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This marks the start of Part 2 of my Vienna High End coverage — if you'd like to see Part 1, click on the link below. https://www.hifidaydreaming.com/post/i-was-at-vienna-high-end-2026-and-this-are-my-favorite-devices-part-1-musical-fidelity-ortofon-a Volumio I stopped by the Volumio booth, where they had the Rivo Ultra on a big, shiny display. It does look like a Volumio product, but at the same time, it completely departs from their usual philosophy of no-screen, smaller de

I never made it to High End in Munich, but here I am in Vienna in 2026, right at the epicenter of everything hi-fi. High End — formerly anchored in Munich for decades — relocated to Vienna's Austria Center for 2026. The move was scrutinized before a single speaker played a note. It didn't need to be. The first Viennese edition landed well: rooms were busy, product pipelines were stronger than expected, and manufacturers showed up with hardware that suggests high-end audio may

There's a particular kind of audiophile frustration that nobody talks about loudly enough. You've spent real money on a DAC. You've agonized over its chip architecture, its output stage topology, its measurements. You've read every review. You bought it. It sounds good. Maybe even great. But there's something slightly veiled about it, something that doesn't quite let go, a faint hardness in the upper midrange that you keep telling yourself you'll get used to. You don't get us

After my time with the AUVA EQ isolators, I was fairly sure I had figured out Stack Audio's whole design philosophy: take a principle from mechanical engineering that has been well understood for decades outside of hi-fi, apply it intelligently to an audio component, and let the measurements do the talking. The Serene Mat and Serene Stabiliser confirm that hunch — but they also take the same approach into a much stranger and more interesting environment: the groove of a vinyl

What is AUVA EQ Vibration Control Same as you guys, I do watch and love a lot of reviewers here on YouTube. And one of the reviews that many reviewers made that always peaked my attention was Stack Audio Auva anti-vibration feet. It seemed like magic and snake oil, and I was shocked that so many people praise them. And I said one day I am going to buy them and review them, as it really sounded like magic. I even started to make preparations for the review, like researching ab

All the new announcements from SIAS 2025 *For more pictures, clips and additional information watch video report above. What is SIAS 2025...

Audioquest PowerQuest 3 Review So power filters, power conditioners. A very ambiguous subject in the HIFI world; many say they don't do...

Oehlbach XXL 1 XLR Review The Oehlbach XXL Series 1 XLR is a high-performance, German-engineered audio cable designed with one goal in...

Tell me now what is the biggest improvement to your sound, beside buying a new HIFI Gear, that you can bring tangible great results for...

If you don't want to read, you can watch a review here: Oehlbach RF1 Master Look at them they are amazing, beautiful looking very...