Punkers of a certain age will be well aware of Penetration (for it is they) and their classic debut single “Don’t Dictate”. The band hail from the North East of England and played with most of the big names of the heyday of punk and so it is with a good deal of relish that […]
Bryston has announced today the introduction of the Model T Cinema reference home theatre in-wall loudspeaker. By leveraging key design cues from the flagship Model T floor-standing loudspeaker, Bryston has developed what they are saying is a “highly capable architectural speaker system for dedicated home theatre rooms”. In order to achieve the desired performance goals from […]
Amplifier Technologies Inc, has added a new series of amplifiers designed by their president and chief engineer, Morris Kessler. The 4000 series amplifiers, available with 2 to 7 channels, share the design philosophy and circuit sophistication of ATI’s award-winning 6000 Series amps with power output reduced to 200W RMS per channel at 8 ohms and […]
Dan Worth checks out the $399 Remedy “digital reclocker” from Wyred4Sound.
Having recorded his first solo album Fish Rising while still a member of Gong, Steve Hillage wasted little time in recording a follow up after his departure from the band in 1976. Decamping with partner Miquette Giraudy to Todd Rundgren’s studio near Woodstock in New York State, the resulting album, L, was something of a […]
Optoma has expanded its range of in-ear headphones with its NuForce BE6 – a wireless model. The BE6 “is the only Bluetooth® in-ear headphones to be fully crafted from aluminium”, and they feature Bluetooth with aptX® and AAC compatibility. The BE6 earphones can play music and take phone calls continuously for up to six hours and are equipped with […]
Cambridge Audio will seek to introduce new standards for audio performance, build quality and battery life to the premium Bluetooth speaker market with the introduction of the new G5 wireless speaker – available now, online and instore, priced at £229. The G5 has an “elegant metal and leather exterior, superb sound quality and amazing battery life” […]
Noble Audio is launching a new aluminium-chassis 10-driver IEM: the Kaiser 10U aluminium (£999). Due to debut at the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2015 (October 02nd – 04th) in Denver, Colorado, the K10U aluminium is a new universal-fit IEM using Noble’s 10-driver flagship configuration, as used in its top-performing IEMs and CIEMs. Noble’s aluminium IEMs are […]
The latest of Hifi Pig Extra is out and ready for you to download…AND IT’S FREE. It’s a fab issue with loads of reviews, loads of music reviews, live music, great columnists, a great Readers’ Lives article that follows a father and son through their audiophile journey, Forever Changes by Love is the Classic Album and […]
AURALiC is now significantly extending the potential user base for music streaming by introducing the all-in-one ARIES MINI. The ARIES MINI offers wireless streaming, including Quad-Rate DSD/DXD, a built-in DAC, plus new connectivity to a much broader market of consumers — the millions of music lovers with stereo & A/V receiver-based or powered speaker-based audio […]
Audeze is introducing new products at the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest, October 2nd through the 4th at the Marriott Denver Tech Center, CanJam Booth C23. It began when the Audeze team met the legendary electronics designer Bascom King in his design lab. Bascom has designed amplifiers for Infinity, Marantz, Constellation Audio, PS Audio and others. He demoed […]
Pass Laboratories, Inc. is demonstrating the most powerful of its two new integrated amplifiers, the INT-250 and INT-60, at the 2015 RMAF. The INT-60 features the same power supply and output stages, along with the iconic glowing meter, as found on Pass Labs’ Point 8 amplifiers. The new model features Direct Access buttons for the four […]
Aurender introduces the new UC100 as an accessory for Aurender Music Server models that only provide a USB digital output. It is a USB Asynchronous Audio 2.0 to SPDIF converter developed to allow for the interface of current (and earlier) Aurender servers N100 / N100H / X100L to DACs that do not provide a USB […]
Aurender introduces the N10 Caching Music Server/Player. Designed to be used with high performance digital-to-analogue converters, the Aurender N10 is the only Music Player to support on-the-fly precision DSD to PCM on SPDIF and AES/EBU outputs with user-selectable choice of 88.2 or 176.4 output sampling rate says the company’s press release so you can enjoy […]
Naim announced today, that following an extensive beta test, it is releasing Firmware updates on October 6th enabling TIDAL lossless streaming together with a host of other new features and improvements. Streamer Firmware Version 4.3 will enable native support for TIDAL on Naim’s all-in-one players, network players and streaming preamplifiers. Mu-so Firmware Version 1.3 will enable […]
After a successful soft launch in November 2014, Russ Andrews USA, online supplier of hi-fi and home theatre accessories, is using the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest to unveil its full product line and customer offering as it expands its business in the important USA hi-fi market. Situated in room 2009 and in the Lobby area of the […]