Naim today announced that Dr. Trevor Wilson will become Managing Director from 1 July 2015. Paul Stephenson, current Managing Director, will then move to the role of Chairman of the company. Trevor Wilson has been with Naim for eight years, most recently as R&D Director, where he has led the team of 40 plus engineers. […]
“The new Yggdrasil DAC from Schiit Audio is an entirely different take on “end-game” DAC design, eschewing the now-standard delta-sigma and DSD-optimized architectures to deliver optimal performance for the 99.99% of recorded music out there—music in PCM format” says the opening lines of Schiit’s latest press release. “Yggdrasil was designed with a single goal in mind: […]
New British hi-fi brand, Modern British Audio Company, is launching the Status integrated amplifier. With a strong emphasis on minimising noise and distortion the Status will be a dual mono design. Manufactured in the UK, from largely British sourced components, the Status comprises two separate 170 watt per channel (8 ohm) monobloc amplifiers within the casework, which are coupled […]
British loudspeaker manufacturer PMC (Professional Monitor Company) has announced the appointment of Paul Desmond in the role of Export Manager For Asia Pacific. Desmond will be responsible for all sales of PMC’s consumer audio products across the region, managing the distribution network. Desmond brings to PMC a wealth of international sales experience built up over 25 […]
UK brand Trinity has announced that it has smashed its Kickstarter target of £40,000 after only eight days. Raising funds to develop its range of three UK-designed IEMs, Trinity exceeded its target with an impressive 22 days still to run, with backers continuing to pledge to the campaign. The funds raised enable the company to continue […]
Acoustic Energy is undergoing a raft of changes to re-establish itself as one of the UK’s leading hi-fi loudspeaker manufacturers. “With a new Managing Director, new global and domestic sales teams and investment from its new $20 Billion joint ODM parent, Wistron, Acoustic Energy is now well placed to achieve its future growth objectives” says the […]
Chameleon embodies all of the iconic design elements of Sonus faber while offering a level of customization previously unattainable in this market segment: the entire cabinet is covered in leather; driver flanges are embellished with aluminum trims; the side walls house the exchangeable side panels via a system of pins which allows for their simple […]
The Clarity Alliance, the UK hi-fi industry’s trade body, welcomes to its membership the new UK based business, Entotem, producers of the award winning Plato multimedia home entertainment system. Launched at Sound & Vision, The Bristol Show, in February 2015, Plato is Entotem’s innovative home entertainment server and streamer product that the company says will […]
Following the rebranding of Sansui UK as Mitchell and Johnson at CES 2015, the new British based hi-fi manufacturer is launching its integrated amplifier with built in 24bit/192kHz DAC and a matching CD player. Designed in Europe, the SAP-201V is an updated and improved version of the slim-line integrated amplifier previously sold under the Sansui […]
The Concept’s concept is simple: to deliver an elegantly styled turntable package featuring a level of technology usually only found in high-end turntables, combining plug-and-play simplicity with outstanding sound quality and affordability. In 2012, one Concept became two, as Clearaudio added an ‘MC’ version featuring the Concept MC (moving coil) cartridge in addition to the […]
Cabasse has appointed The Multi-Room Company as the exclusive UK distributor for its hi-fi, home cinema and custom installation loudspeakers and the range of connected audio solutions, to help drive growth and bring improved levels of service to its UK customers and end-users. Since the reintroduction of Cabasse to the UK in 2008, the company […]
Arcam now have over a dozen Hi-Fi and Home Cinema components with streaming built-in and more coming. “Looking to improve the user experience, Arcam have developed their MusicLife app totally ‘in-house’ to be easier to use, faster and more stable than other similar apps” the company’s press release tells us. The say that it is […]
Denon has just confirmed the availability of a hardware upgrade for their AVR- X7200W flagship Network AV Receiver. Current owners of this AVR will now be able to upgrade their unit to support future-proof HDCP 2.2 copy protection protocol, needed for copy-protected 4k Ultra-HD content playback. The upgrade, which requires hardware modification at an authorized […]
Marantz has just announced the offer of a hardware upgrade for their AV8802 flagship AV pre-amplifier. As promised by Marantz this January, current owners of their home cinema centre will now be able to upgrade it to support future-proof HDCP 2.2 copy protection protocol, needed to play back copy-protected 4k Ultra-HD content. The upgrade requires […]
Tangent Audio announces the launch of the new X4 and X5 passive versions of their recently launched active BT X5 Spectrum loudspeaker. Tangent’s new passive X4 and X5 versions of their Spectrum loudspeaker line-up continue with contemporay cabinet design in a compact standmount / bookshelf format, using black or white satin finishes with attractive walnut […]
The MINT Maraschino is a two channel implementation of the Digital Amp Co’s Maraschino Amplifier Circuit plus input select (front/back), sleep control (on/off/auto), and volume control. Power is provided by a single, external, upgradeable power supply. There is a standard (48V) version and a KING version (60V). Output power is up to 250W with the […]