Roksan Audio announce the latest addition to their Kandy K3 series of hi-fi electronics – the K3 CD Di joins the range as a combination CD Player and Digital-Analogue Converter (DAC), opening up a K3 system to more music sources than ever before. The idea behind the CD Di is to provide audio enthusiasts with […]
Venere S is the latest Sonus faber loudspeaker and the new flagship of the Venere collection. Released 3 years after the original Venere collection, the Venere S bridges the space between the Venere and Olympica ranges. It is the most powerful three-way speaker of the Venere line with three 180mm woofers for the best reproduction of lower frequencies and […]
MrSpeakers has worked with legendary headphone designer, Bruce Thigpen (founder of Eminent-Technology and pioneer of numerous planar magnetic speaker technologies), to produce ETHER, a new planar-driven pair of open-backed, on-ear headphones. They have produced a new kind of Planar technology, the V-Planar, with extra knurling. ‘What is knurling?’ you ask, apparently knurling turns the flat […]
Denon® Electronics has announced a new partnership with TIDAL, This new partnership gives HEOS users a new option for high fidelity music streaming. Users can access their TIDAL account directly through their HEOS system via the HEOS app, available for iOS, Android™* and Kindle Fire. Don Freeman, Denon’s Vice President of Marketing, says: “This is […]
No its not Easter but KEF has an EGG for us. It seems like the market is awash with Bluetooth systems at the moment but KEF has reinvented its successful ‘egg’ design, to be Bluetooth enabled, with superior 4.0 aptX compatibility and featuring KEF’s famous Uni-Q driver from the KEF Blade. It’s a plug-and-play’ package, with built-in amplification and DAC and can […]
MCRU and SliC Innovations have announced the launch of the Eclipse C loudspeaker cables. They have the same patented cable design as the SliC interconnects and the designer, electrical engineer Eugene Howe just asks hifi owners to audition the cables and come to their own decisions about them. Available exclusively from MCRU, in any length from […]
GIK Acoustics has announced that the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office has issued utility patent US 9,091,060 for GIK’s proprietary design of its acoustic absorbers. The patent covers the design and construction of GIK Acoustics’ 242 Acoustic Panels, 244 Bass Traps with FlexRange Technology, and Monster Bass Traps with FlexRange Technology. GIK Acoustics’ patented design begins with a […]
Leema Acoustics, the Welshpool based hi-fi manufacturer founded and run by two ex-BBC sound engineers, has launched the Xen 2 loudspeaker; the original Xen having been the result of a research project to squeeze a BBC-graded monitor speaker into a 5L cabinet! The new Xen 2 is based on the previous model (deleted in 2008), […]
Founded by keen audiophile Darren Hollands, MBA Co already has three products in an expanding portfolio while actively seeking worldwide distribution for its loudspeakers and electronics. The line-up includes Progression floor standing loudspeakers, Pulse stand-mounts, plus the Status integrated amplifier. Already on the drawing board is a smaller, sealed speaker dubbed The Spur, and a […]
Fanthorpes in Hull (East Yorkshire) are hosting an event in three weeks’ time showcasing the brand-new AVID pre-amplifier and monobloc power amplifiers in their store. The system was launched at the Munich Hi-end show and retails as a complete system in excess of £85k. However, this will be the first time it will have been […]
ER4S, ER4PT and HF series of isolator earphones from Etymotic Research have just been launched onto the UK market. Unlike most earphones Etymotic earphones are designed to be inserted inside the actual ear canal. The airtight seal created by the earphone’s custom-designed ear tips allow highly-focused sound waves to reach the ear drums and the […]
Melodika, one of the biggest Polish manufacturers of hi-fi cables is expanding its Purple Rain range with headphone and subwoofer cables.The new headphone cables are: – adapter mini jack 3.5mm socket-socket: MDGMJ02 – adapter mini jack 3.5mm plug – jack 6.3mm socket: MDPMJGJ – jack 6.3mm plug – mini jack 3.5mm socket extension cord (length: […]
The Absolute Mediaserver (from Swiss high-end brand Orpheus) which was showcased for the first time to the public during the High End 2015 in Münich will be officially launched on the market in September 2015. The Absolute Mediaserver is equipped with an Intel i3 processor, mSata SSD for the OS, a built-in ripper, 2 headphone ports, HDMI […]
The Kassandra uses the AD1865 chip, an 18bit R2R converter, which they say is probably the best sounding audio DAC …in fact they use 32 of them,16 converters per channel. The 16 converters in each channel work in complimentary mode, so that 8 converters are inverted. The two differential converter banks work in synchronicity to […]
