INTONATION AUDIO TECHNOLOGY INTRODUCE NEW SOUND TECHNIQUES Intonation Audio Technology are an Irish company that are launching new techniques to recover lost digital information, preserve analogue sound integrity and allow analogue sound to be held in small files.
CHORD ELECTRONICS 2YU NOW SHIPPING The Chord Electronics 2yu and 2go combine to create Chord’s first-ever network bridge.
SENNHEISER HD 450SE BLUETOOTH HEADPHONES WITH AMAZON ALEXA INTERACTION Sennheiser is introducing the new Sennheiser HD 450SE Bluetooth Headphones, a special edition of the audio brand’s HD 450BT.
CANOR PH 2.10 PHONO PREAMPLIFIER ANNOUNCED The CANOR PH 2.10 is an all-tube phono preamplifier for MM and MC cartridges and has just been announced by the Slovakian brand.
GUANGZHOU AV FAIR 2021 Reports are coming in, as yet unconfirmed by the organisers, that the Guangzhou AV Fair 2021, or Guangzhou High End Show as it is sometimes known, in China was shut down over the weekend.
BERLUTI X BANG & OLUFSEN COLLECTION LAUNCHED Parisian fashion house Berluti and Danish audio brand Bang & Olufsen have collaborated for a limited-edition collection of products, celebrating ‘savoir-faire’ and lifestyle, the Berluti x Bang & Olufsen collection.
MELCO N1Z MUSIC LIBRARIES RECEIVE DOUBLE UPGRADE OF SSD OR HDD STORAGE AND POWER SUPPLIES Melco Audio has upgraded its two flagship Japanese-engineered digital music libraries, the HA-N1Z/2EX-H50 (HDD) and HA-N1Z/2EX-S40 (SSD), to include new, improved power supplies and new, higher-performance single-drive storage.
DENON AVC-X8500HA AND MARANTZ AV8805A FLAGSHIP AV AMPS ANNOUNCED Denon and Marantz have both announced their new flagship AV amplifiers, the Denon AVC-X8500HA and Marantz AV8805A.
Q ACOUSTICS Q ACTIVE 400 FLOORSTANDING SPEAKERS AVAILABLE Following on from the announcement in 2020 of their first active loudspeakers, Q Acoustics has announced the availability of its active floorstanding loudspeakers the Q Active 400.
BALANCED AUDIO TECHNOLOGY VK-3500 HYBRID INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER LAUNCHED IN THE UK The Balanced Audio Technology VK-3500 Hybrid integrated amplifier celebrates over 25 years of the American brand. The BAT VK-3500 marries a ‘SuperTube Unistage’ preamplifier with a solid-state power section generating150 watts per channel into 8-ohm loads, doubling into 4-ohm loads.
ROTEL RC-1590MKII AND RC-1572MKII STEREO PREAMPLIFIERS RELEASED Rotel has announced the new upgraded MKII versions of two of the company’s stereo preamplifiers, the Rotal RC-1590MKII and Rotel RC-1572MKII.
DS AUDIO DS003 OPTICAL CARTRIDGE LAUNCHED Japanese high-end brand, DS Audio, has released the new DS Audio DS003 optical cartridge.
ISOACOUSTICS APERTA SUB SUBWOOFER ISOLATION With a sculpted aluminium frame and patented IsoAcoustics integrated isolators, the IsoAcoustics Aperta Sub decouples subwoofers from the supporting surface to prevent the physical transfer of energy that excites the supporting surface, causes room rattle and disturbs your neighbours.
AIRPULSE A100 ACTIVE BOOKSHELF SPEAKERS RELEASED The Airpulse A100 Active Bookshelf speakers have been created using the same XMOS core as the more powerful A300.
MCINTOSH MB20 BLUETOOTH TRANSCEIVER ADDS WIRELESS BLUETOOTH ALL HIFI SYSTEMS The McIntosh MB20 Bluetooth Transceiver is an easy way to add wireless Bluetooth® streaming to virtually any McIntosh (or non-McIntosh) home audio system, from any era.
ORCHARD AUDIO STARKRIMSON ULTRA AMP 500W GAN AMPLIFIER MODULES LAUNCHED Orchard Audio of New Jersey, USA, has announced the launch of their Starkrimson Ultra Amp Modules.
LATERAL AUDIO STANDS LAS-9 CADENZ HIFI RACK Lateral Audio has announced the launch of their new affordable performance audio stand range, the LAS-9 Cadenz series.
TRIANGLE AIO TWIN CONNECTED SPEAKERS PLUS MATCHING TRIANGLE BY PRO-JECT TURNTABLE The Triangle AIO TWIN is a pair of active connected speakers with the ability to play streamed your music in high res from your smartphone or tablet, perform Multiroom Streaming, connect to your TV for AV duties and play vinyl with your turntable connected […]
UPDATE FOR CHORD ELECTRONICS 2GO FIRMWARE RELEASED TODAY Following on from last week’s Gofigure updates, Chord Electronics rolls out key updates for the Chord 2go streamer/server.
ROGERS AB3A SUBWOOFER SYSTEM LAUNCHED Rogers International has announced the release of their new Rogers AB3a subwoofer system, which we first saw back in 2020 at the Bristol Hifi Show.
AMAZON MUSIC HD FOR ALL, NOW AT NO EXTRA COST Following hot on the heels of the Apple Music announcement that their Lossless Audio would be available at no extra cost, subscribers to Amazon Music Unlimited can now upgrade to the highest quality streaming audio available, for free
AUDEN DISTRIBUTION INTRODUCES EGGLESTONWORKS ARTISAN SERIES LOUDSPEAKERS TO THE UK Auden Distribution now has the EgglestonWorks Artisan series of loudspeakers available for demonstration in the UK, through selected HiFi dealers.
GRADO PRESTIGE X SERIES HEADPHONES LAUNCHED Grado has introduced the next generation of its Prestige Series open-back headphones. With over six decades of audio design experience, this headphone range is deep-rooted in the New York based company history.
UNDERWOOD HIFI ADDS AUDIO-GD TO ITS DISTRIBUTION PROFILE Walter Liederman and Underwood Hifi has announced the addition of Chinese brand Audio-GD to their portfolio, on an exclusive distributional basis in the USA.
AUSTRIAN AUDIO HI-X65 OPEN-BACK OVER-EAR HEADPHONES Austrian Audio and their UK distributor Sound Technology Ltd have announced the Austrian Audio Hi-X65 headphones.
MCINTOSH AND SONUS FABER DISTRIBUTOR FINE SOUNDS UK EXPANDS THEIR HQ Fine Sounds UK, who are based in Scotland, are the country’s McIntosh and Sonus faber distributor.
RECORD STORE DAY 2021 4 WEEKS TO GO! It is just four weeks tomorrow until the first Drop of Record Store Day 2021.
AUDIOLAB DC BLOCK REMOVES RFI/EMI WHILST BANISHING ‘DC ON THE MAINS’ Known for its amplifiers and digital source components spanning four decades, Cambridge-based Audiolab is now releasing its first product designed to improve the quality of AC electricity, the dual-action Audiolab DC Block.
