Press kit
Boilerplate, facts, logos and photos for writing about The Audio Stuff. For an interview, a quote or anything not here, email contact@theaudiostuff.com.
About The Audio Stuff
In one sentence
The Audio Stuff is an independent audio-equipment review publication and YouTube channel, founded in 2023 in Poland by Jakub Charkiewicz.
In one paragraph
The Audio Stuff is an independent audio-equipment review publication and YouTube channel, founded in 2023 in Poland by Jakub Charkiewicz. It publishes long-form reviews of headphones, speakers, DACs, headphone amps, speaker amps and preamps, digital sources, microphones and recording gear, and accessories, buying guides ranked from those reviews, head-to-head comparisons and free audio tools that run in the browser. Every review is heard sighted on a fixed reference chain, scored on a published 0-10 scale against the rest of its category and signed by the writer who did the listening. None is sponsored, and the site carries no affiliate links.
Write the name in full, The Audio Stuff, with a capital T. Please do not shorten it to TAS, an abbreviation another hi-fi publication already uses.
Facts
- Founded
- 2023, in Poland
- Founder and owner
- Jakub Charkiewicz
- Writers
- 2
- Reviews published
- 71
- Buying guides
- 12
- Head-to-head comparisons
- 35
- Free tools
- 23
- YouTube
- @TheAudioStuff
How reviews are tested and scored: How we test. Ownership and independence: About.
Logo
The mark
The waveform in its circle, square.
Logo, for light backgrounds
Mark and name, dark lettering.
SVG of the logo, for light backgrounds PNG of the logo, for light backgrounds
Logo, for dark backgrounds
Mark and name, white lettering.
SVG of the logo, for dark backgrounds PNG of the logo, for dark backgrounds
Colors: orange #F18916 and ink #2A2829. The lettering is set in Open Sans. Please keep the mark's colors and proportions, and leave clear space around it at least as wide as one of its bars is tall.
Writer photos

Founder & lead reviewer

Reviewer
For use with articles about The Audio Stuff and its writers.
Verdict badges
A maker or a store whose product is reviewed here may show the badge for the verdict that review gives, linked to the review itself, for as long as the review carries that verdict. The verdicts and their score bands are set out in the verdict scale.
Reference
Light: SVG of the Reference badge, light PNG of the Reference badge, light
Dark: SVG of the Reference badge, dark PNG of the Reference badge, dark
Highly Recommended
Light: SVG of the Highly Recommended badge, light PNG of the Highly Recommended badge, light
Dark: SVG of the Highly Recommended badge, dark PNG of the Highly Recommended badge, dark
Recommended
Light: SVG of the Recommended badge, light PNG of the Recommended badge, light
Dark: SVG of the Recommended badge, dark PNG of the Recommended badge, dark