Simaudio Ltd. has introduced the MOON Nēo 260D CD transport with an optional digital-to-analogue converter. The Nēo 260D provides a CD Transport and a DAC all-in-one with 32-bit processing engine, upsampling capabilities, MOON oversized power supplies. The DAC section, entirely optional, can be added later on.The Nēo 260D borrows much of its technology from the […]
Audio4soul whose Xtreme 16 amplifier we reviewed has announced the launch of its OCC IT! Xtreme speaker cables. Employing single crystal, pure OCC copper made by the now famous Ohno casting method, the OCC cables are said to “dig deeper into the music truth of your collection.” “As with all Audio4soul products the new cables […]
Available from October the new loudspeaker from Focal will feature a Flax cone, new TNF tweeters and minimalist styled cabinets. It represents a significant design shift away from the Chorus 800 V’s very strong design identity towards a more sober statement combining the mineral and the organic. The Aria 900 range is similar in breadth […]
Pim from Van de Leur Audio, the Dutch manufacturer of the 402 amplifier and the 002 preamplifier, got in touch with us to tell us about their new look website. The site’s nice and clean and the photography is pretty interesting and out of the ordinary for a hifi company. Due to a new partnership […]
“It costs ten bucks or go fuck yourself”. A nice personable accompaniment for the album’s release from Trent Reznor himself. He’s obviously not terribly fond of the “pay what you want” system as championed by Radiohead… never mind Trent, thousands upon thousands of people will pay absolutely nothing besides a bit of bandwidth for it. […]
Kitchens of Distinction formed as a band in 1986 releasing just four studio albums, as well as a few singles and EPs on the One Little Indian label, before disbanding in 1996. Lead vocalist Patrick Fitzgerald explains the gestation of their first album in 19 years, “Folly”: “These songs came together over a two-year period […]
Acoustic Sounds, the online music store, has announced it will be offering mainstream albums from leading labels in the DSD format – used to master SACDs. Initially 46 albums will be available in the DSD format including Counting Crows’ ”August and Everything After”, Rickie Lee Jones’ “Traffic From Paradise”, Herbie Hancock’s “Maiden Voyage” and John […]
Parasound has announced the addition of a new 2.1 channel preamplifier to its Halo product line( Jerry reviewed the Halo A21 amp some time ago giving it a Recommended award). The new Halo P 5 replaces the Halo P 3 preamplifier adding a DAC with coaxial, optical and USB inputs. Also included is a subwoofer […]
Ok, so a few of you may be familiar with Mr Cat (Stephen Bruner to his friends), either from his recent role as bassist in LA superpunks Suicidal Tendencies or his collaborations with Erykah Badu and Flying Lotus. If it’s the former, this album will really come flying out of leftfield for you, but those […]
“Sometimes I wish you were here….weather permitting…” Well, the weather apparently does permit because Scotland’s Franz Ferdinand are back with their fourth full length album. The band has been plying their trade of innocuous but eminently danceable indie rock for over a decade now and have achieved some pretty massive success, most notably from the […]
Roksan have announced the launch of their K2 BT 150 amplifier which takes elements of the previous K2 model but improves connectivity, flexibility and sonics. The power rating is increased from 120W to 150W per channel whilst high frequency noise has been radically reduced in both the pre section and the power amplifier section. The […]
Featuring the new ATC designed and built 25mm soft dome tweeter, updated bass/mid drivers and crossovers housed in a curved, laminated cabinet, the first of a new range of ATC closed-box passive loudspeakers has been announced. The third generation SCM7 and second gen. SCM11 are the first to employ ATC’s landmark SH25-76 tweeter, developed to […]
Bryston, has announced the introduction of a new series of loudspeakers designed to complement their Model T offering introduced at CES 2013. The Model A series has the same design principals as the Model T, with a focus toward minimizing distortion and compression during music and home theater playback. The new Model A series relies […]
Whilst I enjoyed the Polyphonic Spree’s first album “The Beginning Stages of…” they were never really a band that I explored further than that one album and perhaps this has been a mistake on my part given how much I loved “Yes, It’s True”. The first album was a gloriously positive and uplifting offering from […]