Serve, set, but also win? With the Cambridge Audio Melomania P100, the Brits present their first over-ear headphones. They hit the audiophile heart: fine, smart, correct – and with the best noise canceling I know. At this very moment, I am entrusting my life and my time to Deutsche Bahn. …

We have reported on this topic several times, because there is something brewing here: tape machines and master tapes. Five years ago, this was still a small presence at the High-End trade fair, but now it has become a forest – hardware and software providers are outbidding each other, and …

Clearaudio is not modest. The Franconians (The Franconian lands lie principally in Bavaria) even call the new Clearaudio Concept Signature the “most exciting complete turntable package of all time”. Big words that you can choke on. But we can understand the proudly swelling chest in our test. With the Concept …

News that irritate: Streaming providers Spotify and Tidal are growing in terms of users and revenue. And yet in 2023, both companies decided to make massive redundancies. Qobuz, based in Paris, is living the counter-trend. One is reminded of the Gallic village of Asterix and Obelix that fights valiantly against …

Dr. Christofer Jost is one of Germany’s most respected media researchers. He researches and teaches at the University of Freiburg (Baden-Württemberg) at the Center for Popular Culture and Music and at the Institute for Media Culture Studies. LowBeats interviewed him (Winter 2023) – and had a few pressing questions for …

Apple is obviously serious about its own ambitions in the world of high-end sound. And so now it is said: Apple is buying BIS – and with it one of the most audiophile classical music labels on the market. No one doubts the determination of the world’s most valuable company. …

In March 2022, we presented – admittedly a little late – the extremely fascinating Raidho XT-1 compact speaker (price: 6,400 euros), which is so small and yet so full-featured. At the HIGH END of the same year, the Raidho people received a lot of applause for their gigantic flagship RD6 …

The loudspeaker specialist German Physiks from Maintal in Hesse was not previously known for its amplifiers. How could you? There were none until recently. But now the manufacturer of extravagant sound transducers has developed equally extravagant amplifier electronics. Normally we at LowBeats stay away from such sinfully expensive stuff. But …