Listening bars, often referred to as jazz kissas — where people can relax and listen to vinyl records carefully selected by a bartender over a high fidelity sound system — have been popular in Japan since the 1950s. In recent years, listening bars have ...

Every product is carefully selected by our editors. If you buy from a link, we may earn a commission. Learn more Admittedly, automatic turntables are polarizing. On one hand, they make playing vinyl records super easy. You place the record, press a button ...

In our experience, the perfect listening room doesn’t exist, but Yamaha’s effort is one of the best we’ve come across in years. It was developed with a scientific approach and then fine-tuned by ear. This newly developed demo space is located in the ...

Spotify just raised the stakes in the streaming wars. On September 10, the company announced a new Lossless Listening experience, designed to give music enthusiasts the best quality audio at 24-bit/44.