The guys at Concrete Audio, the German loudspeaker manufacturer, got in touch to tell us about their N1 loudspeakers which is unusually made from concrete – as the company name may suggest. “The sound of a loudspeaker dependents largely on the quality of the speaker housing,” says Frank Nebel, head of the company. “Unlike a […]
Monitor audio announced today they will be “fine-tuning” their Radius loudspeaker range. Alongside re-vamped Radius 45, 90 and 270 designs, the new eight-strong loudspeaker line-up includes slimmed-down versions of the 225 centre speaker and Radius One soundbar, together with a new Radius 200 centre-channel speaker and two compact active subwoofers: Radius 380 and 390. For […]
The CA Electronics Ceramic LP Puck HW SE is the latest addition to the product line-up and offers real 23,5 carat gold on top, combined with the finest Bentley spec leather on the side, providing what CA are calling a “luxurious look and feel”. The Ceramic LP Puck is designed to prevent resonances from the […]
Clearaudio’s recently appointed UK distributor Sound Fowndations is pleased to announce the release of the new Performance DC turntable. The Performance DC integrates a high-torque, smooth and quiet DC motor into the chassis.The motor is similar to that used in Clearaudio’s high-end Ovation and Innovation series turntables and is said to provide great speed stability […]
Chord Electronics has added DSD 64 file playback over ethernet to its flagship network music player, the DSX1000. The DSX1000 now includes DSD 64 over ethernet functionality without any increase to the retail price (£7,500). In addition, existing owners can get the upgrade for free via the internet, with a simple push-button menu option from […]
Meridian has announced the introduction of Director, the company’s latest DAC. Built in Britain, Director aims to provide the link between digital sources and a conventional analogue audio system. Featuring a range of connectivity, Director can be used with a wide selection of traditional components as well as USB based sources. Director features technology drawn […]
We’d read a good deal about the little Tisbury Mini Preamplifier and it was getting some good comments made about it so we thought it about time that we got hold of one for review. “Tisbury are a small, UK based outfit that at the moment manufacture just the one product and sell direct. The […]
McIntosh Laboratory has launched a new integrated amplifier, complete with three-input DAC, headphone amp, plus a Moving Magnet phono input all in a compact chassis. The MA5200 offers D/A decoding at up to 32-bit/192kHz for digitally connected devices, plus a complement of analogue inputs. The three-strong digital input suite in the McIntosh Digital Engine includes […]
Marantz has unveiled a new flagship AV Receiver SR7008. Building on the strengths of the company’s SR7007, the new SR7008 extends the number of channels from seven to nine, and comes with further extensions like support for Spotify, or DTS Neo:X 9.1. Marantz also upgraded Audyssey to MultEQ XT32/LFC as well as Audyssey Pro, so […]
Jerry is a fan of omnidirectional loudspeakers and owns a pair of MBL 116F speakers so we were interested to what he would make of the German Physiks Unlimited Mk2 Loudspeakers. “The unusual “clever bit” about German Physiks speakers – their USP, the unique selling point, if you will – is an almost-full-range driver, called […]
The Mistral DT-307a is a hybrid amplifier and our man Dan puts it through its paces in this interesting review. “The 307a is a hybrid, it retails at £249, is a 25w per channel tube hybrid and, whilst Mistral were not really fans of MP3, they acknowledge the existence with an ipod / usb input […]
The Iridium power amplifier from Tellurium Q arrived a couple of months ago and has been a permanent feature on the Hifi Pig rack since then. “The Iridium by Tellurium Q is a single ended class A amplifier that gives out a not massive 18 Watts per channel into 8ohms (the same as my 300B […]
Musica Bella Audio is a line of affordable vacuum tube audio products produced by Response Audio NY that is sold direct and available world wide. Response Audio has been producing custom designed tube products since 1998 and released the Musica Bella line in 2007. The pictured product here is the sub-$1,000 LeAnna EV (Econo Version) […]
Marantz who is celebrating its 60th Anniversary in 2013, has announced two new wireless music systems born from its Melody series – the £499 Melody Media (M-CR610) and £399 Melody Stream (M-CR510). They will be available across Europe in either black or black/white from September onwards. Both units can be connected to a home Wi-Fi […]
Meridian Audio has announced its streaming systems are fully compatible, from 5th August, with selected products from QNAP a leading NAS (network attached storage). Now a music collection can grow almost without limit– with the security of automatic backup and RAID protection against hard-disk failure. At the same time, Meridian is offering a plugin for […]
In 1958 GEC introduced the KT88, designed specifically as a hi-fi valve and intended to be the best. For 52 years it reigned until Tung Sol released the bigger and better KT120: developed from the same design but with more power to drive the more demanding modern loudspeakers. Now Tung Sol is announcing the arrival […]