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Best Of 2025 Blue Note Equipment Awards
Celebrating the best high
fidelity / high-end audiophile gear of 2024!
High-End Audio
Awards By Enjoy the Music.com
Enjoy the Music.com's
Best Of 2025 Blue Note Awards celebrates the many great achievements
by audiophile manufacturers within the high-end audio and Hi-Res Audio industry. Our
2025
Blue Note Awards is a three decade culmination of reviewing luxurious high-end
audio equipment and carefully
choosing what products have earned special recognition for our annual awards. Our Best Of
2025 Blue Note Award celebrates the finest products we have reviewed during the
previous 12 months. Recipients have
been carefully chosen after much debate and consideration by our staff of
reviewers. With each passing
year our industry has experienced great advancements in technology including analog
circuitry, vinyl LP and analog playback, digital-to-analog
converters (DACs), loudspeaker design, personal media
players, and more. While there are many great
pieces of premium high fidelity audio equipment now available within the marketplace, Enjoy
the Music.com's Best Of 2025 Blue Note Awards is compiled
from products we have reviewed within the past 12 months that have earned extra special
attention.
---> Best Of 2025 Blue Note Equipment Awards.
Marantz CD60 CD (Compact Disc) Player Review
The Marantz CD60 CD Player has me very impressed out of the gate but will it seal the deal with pricier amplification and loudspeakers? Stay
tuned.
Review By Ian White
Back
in February, I spent some time with Marantz so I could experience the
new Marantz 40n Network Integrated Amplifier. The $2500 amplifier drove
multiple pairs of Bowers & Wilkins loudspeakers in the hotel space with
relative ease and I left after two hours of listening thinking that Marantz
needed to introduce something less expensive to match it. There were other CD
players on display in the room but they were priced well above what I was
thinking. I was hoping to see the 40n connected to something like the brand new Marantz
CD60 that was just introduced at HIGH END in Munich for $999. There are plenty of people who will shake their head at
something like the Marantz CD60 in 2022 with streaming owning 85% of the market
right now — but I'm not part of that group. Not even remotely. I started buying CDs in 1984 when my father brought home a new
Yamaha CD player from Bay Bloor Radio and after almost 38 years of purchases, my
collection approaches almost 2000 CDs.
--->
Marantz CD60 CD (Compact Disc) Player Review.
JPS Labs Superconductor V Interconnects,
Loudspeaker Cable, And USB Cable Review
Connecting to the Soul of Music.
Review By Paul Schumann
There has been quite a bit of discussion, lately, in this publication and other forums, about the current direction of the music industry. One of the hot topics is how popular music is recorded and produced. Many argue that the use of software, like
ProTools, to snap everything to a grid and correct any
"flaws" is robbing the music of its soul. Many times the result is music that, while initially appealing, quickly loses the interest of the listener. It is soulless
music. The question is, what is this soul and how do we recognize it? I think most of the time, this occurs at a subconscious level. Why do we want to go see an artist in concert when
we've already heard all of their songs multiple times in studio perfection? Because we want to connect to the soul of the music, warts and all. Now,
I'm not saying some audio processing tricks aren't going on at these concerts, but there is only so much that can be done live. In the end,
it's about the artists connecting with the audience.
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JPS Labs Superconductor V Interconnects, Loudspeaker Cable, And USB Cable Review.
This
Weekend: StereoNET Hi-Fi & AV Expo Melbourne
2025
The StereoNET Hi-Fi & AV Expo is the largest annual luxury high-end audio and video event in
Australia. This event will bring together audiophiles, home-cinema videophile buffs, modern immersivephiles, and connected-lifestyle enthusiasts from August 29th through 31st at the Pullman Mercure Hotel & Events Centre in Albert Park, Victoria. As the largest show of its type in
Australia, it transforms many hotel rooms across multiple floors into immersive demo environments, showcasing everything from compact streaming devices and video screens to colossal floor-standing loudspeakers. Visitors can explore the
world's top audio/visual brands alongside up-and-coming innovators, with smart-home integration, gaming setups, and entertainment technologies on display. The addition of a new Level 3 exhibition area underscores the
expo's commitment to crafting a truly expansive, hands-on experience for every kind of listener and viewer. Building on its rapid growth, the 2025 edition expands to cover four full floors of the Pullman Convention Centre, featuring over 200 international
brands.
---> This Weekend: StereoNET Hi-Fi & AV Expo Melbourne 2025. 
Tencent Music Achieves A Standout Q2 2025
Tencent Music Entertainment Group, a leading online music entertainment platform with 124.4 million paying users and 553 million total monthly active users, delivered a standout second quarter in 2025, with total revenues climbing 17.9% year-over-year to RMB 8.44 billion
(U.S. $1.18 billion). Online music services drove much of that growth—up 26.4% to RMB 6.85 billion—while music subscription revenue alone rose 17.1% to RMB 4.38 billion. Strong unit economics lifted monthly ARPPU from RMB 10.7 to RMB 11.7, fueling a 43.2% jump in net profit attributable to equity holders to RMB 2.41 billion (US $336 million) and a non-IFRS net profit increase of 37.4%. At quarter end, cash, cash equivalents, term deposits and short-term investments totaled RMB 34.92 billion, underpinning the
company's robust balance sheet. On the user front, Tencent Music's ecosystem remains vast and engaged. Monthly active users for online music stood at 553 million, with paying subscribers rising 6.3% to 124.4 million....
---> Tencent Music Achieves A Standout Q2 2025. 
