For a brand synonymous with boutique in-ear monitors (IEMs) and meticulously engineered headphones, Final isn’t known for ...

Meze Audio doesn’t just stick to the super-high end with its headphone designs – it just seems that way sometimes, because ...

Elipson is a heritage French hi-fi manufacturer with a history that dates back to 1938. Its best known for high-end, spherically-shaped loudspeakers, but the brand makes a variety of other audio ...

In a shock move, Bose just announced a deal to acquire the McIntosh Group, the parent company of both McIntosh and Sonus Faber. That’s right, the biggest name in consumer audio, best known for its ...

Highlander Partners LP, a Dallas-based private equity firm, has sold high-end audio brand McIntosh Group to Bose Corp. Highlander Partners confirmed the sale in a Nov. 19 announcement. Terms of the ...

For its size, Great Britain calls itself home to more high-end audio brands than you’d expect. One of these, Ruark Audio, has just teamed up with another British imprint, Fred Perry, for a ...

Audio is a worldwide industry with manufacturers located everywhere from the U.S. to Europe and, of course, Asia too. There are quite literally hundreds of options to choose from, and that's just for ...

Forget what you think you know. Eastern European brands like Meze, Ferrum, and Heed are dragging high-end audio into the future — and sounding better doing it. The Cold War didn’t just end—it blew up ...

Bose Corporation has bought McIntosh Group. Even for those of us whose job it is to keep a finger on the pulse of the audio industry, this came as a big surprise. But it gets weirder! In 2011, two ...

The world's top car audio companies are bringing the sound of the recording studio to your car. Newsmakers are Harman, now a part of Samsung; Bose, who recently acquired 2 high-end luxury brands, and ...

Discover the best affordable Hi-Fi brands of 2025 leading the stereo audio revival with premium sound at budget-friendly prices. A new wave of affordable hi-fi brands is shaking up the audio world, ...