This episode is brought to you by Marantz: https://www.marantz.com/en/ 🎥 Camera: John Darko / Olaf von Voss 🎬 Editor: John Darko 🌈 Colour: Olaf von Voss 🕺🏻 Motion GFX: John Darko 💰 Ad segment: Jana Dagdagan 🎵 Song IDs? Playlists of all music heard in this video - and other videos - can be found on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/johndarko 0:00 Intro 0:33 Electronic music 2:06 Room treatments 4:59 Portable audio 6:37 Dynamic range 7:40 Touchscreens 8:41 What about music? 9:45 Streaming troubles 11:43 The 'best' speakers of 2023 👉 As seen in this video... Matthew Halsall - An Ever Changing View 🛒 https://amzn.to/475czzt Alva Noto - HY-brid II 🛒 https://amzn.to/48544pq Laurel Halo - Atlas 🛒 https://amzn.to/3RxiEiE Fever Ray - Radical Romantics 🛒 https://amzn.to/3NAfjOq Zu DWX 📺 https://darko.audio/2023/08/zu-dwx-video-review/ Klipsch 'The Sevens' 📺 https://darko.audio/2023/07/klipsch-the-sevens-video-review/ KEF R3 Meta 📺 https://darko.audio/2023/09/kef-r3-meta-video-review/ Vicoustic room treatment 📺 https://darko.audio/2023/02/the-jaw-dropping-results-of-a-vicoustic-installation/ Resident Advisor on Tidal lay-offs 📖 https://ra.co/news/79912 Fast Company on Spotify lay-offs 📖 https://www.fastcompany.com/90992072/spotify-mass-layoffs-december-2023-3rd-round Streaming platform by Roon 🛒 https://roon.link/affiliate/darko Cables and power products by AudioQuest 🛒 https://howl.me/ckbW8ZBoZAg Hi-fi furniture and speaker stands by Solid Steel 🛒 https://howl.me/ckbW9947Hdi Room treatment by Vicoustic 📖 https://vicoustic.com/ Darko.Audio may earn a small commission from items purchased via affiliate links, which are indicated with a '🛒'. #bestof2023 #2023 #hifi __________________________________________________________________ 📖 PLEASE READ *before commenting*! 1) Polite comments that advance the conversation are most welcome 2) No URLs, racist/sexist remarks or conspiracy theories 3) All comments here are moderated by a third party __________________________________________________________________ ⏰ How our YouTube videos get made: https://darko.audio/2021/10/how-our-youtube-videos-get-made/ Darko.Audio FAQ: https://darko.audio/faq/ Why are/were comments turned OFF? https://darko.audio/2020/10/why-im-switching-off-youtube-comments/ What the bloody hell am I talking about? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBzHB9877fg How is Darko.Audio funded? https://darko.audio/funding/ __________________________________________________________________ 🎧 Check out the Darko.Audio podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/darko-audio/id1368388920 https://open.spotify.com/show/1mnKixperZd4zmJWCvEbNl https://soundcloud.com/johnhdarko __________________________________________________________________ Web: https://Darko.Audio/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/darkoaudio/