Streaming & Playback

Spotify’s Longest Playlists: Surprising Stats, Deep Dives & Musical Marathons Think your Spotify playlists are long? Try listening for 34...

Streaming Payouts Drop to New Low: Artists Now Earn Just $3 Per 1,000 Streams The reality for musicians in the...

Spotify Outage Frustrates Thousands of Users Worldwide Spotify users around the world hit pause—literally—on Wednesday afternoon as a widespread outage...

Unveiling the Impact of Poor Mastering on Your Favorite Tracks We've all experienced it: a song that once thrilled us...

Vinyl Fans Are Using Smartphone Apps to Expose $5,000 Turntables — And the Results Are Brutal High-end turntables have long...

CDs Are the Hottest Audiophile Flex in 2025—Here’s Why CDs Were Supposed to Be Dead—But They’re Making a Comeback For...

25 Songs That Instantly Expose a Bad DAC or Amp If you’ve ever found yourself questioning whether your audio gear...

The 46 Best Songs to Test Your Speakers: A Complete Audio Guide Are Your Speakers Up for the Challenge? When...

4 Reasons Why Streaming Services Sound Different (Even at the Same Bitrate) When it comes to streaming music, you might...

Why Vintage Audio Equipment is Making a Comeback In Manchester, Mars Tapes is one of the last shops in the...