Yesterday saw the European Launch of Wilson Audio’s Alexandria XLF loudspeakers at the KJ West One outlet in London, which incidentally officially opens its doors to the public today and is where you’ll need to go to purchase these loudspeakers. This is the first time the loudspeakers have been seen outside the US and if […]
NAD Electronics have combined their Direct Digital Amplifier and Modular Design Construction (MDC) concepts, to introduce the C 390DD Direct Digital DAC/Amplifier, which is now available in UK. Direct Digital Amplification promises a pure digital path, while MDC endows the C 390DD with the same future ready flexibility that has recently distinguished NAD’s leading audio/video […]
Symbol Audio make modern audio hifi consoles and LP storage cabinets “in the tradition of fine furniture”. Their flagship product is the ‘Modern Record Console’ (pictured) designed by Blake Tovin and Matt Richmond, which “pays homage” to the all in one console hifis of the 1950s. The console is hand crafted in American Walnut and […]
On Saturday 26th May Cool Gales will sponsor the Bath AudioFest 2012 which will take place at the Bath & County Club, just off Queen Square. In Addition there will be a couple more large rooms in the Royal Literary and Scientific Institution just a short walk away. The Bath AudioFest is fast becoming the […]
McIntosh Laboratories have recently announced the MX151 home theatre preamplifier. The McIntosh MX151 features the latest in HDMI technology and full support for 3D video pass-through. The Preamplifier has built-in Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio decoding with Lyngdorf’s RoomPerfect room correction technology, which adjusts the audio signal to the specific acoustics of your room. […]
The Nighthawk headphone amplifier by Audio Electronics (Designed and manufactured by Cary Audio) – is an all-new design, featuring “top quality parts mounted on a thick gauge fiberglass circuit board”. Operating in Class A throughout, the Nighthawk’s front end is a high-speed FET, which then goes to a fully complementary high-speed buffered output stage for […]
NuForce have announced a new digital signal converter – “The NuForce U192S is a digital signal converter designed for transforming digital audio signals presented to the USB port of a computer into a coaxial or optical S/PDIF”: That’ll be a USB to S/PDIF converter then. The U192S accepts data word lengths of 16 and 24-bits […]
Naim have announced the completion of a two-year development project to design an improved voltage regulator to be used in its power supplies. The Naim Discrete Regulator (DR) will be fitted to the HiCap, XPS, SuperCap, 552 PS and 555 PS power supplies as of May 14th 2012. The power supplies fitted with the new […]
Harmonic Audio Labs is a Greek manufacturer headed up by Kostantinos Kourkounis with just one product in their range for the moment – the SE-100 Integrated Class A amplifier. Harmonic Audio Labs SE-100 is a no compromise, single ended amplifier delivering 50 Watts per channel using parallel mosfets. The pre amplifier section of the SE-100 […]
Meridian Audio have announced the opening of its first boutique in Kuwait. Opened in partnership with Meridian’s distributor for Kuwait, Electronic Technologies Co., the latest Meridian boutique is situated in the exclusive interior design centre, The Creative Design Mall, in the Shuwaikh district of Kuwait City. The new boutique is the company’s first dedicated showroom […]
UK distributor Fidelity Art has launched a new range of unique Anti-Vibration Accessories from Pro Audio Bono, a specialist manufacturer of dedicated audiophile-grade products based in Poland. PAB’s complete range includes PAB Anti-Vibration Platforms, PAB Stand-Mount Speaker Stands, PAB Anti-Vibration Feet and PAB Anti-Vibration Racks. PAB Anti-Vibration Platforms are designed to support audio/video equipment and […]
To mark its 35th anniversary year, UK loudspeaker manufacturer Harbeth has unveiled an exciting new model at this years Munich High End show. The Harbeth Monitor 30.1 features a new, RADIAL2™ mid/bass drive unit a new SEAS tweeter and a redesigned crossover. Harbeth claim a “more open sound, a smoother response with greater, more even […]
Etalon Acoustics is a Hungarian manufacturer headed up by Laszlo Sallay, who make beautifully finished loudspeakers, DACs and amplifiers. New for 2012 the company has released the Integral. As the name suggest the Etalon Integral is an integrated amplifier which claims a unique design with only 2 stages of amplification in the signal path, which […]
Pioneer Europe has unveiled eight new stereo components and new components complete Pioneer’s new stereo line-up, after the December ’11 introduction of its N-50 and N-30 network audio players. The new stereo components include the A-70, A-50, A-30 (pictured), A-20 and A-10 amplifiers, and the PD-50, PD-30, PD-10 SACD players. Philippe Coppens, Technology and Product […]
Sunshine, surf, and music are on tap when T.H.E. Home Entertainment Show returns to Newport Beach, CA on June 1-3, 2012 for the second year in a row! This year, the event will take place in two locations: the Newport Hilton and the adjacent Atrium Hotel—both located across the street from the Orange County Airport. […]
Naim has launched the NaimUniti 2, the successor to the NaimUniti, at the Munich High End show. This new edition of Naim’s original all-in-one player has a 70W per channel amplifier whereas the original had just 50W. It boasts a new CD player section with a new tray and transport and a new Burr Brown […]