Australian psychedelic-pop band The Babe Rainbow releases their sunny, laid-back new single “The Morning Song.” This comes with the band’s announcement of a new album due out August 16th via Danger Mouse’s 30th Century Records. We partnered with KCRW to bring the first look into the new record.
Athens, GA rock band Walden releases their epic four-song EP, The Static. With hard-hitting melodies and radio-ready production, Walden proves that they have what it takes to ascend to greatness. The release comes in anticipation for their performance at Shaky Knees Festival on May 5th in Atlanta, GA and the Kaa Boom Del Mar Fest […]
Marantz have launched the Melody X, which Marantz say ”has been designed for the demanding modern audiophile”. It replaces a stereo receiver, CD player, and network audio player all in one compact cabinet.
LessLoss have paired their C-MARC cable technology with their Firewall 64X power conditioner. The upgrade includes four design improvements.
More news, exhibitors’ show locations and new product releases from AXPONA 2019, which runs over April 12-14th, at the Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel & Convention Centre, Chicago.
Thorens have just released the surprise news that they are launching a Reel to Reel tape machine, in partnership with the German company Ballfinger, but they also have some new turntables for you at this year’s High End Show in Munich.
Turntable manufacturer Thorens are opening a new chapter in the history of high quality analogue reproduction, with the introduction of their new tape machine, the TM 1600.
Audio Research has announced an SE update to the CD6 and Reference CD9 Transport/DAC.
Mitchell & Johnson may not be a name you are familiar with, though you may well have come across their relatively budget-priced headphones. However, they also make a small range of electronics built here in the UK. Alan McIntosh has a listen to the brand’s 800 series pre (with on-board DAC and MM/MC phon-stage) and […]
Chloe Foy writes a brand of melodic, homegrown music, bursting with colourful, lyrical and textural inflexions evocative of much of the music she loves. Taking inspiration from classical music as much as wider transatlantic trends in folk and indie, Chloe’s songs comprise of carefully constructed arrangements that delicately compliment her cryptic lyrics.
First encountered by us at The Newcomers stand at High End Munich and gaining a name for themselves with their high-end DACs, the French startup B.audio have now got to work on a power amplifier, the B.amp.
Heir are a DIY-pop band from Leeds. Organic songwriting, infectious rhythmical hooks and powerful vocal harmonies have propelled the five-piece to striking independent success. After hitting viral figures on Spotify with their debut single, ‘I’ll Pick You Up’, they have since performed at Reading and Leeds Festival, worked with producer Ken Scott (The Beatles, David […]
Are you going to AXPONA 2019 this weekend in Chicago? Kicking off on Friday 12th it promises to be a fantastic show, here’s the latest news from the exhibitors to tempt you!
With the Alumine Three, Swiss HiFi manufacturer, Stenheim, say that they have distilled the quality of its Alumine Five speaker into a compact housing.
Chord Electronics has announced a new firmware update for Poly, the wireless streaming module for the Mojo DAC/headphone amp. The new firmware (V2.0.0), has been crowned ‘Poly 2’ in recognition of its wide-ranging improvements, which include Tidal and Qobuz support via popular third-party DLNA Apps.
Bryston has introduced native support for the Qobuz streaming music service as an available firmware update for Bryston’s BDP Music Players. Qobuz, the world’s first certified high-resolution (24-bit/up to 192 kHz) streaming service, enables users to stream uncompressed content from a library of over 40 million tracks. Qobuz first became available to European consumers in […]