One of the most colourful characters in the Hifi world has to be Kostas Metaxas. His work is art that plays music, and he has just launched some more of his ‘Disruptive Sculptures’, flamboyant and beautiful pieces that help keep the industry interesting.
Lehmannaudio of Germany launched the Linear headphone amplifier in 2004, now the classic design gets a complete audiophile overhaul.
At a penny shy of £1000 the Airpulse A300 are an active loudspeaker with onboard amps and DAC. Alan McIntosh puts them through their paces.
AKG and their UK distributor Sound Technology Ltd, now have three foldable headphone models available in the UK, the K175 is a closed-back design with 40mm drivers, the K245 is a semi-open design with 50mm drivers, and the K275 is a closed-back design with 50mm drivers.
Onkyo has launched of three new home cinema products. They comprise the THX Select certified 7.2-ch TX-NR696 Network A/V Receiver, the 5.1.2-ch HT-S5915 Home Cinema Package, and the 5.1-ch HT-S3910 Home Cinema Package, all supporting Dolby Atmos and DTS:X soundtracks.
Henley Audio have announced the updated La Scala speaker from Klipsch. Originally designed for professional use and released for the first time in 1963, the La Scala took its name from the Teatro alla Scala in Italy.
Born in 1979 in Saint-Etienne in France, this year Focal celebrates its 40th anniversary. This milestone will be marked with a variety of celebrations by the French brand. Focal will shortly be announcing some special “40 year” products.
Right now, everyone into Hifi is gearing up for AXPONA 2019 in the USA and High End Munich 2019 in Germany, but did you know there are lots more Hifi Shows and Hifi Events going on all over the world?
David Robson takes a listen to Black Cat’s Coppertone speaker cables and matching RCAs costing £276 for a three metre pair and £159 for a one metre pair respectively. Will David be the Cat that got the cream from this relatively budget offering?
PMC UK, responsible for UK sales and support of PMC, Bryston and AVM electronics, is launching a performance check service for customers who would like to have those brands of electronics professionally examined and serviced by PMC’s trained engineers.
Xavian have announced their our brand new Classic Series reference monitors, which offer “classic appearance and the most up-to-date technologies” Xavian can offer.
Essex based Hifi retailer, The Audiobarn have a real treat on Saturday 13th April, as they are joined by both dCS and ATC for the launch of the new dCS Bartók streaming DAC and a demonstration of the ATC SCM100SE.
JCAT was founded by Marcin Ostapowicz a pioneer of computer audio and co-creator of JPLAY audio software.
Costing £1000 the Blackwoods are the latest loudspeaker from Electricbeach and use an interesting driver layout. Ian Ringstead takes a listen.
Since working in the Hifi Industry something has struck me, it really is a tight knit community of both people who work in the industry and customers and fans alike. In fact it is more like a family and, like a family, when someone needs help I have seen this community pull together with a […]
Bryston will be unveiling the Middle T-REX active loudspeaker system powered by the brand new 21B3 amplifiers during the Montreal Audio Fest, March 22-24 at the Hotel Bonaventure Montreal.