The world of audio formats has always been a bit of a minefield, especially in recent decades where numerous companies have launched proprietary technologies specific to their hardware and software ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. For many people, the transition from buying digital music ...

Play it again, SACD. The ill-fated high-resolution audio disc is back, or at least its technology, as music downloads requiring special playback equipment. Technology. DSD, or Direct Stream Digital, ...

Astell&Kern’s AK70 strikes a high note with its portable size, performance, and strong networking feature-set. Apart from hardcore music lovers and audiophiles, most people can’t understand why anyone ...

This hi-res audio player delivers a rich, refined, and endlessly involving musical experience, but it’s bulky and very expensive. Astell&Kern is back with another reference hi-res audio player: the ...

The new second-gen FiiO X5 is a bona-fide high-res music player at a price you can afford. Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a high-end audio salesman, and as a record ...

Q: You had convinced me to wait for the new RX-A3060 until I discovered that it does not have 7.1 analog inputs for my Oppo BDP-105. Though I can connect its L/R ...

Sony will bring high-resolution audio to the car with the December availability of the first in-dash aftermarket head unit announced to date with high-resolution audio decoding, including native DSD ...