Apple, KEF and Yamaha: these are the latest hi-fi and AV announcements that our on our radar
Apple made headlines with its new iPhone 17 range and AirPods Pro 3; the long-awaited successor to the five-star AirPods Pro 2 from 2022.
Yamaha YH-C3000 vs Audio-Technica ATH-WB LTD — The Ultimate Closed-Back Headphone Showdown (2025)
In a market full of flagship closed-back headphones, two recent releases have set the bar for craftsmanship and acoustic precision: the Yamaha YH-C3000 and the Audio-Technica ATH-WB LTD….
Yamaha MusicCast Vinyl 500 Wi-Fi turntable review: Stream your LPs to any room in your home
Yamaha’s MusicCast Vinyl 500 is a nearly perfect marriage of classic vinyl and some of today’s best music-streaming technologies. Yamaha’s MusicCast Vinyl 500 Wi-Fi Turntable (model TT-N503) is…
Step Into the Spotlight at TwitchCon 2025 with Yamaha Pro Audio
To spotlight the power of music and community, Yamaha will host a curated lineup of featured performances from some of Twitch’s most beloved music creators. These sets will…
Steinberg rebrands hardware products under Yamaha and shifts focus exclusively to software
The IXO12, IXO22, UR22C, and UR44C audio interfaces have been relaunched under the Yamaha brand and all other Steinberg interfaces will be “gradually phased out” …
2017 Yamaha MT10 SP Review
In this video, I review the quite simply brutal Yamaha MT10 SP, which takes the already awesome naked MT10 and adds Ohlins semi-active suspension, a full-color tft screen,…
“So, Dave, how do I slash the amp?”: Dave Davies picks up a razor and slashes a speaker on camera to demonstrate how he got the Kinks’ iconic proto-fuzz guitar tone
There are gear demos and then there are gear demos in which a guitar legend performs the most radical amp mod to show us how he got the…
“This is the amp that defined the sound of surf and early rock ’n’ roll”: Universal Audio is giving away its new UAD Showtime ’64 Tube Amp plugin worth $149 for free
UAD Showtime ’64 Tube Amp joins a growing collection of amp simulation plugins in Universal Audio’s product line, including the UAD Woodrow ’55 Amplifier, UAD Ruby ’63 Top…
Mesa/Boogie reissues a cult classic with a design that takes the amp brand back to the beginning
Loved by the likes of John Petrucci, the Mark IIC+ HRG presents super-clean tone at super-high volume and a super-tight crunch voicing for rock and metal rhythms …
Synyster Gates has launched what’s called a Universal Pedal Platform – and it’s nothing like your usual amp head
The ultra-clean amp head has been deliberately designed to be paired with distortion pedals and rackmount effects …