Fresh out of Florence, Gold Note’s new Streamer/DAC aims to bring versatility and sophistication to your digital setup. John Scott sets out to see if it succeeds in this, the first English language review of this product. More »
British audio brand, Quad, is launching a new version of their Vena II integrated amplifier.
The new Burson Conductor 3X Reference is fully balanced with one DAC chip per channel. Top-quality components are used throughout including Neutrik XLR connectors.
Auris Audio has two exhibition spaces at the AV Show Warsaw this year, room 701/702 at the Radisson Blue Sobieski Hotel and a booth at PGE Narodowy stadium.
Feliks Audio, the Polish boutique tube amps manufacturer, will showcase their full headphone amplifiers line up at next week’s show, including the latest flagship model, the 20th Anniversary edition Euforia.
Founded in 1988, Shenshen and Dongguang based Shanling Audio has been designing and manufacturing a range of Hifi products for over 30 years and are being well known for their valve-based products.
Hot on the heels of the announcement of the release of the iFi ZEN Blue hi-res Bluetooth streamer, iFi expands the ZEN family of desktop-sized audio products with the ZEN DAC, a USB DAC/headphone amp.
Hifiman has released a new wireless version of its Ananda open-back planar headphone, giving listeners the option to stream from phones, digital audio players, and other portable devices at bit rates up to 24Bit, 96kHz.
The new Artera Pre from Quad is the first dedicated analogue preamplifier to join Quad’s Artera Series, the company’s flagship range of solid-state audio electronics, the Artera Pre also reintroduces Quads Tilt control feature.
For the past 18 months, Swan Song Audio say that they have worked to reduce the physical size of their products while increasing quality.
iFi’s xCan at £299 offers a portable headphone amp with Bluetooth connectivity, whereas their £399 xDSD focuses on DAC duties with a headphone amp, Bluetooth and lots of digital inputs. Janine Elliot puts them head to head for this in-depth review.
Chinese brand SMSL has announced August 20th as the release date for their new M500 DAC, though the price is yet to be confirmed.
New for the summer and to be shown for the first time this weekend at the 2019 CanJam London Show, Rupert Neve Designs has introduced Fidelice, a new product range for the high-fidelity audio market.
Gold Note, the Italian High-End Audio manufacturer based in Florence, has launched it’s new DAC, the DS-10, a D/A Converter & Streamer with Headphone amplifier and analogue preamplifier stage.
McIntosh has announced the C53 Preamplifier, it is their first product to debut the next-gen DA2 Hi-Res DAC with HDMI (ARC).
CanJam London 2019 will feature the world’s most innovative headphone and personal/portable audio brands.
M2Tech has revealed the new Marley MkII Headphone Amplifier, designed, says the Italian company, “to take the intimacy of headphones listening to new heights of pure pleasure”.
McIntosh has announced the C49 Preamplifier.
dCS say they are excited to announce that they will be demonstrating the new Bartók network DAC with Class A headphone amplifier at the forthcoming Munich High End 2019 show between the 9th and 12th of May. More »
HIFI PIG ADVERTISING PROMOTION
Hifi Pig brings you a series of promotional articles about the essential brands to have on your ‘go visit’ list at High End Munich 2019. Read on for more about their philosophy, their products and, of course, where they will be at this year’s High End Show.
Aries Cerat promise a show full of debuts and a surprise…
Into Headfi? Stop by and have a listen to the latest in personal audio with Abyss Diana Phi and AB-1266 Phi TC headphones at their stand at the show.
Astell&Kern has launched the KANN CUBE, the second model in the KANN performance line.
