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June Audiophile
Review Magazine: Expert Insights On High-End Audio Sound Systems
In-depth analysis of the latest hi-fi audio masterpieces, trends, plus two show reports.
Five audiophile shows in the past two months.
Re-read that first sentence, let it sink in for a moment. Many longtime
friends of Enjoy the Music.com know we've been very, very
busy. Of course there's three magazine issues too, including the June
2025 issue we just posted online. This issue of Enjoy the Music.com's
Review Magazine offers a dynamic exploration of the high-end audio world, melding in-depth technical reviews with nuanced editorials that challenge the very notion of
stereo hi-fi perfection. This edition delves into the evolution of sound through incisive commentary on performance systems, emerging audio technology, and the contrasting perspectives of
today's audiophiles and music lovers. It navigates topics ranging from the intricacies of
powerful home audio sound systems to the transparent, uncolored playback most purists champion, inviting readers to reconsider what defines the
"right" hi-fi sound. This thought-provoking blend of rigorous analysis and
passionate opinion creates an engaging narrative for both industry insiders and dedicated music enthusiasts .
---> June Audiophile Review
Magazine: Expert Insights On High-End Audio Sound Systems.
Roger Daltrey Has Been Knighted By King Charles III
Sir Roger Daltrey, the 81-year-old co-founder and powerhouse voice of The Who, has been knighted in King Charles
III's 2025 Birthday Honors list. The accolade caps more than six decades of boundary-shattering rock—from the microphone-lassoing ferocity of
"My Generation" to the operatic ambition of Tommy—and places Daltrey alongside fellow honorees such as Steve Winwood and David Beckham as cultural titans formally recognized for shaping modern
Britain's artistic identity. The monarch's citation praises not only
Daltrey's musical legacy but his tireless philanthropy: as driving force behind the Teenage Cancer Trust he has helped raise over £36 million (about $48 million) and fund 28 specialist cancer units across UK hospitals. Accepting the honor, Daltrey called it
"a dream come true" and dedicated the knighthood to the "unsung heroes" who fuel the
charity's work, underscoring how rock-and-roll bravado can translate into life-changing support for young
patients. Beyond the pageantry of Buckingham Palace, Daltrey's elevation to
"Sir" crystallizes a life arc that began in a West London council
flat....
---> The Who's Roger Daltrey Has Been Knighted By King Charles III. 
audioXpress' 2025 Loudspeaker Industry Sourcebook
The freshly minted 2025 Loudspeaker Industry Sourcebook (LIS)
by audioXpress packs the same exhaustive supplier, vendor, and service-provider listings that make it the audio
sector's go-to rolodex, but layers on even more editorial firepower for an era when hedging bets and diversifying supply chains feel existential. The book opens with J.
Martins' sweeping State of the Speaker Industry report, tracing last
year's bull run through Q3 2024. Dan Digre, who has captained MISCO Speakers for 40+ years, dissects what
"resilience" really looks like for a U.S. loudspeaker manufacturer with Asian operations, offering granular anecdotes on dual-sourcing, component localization, and the chess game of logistics.
Audio Engineering Society ( AES) president Gary Gottlieb zooms out, revisiting the
Society's 75-year history of standards-setting (think balanced lines, loudness metering, immersive-audio reference curves) and arguing that
today's fractured, app-centric ecosystem needs an even stronger AES backbone. Meanwhile, WiSA Association chief Tony Ostrom maps the future living
room....
---> audioXpress' 2025 Loudspeaker Industry Sourcebook. 
