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CA Electronics Ceramic Cable Clamp

The CA Electronics (whose Ceramic Isolating Feet we reviewed) have today announced the Ceramic Cable Clamp which they say is “designed to Absorb vibrations from your cables and minimize the Microphonic effect.” The clamps are said to be easily fitted and suited  for a wide range of cables. Simply unscrew and lead the cable through […]

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Roth Announces Active Monitor

Roth Audio announces the Roth OLi POWA-5, its debut active monitor. Simply plug the powered speaker into the Mains, now connect it – using the supplied speaker cable – to its passive partner and you’re ready to go. The POWA-5 has 80 watts and connectivity includes 1 x pair RCA analogue connecters (e.g. CD player), […]

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Cary Audio Announce Dedicated “Audio Electronics” Website

Cary Audio have announced the creation of a new website dedicated to Audio Electronics by Cary Audio. The site will include product information, reviews, industry events and ordering information, along with other regularly updated items of interest. Audio Electronics is Cary Audio’s subsidiary, originally created in 1993 and now re-launched and positioned to reach a […]

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New Addition to the High End Audio Calender

Touchstone Audio have informed us of an innovative addition to the High-end audio events calendar which will take place on Saturday November 3rd and Sunday November 4th at the Moat House Hotel near Reading in Berkshire from 9.30 ’til “late” on the Saturday and 10am through to 4pm on the Sunday. Three Hi-fi distributors and […]

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Hagerman Audio Labs “The Violin” Phonostage

Hagerman Audio Labs is a small manufacturer based in Honolulu and has recently announced the introduction of the valve phonostage, The Violin. Offering both Moving Magnet and Moving Coil stages The Violin allows for fine tuning of gain, eq, polarity and operates in Class A with no feedback. The front-end MC gain uses low-noise matched […]

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Headonism in Aylesbury

The good people at Deco Audio, the Aylesbury based hi-fi outlet will be holding their “Headonism” 2012 event on Saturday 27th October between 10:30 and 17:30. They will have a wide range of headphones and headphone amplifiers for you to try out from the more affordable end of the scale to the much more high-end. […]

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Woo Audio WA7 Headphone Amp and DAC

Not a great deal of information about this very pretty little headphone amplifier from New Yorks based Woo Audio, other than it is the company’s smallest product and has a 32/192 USB DAC built in. It’s imaginatively called the WA7, operates in pure class A and was launched at the Rocky Mountain audio Fest. More […]

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Etalon Announces Duosono Plus

Etalon announces Duosono Plus which is an evolution of the company’s Duosono broad-band loudspeaker. The Duosono Plus is a floor-standing loudspeaker equipped with two bass/midrange made from an aluminum, magnesium/titanium alloy used in the company’s Duosono, to which Etalon have added the tweeter used in their Minisono whose membrane consists of the same alloy. The extreme […]

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iRiver’s new DAP

Korean manufacturer of the iRiver DAP have announced that they will launch the Astell and Kern AK100 DAP to Japanese markets on 27th October. This is a high end audio player aimed squarely at the audiophile user. It comes with 32GB of internal memory and a dual MicroSDHC which can expand the units memory up […]

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Hifi Lounge Opens its Doors

Hifi Lounge, based in Millow near Dunton in Bedfordshire (UK) has been announced as the latest retail outlet for PMC loudspeakers. The outlet will have allow audiophiles and music lovers alike access to the full range of PMC hifi products as well as Bryston electronics. Hifi Lounge is housed in a converted grain barn and […]

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Fine Sounds Acquires McIntosh

Fine Sounds SpA of Milan, Italy, owner of Sonus Faber, Audio Research Corporation, Wadia Digital and Sumiko, has acquired 100% of McIntosh Laboratory, America’s formidable producer of hi-fi systems.  Fine Sounds is owned by Quadrivio, an Investment Management Company also based in Milan, Italy.  The acquisition of McIntosh, a Binghamton, NY based company which had […]