The Audio S Plus wireless Bluetooth speaker is the first in a range of new products designed in close collaboration with Ministry of Sound’s Club Development Director (and Ivor Novello-winning DJ and producer) Phil Faversham and his team, to bring the audio expertise behind Ministry’s sound system, ‘The Box’, into devices created for the consumer’s […]
The Tape Project (reel to reel analogue tape label), Bottlehead (tube based amplifier, preamplifier and headphone amplifier kits, high end tube audio products and reel to reel tape machine upgrade specialists) and Burwell and Sons Loudspeakers are hosting a special event at the California Audio Show where you can meet Jacqui Naylor. They will be playing tracks from Jacqui’s […]
Leema Acoustics is now shipping its DAC/preamp, Libra. A featured-packed high-resolution ‘digital hub’, the new Libra DAC/preamp (£5,995) allows users to get the latest sound quality from their digitally connected devices. Designed and built by Lee Taylor and Mallory Nicholls (Leema), Libra’s simple-yet-elegant looks conceal a vast array of technologies. The new Libra crystallises Leema’s […]
The Bespoke Audio Company have been in touch to tell us they are proud and excited to have been invited by Ton van der Veeken of audio importers Hear Everything to join him in room 7 at this years X-Fi show in Veldhoven, The Netherlands on the 26th and 27th of September. Ton has put […]
Atlas Cables announce that its new updated Ascent Ultra interconnect cable and Ascent XLR are available from today. Hand-built, the Atlas Ascent Ultra interconnect cable is available now with a UK SRP of £575 for a m pair. Other lengths are available upon request. “Atlas wanted to apply new knowledge when updating the already successful […]
New British hi-fi manufacturer, Mitchell and Johnson is launching the HP1, its first set of headphones. The hybrid circum-aural design, combining the super thin and lightweight DYNASTATZ® flexible transducer with a 40mm dynamic dome driver module, “delivers clean bass and unmatched clarity at the price point” says the company’s recent press release. Designed in Europe, […]
Roksan Audio announce the latest addition to their Kandy K3 series of hi-fi electronics – the K3 CD Di joins the range as a combination CD Player and Digital-Analogue Converter (DAC), opening up a K3 system to more music sources than ever before. The idea behind the CD Di is to provide audio enthusiasts with […]
Venere S is the latest Sonus faber loudspeaker and the new flagship of the Venere collection. Released 3 years after the original Venere collection, the Venere S bridges the space between the Venere and Olympica ranges. It is the most powerful three-way speaker of the Venere line with three 180mm woofers for the best reproduction of lower frequencies and […]
MrSpeakers has worked with legendary headphone designer, Bruce Thigpen (founder of Eminent-Technology and pioneer of numerous planar magnetic speaker technologies), to produce ETHER, a new planar-driven pair of open-backed, on-ear headphones. They have produced a new kind of Planar technology, the V-Planar, with extra knurling. ‘What is knurling?’ you ask, apparently knurling turns the flat […]
Denon® Electronics has announced a new partnership with TIDAL, This new partnership gives HEOS users a new option for high fidelity music streaming. Users can access their TIDAL account directly through their HEOS system via the HEOS app, available for iOS, Android™* and Kindle Fire. Don Freeman, Denon’s Vice President of Marketing, says: “This is […]
No its not Easter but KEF has an EGG for us. It seems like the market is awash with Bluetooth systems at the moment but KEF has reinvented its successful ‘egg’ design, to be Bluetooth enabled, with superior 4.0 aptX compatibility and featuring KEF’s famous Uni-Q driver from the KEF Blade. It’s a plug-and-play’ package, with built-in amplification and DAC and can […]
MCRU and SliC Innovations have announced the launch of the Eclipse C loudspeaker cables. They have the same patented cable design as the SliC interconnects and the designer, electrical engineer Eugene Howe just asks hifi owners to audition the cables and come to their own decisions about them. Available exclusively from MCRU, in any length from […]
GIK Acoustics has announced that the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office has issued utility patent US 9,091,060 for GIK’s proprietary design of its acoustic absorbers. The patent covers the design and construction of GIK Acoustics’ 242 Acoustic Panels, 244 Bass Traps with FlexRange Technology, and Monster Bass Traps with FlexRange Technology. GIK Acoustics’ patented design begins with a […]
Leema Acoustics, the Welshpool based hi-fi manufacturer founded and run by two ex-BBC sound engineers, has launched the Xen 2 loudspeaker; the original Xen having been the result of a research project to squeeze a BBC-graded monitor speaker into a 5L cabinet! The new Xen 2 is based on the previous model (deleted in 2008), […]
Now in its eleventh year the much loved Fest Jazz at Chateauneuf-du-Faou certainly didn’t disappoint visitors this year…if only the same could be said for the weather which was excitedly moist to say the very least.
Founded by keen audiophile Darren Hollands, MBA Co already has three products in an expanding portfolio while actively seeking worldwide distribution for its loudspeakers and electronics. The line-up includes Progression floor standing loudspeakers, Pulse stand-mounts, plus the Status integrated amplifier. Already on the drawing board is a smaller, sealed speaker dubbed The Spur, and a […]