Musician, Producer,
& Singer/Songwriter Brian Wilson Passes
Brian Douglas Wilson, best known as a member of The Beach Boys, was born on June 20, 1942, in Inglewood, California, and grew up in the working-class Los Angeles suburb of Hawthorne. A childhood accident left him virtually deaf in his right ear, yet he became enthralled by harmony after hearing his mother sing Gershwin and by studying the sophisticated
voicing of the Four Freshmen. Gifted a reel-to-reel recorder at 16, he mastered overdubbing, teaching his brothers Dennis and Carl intricate vocal parts before recruiting cousin Mike Love and schoolmate Al Jardine to form the
Pendletones—renamed The Beach Boys upon the 1961 release of their debut single
"Surfin'." Wilson quickly emerged as the group's creative engine, penning sun-drenched hits like
"Surfin' U.S.A.," "California Girls," and "I Get Around" while serving as bassist, keyboardist, arranger, and producer, an unprecedented level of control for a pop musician of the
era. Between 1964 and 1967, Brian Wilson all but reinvented studio craft, applying Phil
Spector's Wall-of-Sound tactics to ever-denser vocal stacks and
orchestration.
---> Musician, Producer, & Singer/Songwriter Brian Wilson Passes. 
Pure Audio Streaming Lossless Immersive Music Service
For modern music lovers and ImmersivephilesTM, Pure Audio Streaming sets out to be the first service that treats immersive music with the same no-compromise reverence audiophiles and music lovers expect from Hi-Res Audio and Hi-Res Music. Instead of Dolby
Atmos's lossy streams or other proprietary lossy formats, Pure Audio Streaming is built around the AURO-3D codec and the Artist Connection back-end. Together, they can deliver uncompressed PCM up to 7.1.4 channels at 96 kHz, plus Hi-Res Audio lossless stereo up to 192 kHz and a true-to-source 48 kHz binaural fold-down for headphone listeners. The catalogue debuts with more than 300 master-grade titles—Grammy-winning releases such as
2L's "LUX" included—that were previously locked to Pure Audio Blu-ray discs; a public demo in
AURO-3D's reference room at High End Munich proved the stream can replicate the holographic depth of the original discs while adding the convenience of on-demand
access.
---> Pure Audio Streaming Lossless Immersive Music Service. 
Legendary
Singer, Songwriter, And Musician Sly Stone Passes
Sly Stone, born Sylvester Stewart on March 15, 1943, in Denton, Texas, emerged from a musically enriched family that nurtured his innate talent at an early age. Raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, Stone was immersed in the gospel traditions of his church and learned multiple instruments during his formative years. His early career saw him working as a disc jockey and record producer, which melded with his passion for performance to eventually form the groundbreaking band Sly and the Family Stone. This group, renowned for its unique blend of funk, soul, rock, psychedelia, and gospel, became a cultural beacon in the late 1960s and early 1970s, celebrated for its racial integration and innovative sound that captured the revolutionary spirit of the
era. In later years, while Sly Stone's early artistry helped define an entire genre and inspired countless musicians, his personal life was marred by relentless struggles. His battles with drug addiction and health issues, including a prolonged fight with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, shadowed the latter part of his career and
life.
---> Legendary Singer, Songwriter, And Musician Sly Stone Passes
Away.
HIGH END 2025 Munich Audiophile
Show Report
The HIGH END 2025
audiophile / immersivephile event is an internationally renowned audio exhibition that will take place from May 15 to May 18, 2025, at the
M.O.C. Event Center in Munich, Germany. This event is a must-visit for anyone passionate about high-quality audio technology, as it brings together
manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and in open to consumers from over 40
countries. The HIGH END 2025 exhibition will feature hundreds of exhibitors showcasing their latest innovations in
consumer electronics technology, including hi-fi audio, high-end video, home theater, and bespoke entertainment
solutions for millionaires and billionaires alike. Visitors can expect to experience groundbreaking trends, technological advances, and exclusive world
premieres. This year's brand ambassador is the Norwegian singer Anette Askvik, who embodies the event's motto "Passion for Music". Her hypnotic sound and deep emotion perfectly reflect the passion for promoting audio technology that the HIGH END
2025 exhibition aims to convey.
---> Enjoy the
Music.com's HIGH END 2025 Audiophile Show Report.
Raidho X2.6 Floorstanding Loudspeaker Review
Unlocking the enchanting potential of sonic art.
