Live and very close up – the pure, hand-made sound In the past few years, the accompanying musical programme at the HIGH END has become an integral part of the event. 2016’s Munich High End will again spoil its visitors with a broad international repertoire, sung and played live by outstanding musicians. The artists will […]
It’s been a busy time for the team at Entotem and the continuing development of Plato, the integrated HiFi and Home Entertainment system. At the Sound and Vision Show Bristol we will unveil our new branding as well as a new and exciting web portal. Entotem will be launching Plato Lite early in 2016 and […]
Sound & Vision, The Bristol Show, will feature MQA, the new music technology, through a range of its delivery partners and a leading local retailer. Standing for Master Quality Authenticated, MQA “captures the total essence of an original recording and conveys it all the way to the listener, ensuring that what the listener hears is […]
The Chord Company has chosen Sound and Vision to preview selected models from its new streamlined 2016 range line-up, ahead of the official range launch later in the year. The Chord Company will be introducing the new analogue and digital cables across two key sites at Sound and Vision: Chord’s now familiar and easily accessible […]
The Bespoke Audio Company announces the début UK showing of their highly acclaimed, award winning pre-amplifier this weekend at Bristol Sound & Vision 2016, Friday 26th – Sunday 28th February 2016, Marriott City Centre Hotel Bristol, Lower Castle Street, Bristol. In 2015, the pre-amplifier was Hifi Pig Recommended. The Bespoke audio company will be show […]
Roksan Audio’s Radius turntable (review) has been updated and released as the Radius 7. Roksan Audio are acknowledged around the world as pioneers of analogue technology, with over thirty years of experience and success in the market, starting with their iconic Xerxes record player (see the review of the latest Xerxes incarnation). The Radius 7’s […]
Burson have announced that they have completed the R&D of our 3rd generation Conductor., which is their reference class headphone amp, USB DAC and preamp, 3 in 1. They say “is a major update from previous Conductor models”. The Conductor V2 headphone amp and pre-amp section are powered by a dedicated 70W transformer. Tuned to […]
McIntosh Laboratory’s new feature-packed MX122 processor, which debuted at CES 2016, will soon be available in the UK via McIntosh’s UK distributor Jordan Acoustics. The new MX122 brings the McIntoh sound and build quality to home cinema connoisseurs for £6,995 and is the latest way to enjoy McIntosh’s exclusive A/V technology, following the recently launched […]
Monitor Audio’s flagship Platinum II range will receive its global public premiere at Sound &Vision, The Bristol Show. The show’s audience will be the first to appreciate the craftsmanship and sound quality of Monitor Audio’s “most audiophile speaker line to date”. The new seven model range, which includes the luxury PL500II tower (pictured), is said […]
With their latest release, Italian valve specialists Unison Research have produced a source device that brings digital technologies together into one enclosure, offering a complete solution for audiophiles who “want to get the best from their digital media”. The Unico CD Due supports Bluetooth streaming and acts as a comprehensive DAC capable of accommodating any […]
Vertere and KJ West One bring you an evening of vinyl delight with special guest, Miles Showell of Abbey Road Studios. Facts will be illuminated, Myths will be exposed and track upon track of pure music will be laid down for you. Presenting and demonstrating some of the world’s greatest music ever cut on vinyl […]
New from PMC, the fact.5c (two-way) and fact.10c (three-way) centre channel speakers. The fact.5c and fact.10c centre channel speakers complement the two-way fact.3 or fact.8 models and the three-way fact.12 respectively. Voiced identically to PMC’s professional monitor speakers, the introduction of the fact.5c and fact.10c finally enables serious movie and multi-channel enthusiasts to experience their […]
In a few days, at the Sound & Vision Bristol Show, Flamingo Audio will be showcasing for the first time in the UK, exciting products from the ZELLATON loudspeaker (pictured) and BEYOND FRONTIERS AUDIO hybrid electronics audio brands, together with the brand new AEOLOS KT150 by TSAKIRIDIS DEVICES. At the last High End Show in Munich, […]
After strong demand, Lotus hifi brings the Allnic HPA5000 headphone Amplifier to the UK. The HPA5000 is a unit made for the headphone audiophile and is a tubed output transformer-less (OTL), output capicitator-less design (OCL). It uses x2 6AN, x2 E180CC and x4 7233 tubes. Each tube sits on Allnic’s patented Absorb GEL vibration damping […]
Chord Electronics is expanding its presence at Sound and Vision for 2016. Chord’s regular room, the Matthew Suite (lower ground floor), will have demonstrations of the flagship DAVE DAC/preamp with Chord’s most famous power amplifier, the SPM 1200 MkII, PMC twenty.26 speakers and The Chord Company cables for an all-British-built system. This year, Chord Electronics […]
Ex-BBC sound engineers Lee Taylor and Mallory Nicholls (LeeMa), the creative/engineering duo behind Leema Acoustics, will be revealing the new Quasar streaming amp/DAC (£2,995 est.) ahead of its official launch later in 2016 . Quasar forms part of the new Stellar series and yet sports the classy machined-billet aluminium front panel styling of its Constellation […]