This is not a checklist rigged to flatter my own work. It's as close to an objective list as I can manage of the qualities I ...

Cut from the original tapes by Matt Colton at Metropolis Studios and overseen by drummer Lee Harris and Charlie Hollis, son ...

Portable CD players keep on coming. And out of China. The latest is the Cayin CP6, a battery-powered CD player with a proper ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

I recently put up a poll on the Darko Audio YouTube channel: when did you last buy a CD? Just under 10,000 people responded. Three things stood out from the results (shown above). There isn’t much ...

This post is about behavioural psychology more than it is about hi-fi hardware. A mate of mine in Australia recently moved house. I’ve known Mark for years. He used the occasion to do what any ...

Not every record I own is an audiophile pressing. Not everything that I stream has outstanding dynamic range. Not every CD I own is the original master. The Rotel Michi X3 Series 2 doesn’t punish me ...

The Arcam SA45 (€4999/US$5499) is the Cambridge company’s flagship streaming integrated amplifier, designed and engineered in the UK and manufactured in China. It’s a physically imposing 17kg black ...