Editor’s note: This is the ninth in a series of fifteen observations from fifteen years of audio writing] Room acoustics sit at the very top of my audio improvement hierarchy. Above loudspeakers. Above loudspeaker placement. Above amplification. Above source components. Above everything else. A €500 pair of loudspeakers in a […] The post Why every […]
• Audeze LCD-5s: flagship planar gets SLAM treatment 24th January 2026
  Audeze has quietly dropped a successor to its LCD-5 flagship headphone. The LCD-5s made its debut at NAMM 2026, bringing the company’s SLAM acoustic technology (previously reserved for the US$5995 CRBN2 electrostatic) down to its planar magnetic lineup. Specs summary The technical fundamentals: a 90mm planar magnetic driver using Audeze’s […] The post Audeze LCD-5s: […]