Swiss company Soulution have announced their new SACD player, the 746+. Retailing at 70,000 CHF, production will be limited to just 20 units. The 746+ unites a top quality optical drive, a super-precise master clock generator, an intelligent digital signal processor with over sampling, high quality analogue output stages and a new, highly precise and […]
If you are a serious vinyl lover, give yourself a treat and pop down to Loud & Clear’s Bonnington Mill showrooms at Newhaven Road, Edinburgh on Saturday the 1st of August. Diverse Vinyl are there with their pop up vinyl shop and will have all the latest vinyl releases and audiophile reissues from around the […]
Monitor Audio have launched the Airstream S150 Bluetooth speaker. The super-compact S150 is constructed from a high tech, mineral filled polymer for maximum rigidity and damping and housing for a cluster of four specialised drivers, comprising a proprietary gold dome C-CAM tweeter flanked on angled baffles by dual 3”-CAM metal cone bass drivers augmented by […]
So you thought that a Pug was one of those cute little dogs that looks like its run into a wall? Not anymore! Roksan have just launched their new tonearm, The Pug. The Pug is based around a large, yet light and rigid, 22mm diameter carbon fibre arm tube; while most other parts feature high-quality black chromed […]
Don’t forget, the Lovebox Festival kicks off today in London. McIntosh Laboratory’s Despacio, the unique club orientated sound system conceived by James Murphy (LCD Soundsystem) and Belgian artists TooManyDJs, is appearing at this weekend’s Lovebox 2015, 17th/18th July. Throughout the entire event, Lovebox attendees will have the chance to enjoy an exclusive live, vinyl only set by LCD […]
Queen: The Studio Collection’, to be released on 25 September 2015, brings together the complete collection of 15 studio albums, re-mastered by the legendary Bob Ludwig and mastered for half speed vinyl cutting by Miles Showell at Abbey Road, presenting these classic albums in the highest possible quality for die-hard fans and audiophiles alike. Complementing the […]
If you fancy something a bit different this August, get yourself over to the Rotation Garden Party set in the beautiful Sugnall Walled Garden in Eccleshall, Staffordshire. This promises to be a lovely event featuring craft ales, spirits, wines and cocktails, artisan food and an audiophile sound system which includes custom Technics turntables with Rega […]
Bowers & Wilkins has announced three additions to its acclaimed range of custom installation speakers. CCM Cinema 7 is designed for down-firing, in-ceiling left, centre and right speaker positions in a discreet home cinema system. It boasts two drivers: a 180mm bass/midrange Kevlar cone and a 25mm Nautilus™ swirl loaded aluminium dome tweeter. CWM Cinema 7 in-wall speaker does the job […]
The Sarum Super ARAY RCA cable is fitted with a new precision-machined UK-made PTFE plug surround which, say The Chord Company, introduces a number of sonic advantages over the acrylic plugs used on its predecessor; the Sarum Tuned ARAY cables (which Sarum Super ARAY replaces.) The Sarum Super ARAY uses the same high-quality conductors and cable as the previous Sarum, […]
McIntosh Laboratory has opened a dedicated, high-end McIntosh store in Hong Kong. Situated in the prestigious 100-store Miramall, the new dealership contains a comprehensive McIntosh range, all under one roof. The new store, Hi Fi Gallery, has opened with support from McIntosh’s Hong Kong/China distributor Richcom AV Group and in a partnership with fellow Fine Sounds Group company, Sonus […]
Raumfeld, the makers of high fidelity multi-room streaming systems, have announced that it has expanded its stereo system offering to include the One S. Users will be able to combine two One S’, previously available as a single speaker, together to deliver a full stereo system. The two-way coaxial arrangement of the Raumfeld One S […]
The 2016 edition of the North West Audio Show will be on Sunday 26th June, at Cranage Hall, Cheshire. The 2014 and 2015 events were a huge success and have immediately become a must attend on the audio calendar. 2016 promises to bigger and better with more exhibitors in more rooms, but still free to […]
Funjoe from CLONES got in touch to tell us about the release of their new DAC, Asher, named after Funjoe’s son. The details of the new HK$17,500 DAC are as follows: DSD 64/128/256 and DXD (384KHz 24bit PCM) compatible Galvanic isolation module for USB section to eliminate computer noise from the audio signal Ultra-Low Phase […]
Not the usual kind of news and more of a public service broadcast on behalf of the guys at Entotem. “Due to circumstances beyond our control, the directors at Entotem have decided to postpone their Retail Launch on the 8th July 2015 at the Jumeriah Carlton Tower Hotel. The decision to postpone is as a […]
