The headline addition is a rear-panel selectable High Current mode, previously the preserve of T+A’s M 40 HV mono amplifier.

Half-speed mastering cuts the lacquer at 16⅔ RPM instead of 33⅓ RPM. This gives the cutting stylus double the time to accurately carve any intricate high frequencies and transients into the groove. As ...

The MODEL 70 and the CD 70 pick up where the PM6007 and CD6007 left off. In Marantz’s own words, they are “the next evolution ...

I took a few days away from hi-fi reviews last week. Naturally, my mind drifted back to hi-fi reviews. Ha. Not to any review in particular. Something altogether more meta: the question of what makes ...

The Shanling SCD3.3 and the SACD "Gotcha" you need to know about.

Portable CD players keep on coming. And out of China. The latest is the Cayin CP6, a battery-powered CD player with a proper tube stage built into its headphone and line-level outputs. Cayin’s been ...

Half of the people buying CDs in the USA this year don’t own a CD player. Hold that thought, though, because CD sales are up 16 percent year on year for the first half of 2026, reaching 16.3 million ...

Is Darko.Audio a solo project or a team effort? The majority of our articles are written by John Darko, with occasional contributions from Srajan Ebaen (6moons). Our archive also features work from ...

Marantz calls the SACD 10 the best CD and SACD player it knows how to make. OK - but that's what every manufacturer says ...