McIntosh Announces MCD85 SACD/CD Player

McIntosh, the global leader in prestigious home entertainment and ultimate-quality audio for 70 years, is proud to introduce the … ( read original story …)

McIntosh aims for versatility with tube-driven headphone amp

Even without that striking logo, audio gear from McIntosh Labs has a look all its own, and one that’s sure to stand out in any living room setup….

The Best Turntable Preamps to Pick Up for Deep and Detailed Sound

A preamp acts as a middleman between your turntable and stereo, equalizing and amplifying the sound from the stylus and giving new life to old LPs … (…

McIntosh’s MCD85 SACD/CD player boasts hi-res USB connectivity

McIntosh has just launched the MCD85, a new compact-chassis SACD/CD player that promises to bring the company’s latest and greatest digital technologies to your disc collection, plus USB…

Hughes & Kettner Launches Spirit AmpMan Series of Compact Pedal Amplifiers

Hughes & Kettner’s new AmpMan series of compact pedal amps is out now. Featuring award-winning, all-analog Spirit Tone Generator technology, these two models are worthy heirs to the…

Ed Sheeran Went From Sleeping On The Tube To The World’s Biggest Popstar As He Turns 30

Ed Sheeran is one of the biggest popstars in the world, selling out stadiums and arenas wherever he goes. In 2019, the singer even broke U2’s record for…

Review: Walrus Audio Mako Series ACS1

Gunning unapologetically for a certain little black box from California, Walrus’s first amp and cab sim refines the formula with some interesting tweaks … ( read original story…

Enter AmpMan: Hughes & Kettner doubles down on pedalboard amps with a whole new series

We get excited by new guitar gear and we make no apology for it – even capos. But for us, one of the most interesting trends in the…

McIntosh Announces MHA200 Vacuum Tube Headphone Amplifier

Treat Your Headphones to McIntosh Vacuum Tube Amplification. McIntosh, the global leader in prestigious home entertainment and … ( read original story …)

5 overdrive pedals guitar players need to try

Unlike a fuzz or a distortion pedal, to our mind the defining characteristic of an overdrive is that it’s intended to be used with something else – to…