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If I had a euro for every comment asking me whether it's time to upgrade from a PM6007, I could almost afford the amp that just replaced it. Almost. Marantz has officially retired the PM6007 integrated amplifier and the CD6007 CD player, two machines that spent nearly six years as the default answer to "what should I buy for my first proper system?" In their place: the Model 70 and CD 70, landing on 15 August in black or silver-gold. The end of an era, and the end of a look T

Primo V3 debuts with a redefined approach to streaming DAC performance- Third generation of Volumio’s Primo offers improved performance, premium components and more- Florence, Italy. 8 July 2026 - Volumio, the leading audio software platform for music streaming and playback, today announced the launch of the third generation of Primo, the company’s beloved first streaming DAC. Primo V3 is a streaming DAC completely reinvented around Volumio’s latest engineering solutions to s

Every show leaves you with one product you keep circling back to. Not always the most expensive, not always the loudest in the room. Just the one your mind returns to on the flight home, the one you find yourself defending in conversations days later. For me, at the first-ever Vienna edition of High End 2026, that product was the For full coverage of High End Vienna 2026: part 1: https://www.hifidaydreaming.com/post/i-was-at-vienna-high-end-2026-and-this-are-my-favorite-devic

FiiO has spent the last few years transforming itself from a “budget portable audio brand” into something much bigger. And with the new K17 R2R Pro, it feels like the company is now aiming directly at the serious desktop audiophile market. This isn’t just another DAC/amp. It’s: DAC streamer headphone amplifier EQ workstation desktop control hub …all packed into one relatively compact chassis. And honestly? This might be one of the most feature-loaded desktop audio products Fi

For decades, “wireless audio” has mostly meant one thing: wireless music… connected to speakers with giant cables running across your floor. Now Pro-Ject is trying something genuinely different. Its new Wireless Box E flips the usual streaming amplifier concept upside down by attaching a compact mono amplifier directly onto the back of a passive speaker—eliminating the need for traditional speaker cable runs almost entirely. And honestly? This might be one of the more interes

Topping DX9 Discrete — deep dive news + analysis Topping isn’t just releasing another DAC here—it’s making a clear statement: we’re done playing inside the usual chip-DAC sandbox. The DX9 Discrete is a full desktop control center built around a proprietary discrete conversion architecture, and it’s aimed straight at users who want maximum control, power, and flexibility in one box. This is less of a “DAC upgrade” and more of a system replacement component. What the DX9 Discre