Review By Tom Lyle
The subject of this review, the Raidho X2.6
floorstanding loudspeaker, is from their newer "X" Series. In its
literature, Raidho states that the "X" in this series moniker denotes
"eXtreme performance for the price." Yes, their X series features four
models that, on average, are priced lower than most of Raidho's other models.
Even though these four models in Raidho's X series speakers might have been
built to a price point, I couldn't find anything about their X.2 — including
their level of technological precision, fit and finish, not to mention their
sound quality — that would indicate any cost-cutting measures. On their website, Raidho mentions that the goals of the X2.6
are the same as those of all their loudspeakers, which include low noise and
coloration, a "dramatic, energetic" sound with a "vast
soundstage," and a detailed sound that doesn't induce fatigue, among other
traits. $21,000 might be a low price for a pair of Raidho speakers, but still, any audiophile who spends this amount of money should demand a certain level of quality.
--->
Raidho X2.6 Floorstanding Loudspeaker Review.
World Premiere Review!
Defining Audio Excellence: Avantgarde Acoustic Colibri C2 Hornspeaker And C18 Subwoofer Review
Experience sonic brilliance — where dreams sometimes do come true.
Review By Paul Schumann
Let's
go back in time a few years ago. It was January 2000, so that's over 25(!) years
ago. The world had survived the
Y2K crisis. Having recently purchased a couple of issues of Sound Practices,
then listening to an amazing DIY system, was starting to catch SET
(Singe-Ended Triode) fever. I was
also following an audio review website that focused quite heavily on SET gear
and high-sensitivity loudspeakers to use with it. That website was, of course, Enjoy the Music.com.
That January back in 2000 our Creative Director, Steven R Rochlin, posted a review of the
then new Avantgarde Acoustic Uno hornspeakers. They had big blue horns and looked unlike any
loudspeaker
I had ever seen. You could tell from Steven's Avantgarde Acoustic Uno review that they were something very
special. After reading it, I had a bad case of audio envy. However, there was
also family with three young children then, so extra funds were diverted to more
noble causes. Realistically, even if I had the funds, the Unos were way too big
for my small living room. But we all have our silly little pipe dreams, don't we?
--->
Avantgarde Acoustic Colibri C2 Hornspeaker And C18 Subwoofer Review.
Fi "X" Direct Coupled 2A3 SE
Amplifier Review
From Sound Practices
Issue 15
I could hardly believe my eyes with the "Xu
ad spread out in front of me. First of all, you have to ask "What is it?" The answer is
that it's a stereo 2A3 single amp. Who would have thought? I don't usually get sucked in by slick advertising campaigns, but the second I saw the
ad for the Fi direct coupled 2A3 " X amplifier, I immediately had to own one. As a
homebuilder, I don't often get the urge to whip out the Amex card for store
bought gear but the "X" really hit my button hard. Despite all the charms of the 2A3, "best tube" according to many confirmed triode
nuts, there isn't much perceived desire to own three watt amps yet. People just don't
realize what they can do, yet.
---> Fi "X" Direct Coupled 2A3 SE Amplifier Review.
Is CD Or Vinyl Better?
Article By Steven Schneider
VALVE Volume 2 Number
3 March 1995
I recently purchased the CD version of
the RCA High Fidelity Living Stereo reissue of Richard Strauss' Also Sprach
Zarathustra, Op. 30 [09026-61 494-2] and wanted to compare it with my brand new Classic Records (a mail order firm)
LP reissue [LSC1806] of the same 1955 recording session. The performance features Fritz Reiner directing the Chicago
Symphony. The equipment used for this review were a Revox 8226 CD player, a DUAL 5000 turntable, Signet
AM30s cartridge, Eico ST84 preamplifier, a custom built Macintosh MI 200AB triode stereo amplifier using 8005 output
tubes, and a pair of custom built three way JBL Hartsfield speakers. The test that I performed was an A-B test between
the CD and the record running simultaneously.
---> Is CD Or Vinyl
Better?
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