DENAFRIPS BIC500 500VA BALANCED ISOLATION TRANSFORMER RELEASED The Denafrips BIC500 Balanced Isolation Transformer uses the brand’s own house-made audio-grade, high efficiency, low noise Balanced Toroidal Transformer.
NEW NAD MASTERS M10 V2 BLUOS STREAMING AMPLIFIER LAUNCHED Continuing the “just add speakers” revolution started by its predecessor, the NAD M10 V2 BluOS Streaming Amplifier adds support for Dolby Digital Surround and includes an IR remote control.
NORDOST ODIN GOLD CABLE RANGE IS THE BRAND’S NEW SUPREME REFERENCE Nordost has launched their new flagship ‘supreme reference’ range of cables, Nordost Odin Gold.
EXPOSURE 3510 INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER LAUNCHES NEW SERIES OF ELECTRONICS Over the past few years, Exposure has concentrated its attention on its XM series of components. Now, the British HiFi brand is turning its focus back to its upper-end series, starting with the just-launched Exposure 3510 integrated amplifier.
BAT VK80I INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER UNVEILED Wilmington, Delaware, based Balanced Audio Technology (BAT) has released their all-tube integrated amp the BAT VK80i Integrated Amplifier
MONITOR AUDIO SILVER SERIES 7G LOUDSPEAKERS RELEASED Monitor Audio has officially released the seventh generation of its Silver Series loudspeakers.
Sendy Audio Peacock Open-Back Planar Magnetic Over-Ear Headphones Released Sendy Audio, quite a new name in headphone audio from China, has released a new high-end headphone, the Sendy Audio Peacock. We recently reviewed the Sendy Audio Aviva headphones and were very impressed.
ASTELL&KERN A&ULTIMA SP2000T DAP WITH NEW TECHNOLOGIES INCLUDING QUAD DAC AND TRIPLE AMP SYSTEM The brand new Astell&Kern A&ultima SP2000T Digital Audio Player features a new triple-amp system to customise the listening experience, including Astell&Kern’s first tube amplifier.
KEF EXPANDS ARCHITECTURAL SPEAKER RANGE WITH A DISCREET NEW IN-WALL/IN-CEILING MODEL KEF CI160ES KEF has extended its Architectural Speaker range with the new KEF Ci160ES (E=E Series, S=Square) in-wall/in-ceiling speaker.
BURMESTER BC150 LOUDSPEAKERs AND BURMESTER 217 TURNTABLE ANNOUNCED High End German brand Burmester Audioysteme GmbH has launched two new products, the Burmester BC150 loudspeakers and the Burmester 217 turntable.
FIDELITY IMPORTS DISTRIBUTING GOLDRING CARTRIDGES AND VINYL PRODUCTS IN THE USA Armour Home Electronics has appointed Fidelity Imports as the exclusive US distributor of its phono cartridge and record care brand, Goldring.
RUSS ANDREWS RANS-1 NETWORK SWITCH REVIEW In this review, Chris Baillie takes a look at the Russ Andrews RANS-1 costing £956.50 without mains cable or £989.00 with 1m Russ Andrews’ yellO.
SERHAN SWIFT MU2 MK II LOUDSPEAKERS RELEASED Way back before the Covid 19 pandemic put an end to our global travels, HiFi Pig visited Serhan Swift in Australia and had a listen to the Serhan + Swift Brigadier Mu.2 Loudspeakers.
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MERASON FRÉROT DAC REVIEW The Merason Frérot DAC costing £995 isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when we think of Switzerland. We’re more likely to think cheese, chocolate and clocks. John Scott spends some time with it to see if audiophile-quality DACs can be added to that list.
AUDEZE CRBN ELECTROSTATIC HEADPHONES RELEASED Audeze has introduces the Audeze CRBN electrostatic headphones (pronounced “carbon”). The open-back, on-ear headphones weigh 300g thanks to their minimal design featuring lightweight but strong materials such as carbon fibre.