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Program for organizing and managing your music collection. It can edit tags of mostly state-of-the-art audio formats, rename files based on the tag information, generate tag information and more.

Astell&Kern has joined the ranks of companies making portable headphone DACs with both balance and unbalanced outputs.

Program for organizing and managing your music collection. It can edit tags of mostly state-of-the-art audio formats, rename files based on the tag information, generate tag information and more.

A dedicated MP3 player might seem like a retro throwback, but modern ones typically offer better sound quality than your smartphone can provide.

Marantz has combined CD playback and streaming audio in a single unit for folks who don't need SACD compatibility.

Take your music on the go. Explore our top picks for the best MP3 players, designed to store your entire music library on one sleek device.

The flexible Sony STR-AN1000/TA-AN1000 AV receiver/amp has 360 Spatial Sound Mapping, and its processing wizardry sounds bigger than its power rating suggests.

Though smartphones can be used to listen to music, they can't compete with high-end music players. Toward the top of that list is Sony's NW-ZX707 Walkman.

Listen up vinyl enthusiasts: If you purchased LPs from Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (a.k.a. MoFi) between 2007 and 2022, you may be entitled to a payout as part of a proposed $25 million class-action settlement against the audiophile record label. But you have to act by September 21. The settlement stems from a lawsuit filed last summer by MoFi customers who accused the company of falsely marketing and promoting LPs as “analog only” even though a Direct Stream Digital (DSD) transfer step was us...

LPs have made a massive comeback, and some rare tracks aren't on any streaming service. Here’s how you can listen on your phone, in the car, or anywhere!