Lampizator have announced a new DSD Only DAC called Eufonia. It will cost 1800 Euros plus taxes. The company’s website claims that this signals the death of CD and there will be no more AES/EBU inputs and no more Toslink. The DAC will play normal normal red book CDs as DSD via the computer which […]
Following on from the recent news of their appointment of distribution for their new NADAC (Network Attached DAC) in the USA earlier this week, Merging Technologies of Switzerland have announced their European and Australasian distributors. Digital Audio Service are handling Germany and Austria, eMerging the UK, Merging Denmark takes Scandinavia, the Benelux region is taken […]
Clarity, the hifi industry trade association, in conjunction with Queen and Universal Music is very pleased to announce the first UK public playback of “Queen: The Studio Collection” box set at the UK’s National Audio Show on 19 and 20 September 2015 – a week before the box set is released. This fantastic opportunity for […]
The Elixir, from Budapest based Heed Audio is a compact five-input integrated amplifier with built-in phono stage and dedicated headphone amplifier, that is designed to provide the renowned Heed sound quality in a one box solution at a lower price point than the existing Heed products. A Class A headphone amplifier and enhanced MM phono […]
German company Raumfeld have announced their Soundbar which comes complete with its own Subwoofer. Easy to integrate with any existing Raumfeld multi-room devices, the Soundbar boasts Integrated class D amplifier firing 6 x 70 mm midrange drivers with 180 watts and the Subwoofer a 200 watt class D amplifier with 3 x 130 mm long-throw […]
The Chord Company, has launched Clearway — a high-performance, low-cost speaker cable that replaces Carnival SilverScreen and introduces a raft of advanced features. During the development of Clearway, valuable research was carried out in relation to the behaviour of conductors and different dielectrics (insulation). For a long time, Chord has understood the importance of the relationship between conductor […]
California’s Noble Audio will be showing its full range and offering free impression-taking for its custom products at CanJam London 2015 this weekend. Noble Audio will be presenting demonstration models of the Noble 3, Noble 4, Noble 5, Noble 6, the ten-driver Kaiser 10U and the new Savant IEMs. Noble Audio’s UK agent, Gisele Flower, […]
The guys at Native DSD have just got in touch to tell us about their new compilation album called 8 Ensembles in 1 Bit(2015). It has tunes by Breno Virícimo Group, Thomas & Eva, The Pipays, Kobra Ensemble, Merel Vercammen & Ketevan Roinishvili, De Gebroeders Harteveld & Fretz, New Amsterdam Voices and Odd Pearls and […]
Bringing “Haute Horology” watchmaking techniques and Formula One materials to Hi End Audio, Kostas Metaxas 40 years artistry in the state-of-the-art is embodied in his latest audio sculpture – “a perfect marriage of the arts of engineering [electrical and mechanical] and the fine arts of sculptural form”. The IKARUS 2015 is machined from a solid […]
GoldenEar Technology New Triton Five tower speaker and the larger Triton Seven are available from UK dealers through Karma-AV. Several important refinements from the flagship Triton One speaker have imbued the Triton Five with better imaging and a more sophisticated overall sonic presentation for demanding two-channel and multi-channel audio applications. The Five’s cabinet construction of […]
It’s been a highly productive past 18 months or so for influential musical icons The Zombies. Led by founder members Rod Argent and Colin Blunstone, The Zombies have completed a raft of shows across the US, made their second celebrated appearance at SXSW festival, seen their enduring classic ‘Time of The Season’ sampled by Eminem (‘Rhyme Or Reason’), received a nomination for the […]
An Audio Legend Dieter Burmester died in August 2015 aged 69 after a short, serious illness in Berlin-Zehlendorf. Dieter Burmester was born in Austria but moved at the age of six months with his parents to Germany. He grew up in Lüchow. He did an apprenticeship as a radio and television technician and did his military service with […]
Merging Technologies has announced that On a Higher Note, LLC has been appointed as the exclusive distributor for USA and Canada for its new NADAC products. This agreement covers the consumer market and the high-end audio industry, tapping On A Higher Note’s network of retailers and custom installers. Considerable interest in NADAC has come from […]
Blond:ish (DJ’s Anstascia and Vivie-Ann ) were conceived as an entity in Cherry Nightclub in Montreal way back in 2008, but now live in London, where they don’t really fit the stereotypical image of DJ/group. The duo have announced the release of their first full-length album for later this year, which will be called “Welcome To […]
Raumfeld, whose Stereo L loudspeakers we recently reviewed, announce that their entire portfolio of wireless speakers will be available in both matte black and silk white for presale from today. Models previously only available in the brand’s original silk white colour such as the Stereo L and the One M, can now be purchased in […]
Cherry Red have announced the official release of what has been described as “the lost 2 Tone album”. Rhoda Dakar joined The Bodysnatchers in 1979 after Shane McGowan introduced her to bassist Nicky Summers. After only their second gig the band signed to legendary UK record label 2 Tone. Nationwide gigs alongside Madness, The Selecter, […]