he Netgear Nighthawk X8 Wi-Fi router was also in attendance along with the new Arlo Q security cameras at the event on Tuesday. The X8 is the latest and greatest in Netgear’s line of rather splendid Wi-Fi routers and it promises to deliver blisteringly fast speeds as well as clever automatic connectivity management. Get the […]
Tuesday afternoon saw me at Netgear Arlo Q UK press launch. The penthouse of swish central London boutique hotel was the setting for Netgear’s launch of the latest edition to their Arlo network camera line. Get the whole story at GadgetyNews.
PowerEgg – nope, this not a new thing from an energy drink company that’s being released for Easter, this is a new drone that I have been made aware of. News of the PowerEgg came by way of a very nice message from its makers, Powervision, to the GadgetyNews Facebook page. Get the whole story […]
Apple MacBook USB-C cables have been recalled due to a “design issue”. If you happen to own one of the super-slender edition MacBooks released last year, then it would be very wise to check its charging cable. Get the whole story at GadgetyNews.
The iPhone 7 headphone port could be replaced by another speaker, according to analysts. The iPhone 7, as well as the iPhone 7 Plus, might be getting new holes in its face on the road to the much rumoured loss of the regular 3.5mm headphone jack Get the whole story at GadgetyNews.
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 […]
Dan Worth takes a listen to this well connected, £1200 DAC from Romanian company Audiobyte. “The midrange as a whole is wonderfully analogue-like and very expressive, and I loved how the Black Dragon rendered a strong female vocalist, particularly in the higher registers and how it added grunt to males tones.” Read the full review […]
Dan Worth takes a listen to this well connected, £1200 DAC from Romanian company Audiobyte.
Connected Distribution will use Sound & Vision, the Bristol Show, to unveil the Cabasse Murano, the smallest full range speaker in its Artis high-end series. It benefits from innovations initially developed for the reference La Sphère: the co-axial midrange tweeter and specific technologies incorporated in the design of the woofer, combined together to generate the […]
headroom 2106 is an annual event held at the world-famous Metropolis Studios in London. It is a showcase for all that is portable audio and headfi. In this special Hifi Pig and GadgetyNews e-magazine we take a look at the event, some of the exhibitors and, of course…there’s lots of lovely photos for you to […]
headroom 2106 is an annual event held at the world-famous Metropolis Studios in London. It is a showcase for all that is portable audio and headfi. In this special Hifi Pig and GadgetyNews e-magazine we take a look at the event, some of the exhibitors and, of course…there’s lots of lovely photos for you to […]
PMC announces the introduction of the Bryston Cubed Series amplifiers to the UK, replacing the Squared Series that made its debut in 2009 and bringing significant performance improvements. The Cubed Series is a statement design platform ideal for music enthusiasts, home theatre installations and professional audio applications says the company’s latest press release. The […]
In 2015 The Bristol Show saw the preview of Kudos Audio’s new flagship loudspeaker, the Titan 808, incorporating active Linn Exakt technology. Now, Kudos are ready to unveil yet another exciting development: active operation with Devialet’s Expert audiophile system. Launched in 2015, the Titan 808 is the new flagship of the Kudos range. It takes […]
Russ Andrews is introducing the brand new Kimber Kable Axios headphone cable to the UK. Created using a new development of the Kimber woven cable design, Axios features 16 individually insulated 24-gauge strands of OFHC (oxygen-free high thermal conductivity) copper. The new hand braiding process, which was perfected for production after more than 100 trials, […]