Great News! SWAF And PAF 2026 Show Updates
Southwest Audio Fest (SWAF) listens to vendors and attendees. "For years the audio industry has talked about how slow Sundays are," says Lou Hinkley and Gary Gill of SWAF. "We at SWAF have listened and are dropping Sundays and adding Thursday to generate more traffic, while leaving you more time on Sundays for your families. Our experience at the Southwest Audio Fest seems like Dallas would be a perfect candidate to try the Thursday – Friday - Saturday experience. Thursday’s show hours will be 2pm
to 8pm, providing more options for attendees with busy schedules. Friday and Saturday will remain 10am
to 6pm with many rooms having evening and after hours listening events. See you all in July 2026 at
SWAF! The latest news from Pacific Audiofest (PAF): "In 2024 we considered making PAF a biennial event, and scheduled the next show for 2026," says PAF. "Turns out everyone wants it to be an annual event. So beginning in 2026 it will continue every
year."
---> Great News! SWAF And PAF 2026 Show Updates.
Zurich's Finest Audio Show 2025 By High End Society
The Finest Audio Show Zurich returns on 1 and 2 November 2025 at the Mövenpick Hotel Zurich Regensdorf, riding high on the momentum generated by its successful comeback last fall. Bringing together national and international sound expertise under one roof, it reinforces the Swiss hi-fi tradition that has been decades in the making. Over two days, exhibitors and visitors alike will tap into fresh new ideas—from modular, space-saving systems to cutting-edge high-end installations—affirming the
show's role as the driving force behind Switzerland's vibrant hi-fi market. Under the banner of quality, regional character and brand diversity, the event showcases a curated lineup of products across the full spectrum of audio
excellence. Attendees can experience intelligent streaming platforms, state-of-the-art turntables, classic tube amplifiers, high-fidelity headphones and proven two-channel systems in a home-like setting designed for optimal
sound.
---> Zurich's Finest Audio Show 2025 By High End Society. 
audioXpress'
September 2025 Issue
Editorial: Different Perspectives In Music And Sound Reproduction
An Image Model Theory For Stereophonic Sound
Audinate Dante Virtual Soundcard
Audio-Speech Processing And Microphone Arrays
Phase Delay, Group Delay, And Circuit Sensitivity Basics
A Power Supply Filter
Connected Home Audio And Home Theater
High End Munich 2025
Build Your Own Guitar Amp
And Much More!
---> audioXpress
September 2025 Issue.
World Premiere Review!
The Amazing Audionet Mach Linestage And Schrödinger
Monoblock Amplifier Review
A more affordable slice of World-Class performance.
Review By Senior Editor Greg Weaver
If you are unfamiliar with the brand Audionet, one of
today's premier audio electronics manufacturers located in Berlin, Germany, it's
time to correct that oversight. Founded in 1994, after nearly a decade of developing sensors and measurement
electronics, all of which produced extraordinarily weak signals, and the
essential need to build highly reliable, high-resolution analog amplifiers for
this entirely new breed of measurement electronics at Ruhr University in Bochum,
western Germany, that same research team, who were also music lovers, created
what would become Audionet. Armed with the invaluable experience gained building these
low-noise, highly resolving amplifiers, they began building some of the most
refined and precise audio electronics available, and now, more than thirty years
later, they have grown to offer a full line of some of the finest linestages,
stereo, mono, and integrated amplifiers.
--->
The Amazing Audionet Mach Linestage And Schrödinger Monoblock Amplifier Review.
World Premiere Review!
Genesis Advanced Technologies Premium Platinum Phono Preamplifier Review
Immersing yourself within the sensational sound of spectacular music.
Review By Senior Editor Tom Lyle
Within the July 2025 issue of Enjoy The
Music.com's Review Magazine, I reviewed
the Genesis Advanced Technologies G7 Samba floorstanding loudspeakers.
Even though my reference speakers were priced considerably higher than the
Sambas, it was relatively easy to overlook this fact due to the Genesis'
outstanding sound quality, not to mention their good looks. After this Genesis
speaker's review was published, I had a chat with Genesis dealer Larry Borden of
Distinctive Stereo when he came over to pick up the speakers. We didn't discuss
the speakers as much as we talked about high-end audio in general, and of
course, music. This led us to the topic of analog reproduction, and it was
then that he mentioned the Genesis Premium Platinum phono preamp. This caught me
off guard. I had always thought that Genesis only designed and manufactured
loudspeakers. When I was speaking with Genesis's Chief Designer and CEO Gary
Koh he shared with me some specifics about the various phono preamplifiers he
owned over the years, but had never been wholly satisfied with.
--->
Genesis Advanced Technologies Premium Platinum Phono Preamplifier Review.
FiiO Fantastic CP13 Cassette Player, RR11 Radio, And SA1 Desktop Speakers Review
Three musical treats for the road less
traveled.
Review By Paul Schumann
When
I started grad school, I had to make the trek from Austin, TX, to Knoxville, TN,
in my 1980 Toyota Celica. Since space would be limited, I had to figure out how
to bring some of my music with me so I could retain my sanity during my first
semester of graduate studies. That's when I decided to plunge into portable
audio and bought my first Walkman. I already had most of my albums recorded on
tape, so I wouldn't be missing out on much. Plus, this Walkman included a tuner,
so I could listen to anything new coming out. Sure, the sound wasn't the best, but I had music until I could
haul my system and records later on. The flaw in my plan was that I didn't
anticipate how quickly that little Walkman ate batteries. I was a poor grad
student, so I used the Sears card my parents gave me "for emergencies" and
bought a couple of sets of rechargeables. After that, I was set. That old
Walkman and those tapes are long gone, but I have fond memories of how that
technological marvel provided me with music during those stressful times.
--->
FiiO Fantastic CP13 Cassette Player, RR11 Radio, And SA1 Desktop Speakers
Review.
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