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Why I Sold A Significant Classic Rock Vinyl Collection In 2008 and Never Looked Back The audiophile community doesn’t like change, in fact, they despise it with every fiber of their being. Do you still like vinyl? Find out why I sold this antiquated music medium and never looked back.

PSB Aims to Customize Sound with Audio Personalization Company Audiodo Paul Barton is teaming up with Swedish company Audiodo to develop PSB’s next generation of headphones.The tech uses a series of questions to create a personal hearing profile for each user.

Klipsch Teams Up With Dirac To Develop Next-Gen Headphones Klipsch has joined forces with the DSP wizards at Dirac to create new headphone products. The first headphone to benefit from this collaboration is expected to be a wireless in-ear design. Read on.

Is the Romance of High Fidelity Audio Today Dead? Today’s audio equipment does not exhibit that same degree of visceral appeal. Is the performance so uniformly good that a lot of the mystique and “skill” of picking out your personal system gone?

Are AV Tradeshows a Thing of the Past? COVID-19 crushed the idea of home theater tradeshows and with the decline of brick and mortar AV stores has the idea of actually listening to a demo of HiFi gear before you buy a thing of the past?

Warner/HBO Max Takes Shot at Theaters, Hits Foot WarnerMedia announced plans to send its 2021 slate of films to HBO Max without consulting major theater chains like AMC or even its own partners and producers. How will the impact the art of cinema?

Denon & Marantz Announce HDMI 2.1 Receivers 4k/120Hz Works Without Issue! Sound United annouced their latest HDMI 2.1 AV receivers from Denon and Marantz actually will support 4k/120Hz resolution without any issues. See how this problem has been resolved and what's next.

Marantz AV7705 11CH AV Processor Giveaway! To end 2020 on a good note, Audioholics teamed up with Marantz to give away a brand new AV7705 11CH AV Processor. Enter to win by 12/31/20 to start your new year off right and be the envy of your friends.

Fire Destroys AKM Audio Chip Factory: Can 2020 Get Any Worse? An inferno that blazed for three straight days devastated the AKM semiconductor factory in Nobeoka City, Japan. Read on to learn how this will this affect audio products from your favorite manufacturers.

Denon & Marantz Firmware Update Adds DTS:X Pro & Key Audio Feature Back! On Nov 11th, 2020, select 2019 and newer Denon & Marantz AV receivers will be receiving a BIG firmware update that brings DTS:X Pro, Front Wides, and also restores a key audio feature we've been asking for.