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Who writes The Audio Stuff

Every review here carries a named byline, and that name did the listening. There is no rotating freelancer pool and no ghost-writing: each writer owns their pieces end to end, and the consistency between them comes from a shared listening chain and a single published reference list that every score is anchored against.

  1. Jakub Charkiewicz Founder

    Founder & lead reviewer since

    I founded The Audio Stuff and personally write, listen to, score, and sign off every review carrying my byline. There's no rotating freelancer pool and no ghost-writers - every named writer on the masthead owns their pieces end-to-end, and the catalogue's consistency comes from a shared listening chain and a single published reference list that every score gets anchored against.

    64 reviews and 13 guides , covering headphones, speakers, DACs, headphone amps, speaker amps & preamps, sources, accessories.

    Everything by Jakub

  2. Bastien Beauchamp

    Reviewer since

    Bastien Beauchamp is an internationally awarded music and multimedia producer who converted into a hi-fi YouTube reviewer. He has a deep fascination for technology and its applications to music.

    4 reviews , covering headphones, sources.

    Everything by Bastien

How the work is held to account

The byline is only worth what stands behind it. The testing methodology, the reference chain every score is anchored to, the score bands behind each verdict, and the editorial independence policy are all published, so you can check a verdict against the standard it was written to rather than taking it on trust. Corrections are welcome and logged when we make them.