Serious Fun at Big Kids Toys
In the March 2025 installment of Stereophile’s excellent “Re-Tales” column, author Julie Mullins highlights Big Kids Toys — an AudioQuest Mythical Experience dealer — and speaks with its 29-year-old sales...
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At AudioQuest, we're passionate about music and sound, and our quest for exciting new music has taken us to beautiful places all over the world. Here are some of our favorite songs. We use these playlists for work and for pleasure, in our Shared Listening Equipment Evaluations, at dealer events, and at public shows.
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10 Years of AQ-Direct in Canada
September 2023 marked 10 years since AudioQuest began selling direct to dealers in Canada! The vibrancy and diversity of the Canadian music scene has long been a source of inspiration for us here at AudioQuest. This big, genre-spanning playlist pays homage to some of our favorite Canadian music, from right across the decades and genres.
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A Life in Hi-Fi: AudioQuest's Dan Poulton
In this playlist, Daniel Poulton, AudioQuest’s Director of Sales for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, takes listeners on a musical journey through his career in hi-fi. “I’ve blasted these tracks through a wide range of systems — at shows, at home, with a DragonFly and headphones on planes, and through million-dollar systems in hi-fi shops.”
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AudioQuest Dragon: Indispensable
In his review of our Dragon interconnects, The Absolute Sound's Robert Harley used these tracks to communicate Dragon's outstanding sonic performance. "Dragon is not only the most transparent and revealing interconnect I’ve heard,” he wrote, “it’s also the most musically rewarding.” Read the review at https://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/audioquest-dragon-interconnect/ and listen to the playlist to recreate Robert Harley's experience.
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High End Munich 2024: From Lamp Cord to ZERO-Tech
AudioQuest took a journey through the evolution of high-performance audio cables — "From Lamp Cord to ZERO-Tech" — at High End Munich 2024, May 9-12. We enjoyed music from this playlist through a world-class system comprising GoldenEar T66 loudspeakers driven by Soul Note electronics — fully wired and powered with AudioQuest, of course.
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Making Connections
Here are some of AudioQuest’s favorite songs. We use these for work and for pleasure, in our Shared Listening Evaluations, dealer events, and public shows. You're as likely to hear them in the AudioQuest Sound Room, in Irvine, California, as in our homes around the world. We're happy to share them with you and we hope they become part of your own audio quest!
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On an AudioQuest: 50 Favorites from 2024
Each Friday, Stephen Mejias, AudioQuest’s Director of Communications, browses the week's new releases and picks 15 albums worthy of your attention. We recap his selections right here in our “On an AudioQuest” monthly playlists! This edition comprises selections from Stephen's favorite albums of 2024. You can follow Stephen's weekly selections on Twittering Machines at https://twitteringmachines.com/category/music/newmusicfriday/.
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On an AudioQuest: April 2023
Each Friday, Stephen Mejias, AudioQuest’s Director of Communications, browses the week's new releases and picks 15 albums worthy of your attention. We recap his selections right here in our “On an AudioQuest” monthly playlists! The April 2023 edition features Esther Rose, Mac Demarco, and Oracle Sisters, among other greats. You can follow Stephen's weekly selections on Twittering Machines at https://twitteringmachines.com/category/music/newmusicfriday/.
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On an AudioQuest: October 2023
Each Friday, Stephen Mejias, AudioQuest’s Director of Communications, browses the week's new releases and picks 15 albums worthy of your attention. We recap his selections right here in our “On an AudioQuest” monthly playlists! The October 2023 edition features Slowdive, Andrew Weathers, and John Fahey for an eclectic mix of styles and moods. You can follow Stephen's weekly selections on Twittering Machines at https://twitteringmachines.com/category/music/newmusicfriday/.
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Serious Fun at Big Kids Toys
Luke Sumerford, sales manager of AudioQuest Mythical Experience Dealer, Big Kids Toys, believes music is an essential ingredient in building strong and meaningful relationships. With that in mind, he created this playlist for us all to enjoy. Read more about Luke and Big Kids Toys in the March 2025 issue of Stereophile and at https://www.stereophile.com/content/re-tales-51-big-kids-toys-home-where-hi-fi.
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Take Me Anywhere: Music for Traveling with DragonFly Cobalt
A new year means new adventures, new music, new experiences. It also means a great new price for AudioQuest’s award-winning DragonFly Cobalt, the standard by which all other portable USB DACs are measured. There is a light and it never goes out. Go anywhere, anywhere, with DragonFly Cobalt for $199.95 US ($259.95 CAD; €199,95; £179,95), now and always.
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AudioQuest Products Named TAS Editors’ Choice
A wonderful array of AudioQuest products have received The Absolute Sound’s 2025 Editors’ Choice Award.
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AudioQuest Cables Deliver Dramatic Improvement
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PowerQuest Delivers Performance, Protection, Reliability
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More than Just Accessories
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AudioQuest is Damn Good
HiFi+’s Alan Sircom thoroughly investigates a complete loom of AudioQuest cables and likes what he hears.
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AudioQuest is Made for You
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Twittering Machines’ Holiday Gift Guide
Ho, ho, ho! One part style, two parts poetry, three parts art, and altogether wonderful: Twittering Machines’ Annual Holiday Gift Guide is here!
