There are far too many excellent examples to cover in one list – if you're looking for some modern classics, check out our selection of the 7 best-produced albums from the 20th Century or head over to our round-up of the best audiophile albums. But here we've included groundbreakers...
Music Hall MMF-1.3($349): The Music Hall MMF-1.3 is a good turntable at a decent price. It has an even-handed response with all types of music but it wasn't as engaging as the Fluance RT82. If you're looking to plug a turntable straight into any receiver without a phono preamp,...
The score was as extravagant as the movie: Audiophile legend has it that the recording sessions featured such a fancy grade of tape, the engineers buried the needle in the red, producing such a dynamically hot and wide-ranging recording that it was used as a test record for high-performance...
Nowadays, ‘all-analogue’ is an incredibly rare occurrence. Most recordings are built from digital masters or recordings made natively in modern software. Analogue-to-digital conversion has come a long way since the early days, but still vinyl is making a major resurgence over the last few yea...
Dave's been an audiophile since his time running Techradar's Home Entertainment channel around half a million years ago (give or take). Having tested the whole spread of different quality gaming gear, including $51,000 headphones, he's best placed to say which budget cans still sound good,...
Craziest LSD-drenched sounds in all of Texas! ‘Solid Air’ John Martyn| 1973 —“With no pharmacological help this audiophile-level LP will float you away,” says readerDL Manning. “With it ‘May You’ always return.” Co-produced by John Wood, the album is a famed light-night chill...
Recordings were deeply layered during our listening sessions, giving instruments plenty of room to breathe, and the onboard DAC is awesome for uncompressed 24-bit sound when connected to lossless sources such as Apple Music and Tidal. Fidelity is increased and there’s a greater degree of ...
Chasing the Dragon present collection of audiophile recordings in their original resolutions: DSD 64, DSD 128. Also, binaural recordings are available. Genres: classical, jazz, piano, pop. Dr.Z's Test CD DSD audio file downloads. Genre: test. ...
TheInternet Archivehosts millions of free audio downloads, including music, podcasts, and radio programs. Key features: Extensive Live Music Archive with concert recordings Multiple download formats available (MP3, OGG, etc.) Offline listening is possible by downloading in various formats ...
Dave's been an audiophile since his time running Techradar's Home Entertainment channel around half a million years ago (give or take). Having tested the whole spread of different quality gaming gear, including $51,000 headphones, he's best placed to say which budget cans still sound good,...