Quad celebrates 78 years in business this year and with the launch of Vena: a compact integrated amplifier sporting a wide range of digital and analogue inputs, plus wireless streaming over Bluetooth with aptX support. Just 313mm wide, the diminutive Vena updates the familiar Quad aesthetic, yet remains distinctly ‘Quad’. A row of source-selection buttons […]
Anthem AVS will be launching the new range of Paradigm Prestige loudspeakers to the UK and Republic of Ireland at this year’s Hi-Fi News show on November the 1st and 2nd. “The Paradigm Prestige is adorned with smart engineering and new technologies such as the proprietary Perforated Phase-Aligning (PPA™) Tweeter Lens which protects the delicate […]
McIntosh Laboratory has launched a new control app for its recently launched media streamer the MB100 Media Bridge. The McIntosh Media Bridge app allows users to fully control and operate the new MB100 Media Bridge streamer, launched in the UK in late September. The MB100 Media Bridge music streamer combinines huge internal storage with a […]
T+A, Germany’s largest specialist audio manufacturer, has announced that it has appointed Dynaudio UK as its new UK distributor. Starting with immediate effect, Dynaudio UK will be responsible for all sales and support activities across the UK specialist audio retailer network. The company says that a change in distribution signals a new period of focus […]
KEF has joined forces with Warner Bros. to promote the cinema release of the highly anticipated Interstellar, the new movie by Christopher Nolan releasing in cinemas and Imax nationwide on 7th November. From the end of October, KEF retailers will host Interstellar promotional material alongside KEF’s E series speaker range in-store. The E Series takes […]
The Clarity Alliance announces that hi-fi electronics retailer, Fanthorpes Hifi, has joined its growing number of UK members, expanding the number of retailers supporting the work of the Alliance. Fanthorpes in Hull has been trading in Hepworth’s Arcade since 1946 and took the decision to join Clarity Alliance after meeting members of the Alliance at […]
German company Clearaudio have announced the Absolute Phono and Absolute Phono Inside, a novel new phonostage solution. With current phonostages the output signal generated within the cartridge has to travel down the tonearm wiring and along the external arm lead before it reaches the phonostage, at which point it is amplified and then equalized before […]
Robson Acoustics’ Opulus Prima Loudspeakers have achieved the coveted Hifi Pig Outstanding Product Award after two independent reviews gave the loudspeakers overall scores of over 8.5. Stuart Smith said that the little British made loudspeakers “ are a good value for money, great sounding loudspeaker, which will suit listeners looking for a fast and detailed […]
The Atlantic from Tron is one of the smallest 300B amps ever made with a footprint of just 40cm x 25cm. Power is between 9-10watts across the audio spectrum (20-20kHz) and with a usable bandwidth up to to 95kHz (-3dB). The chassis is made from CNC machined Aircraft grade alloy, designed so that no nuts, […]
TEAC has introduced its HA-50 portable headphone amplifier which also sports an integrated USB DAC. The new headphone amplifier is designed to operate with laptops as well as Apple iOS devices and will support 24-bit/96kHz using the unit’s BurrBrown PCM5102 DAC chip. The TEAC HA-P50 uses OPA 1652 op amps and achieves a distortion rate […]
HighResAudio got in touch with Hifi Pig to let us know that they have expanded their licensing territory to include: Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Lichtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Poland, Slovakia. This means that the whole Warner Music HighRes repertoire is now available to the above countries. The company’s spokesperson also announced that Sony Music will follow […]
Audio4Soul, whose digital amplifier we reviewed some time ago, has announced global distribution of its new Reference 50 True Digital Amplifier. The new amplifier is said to be “A new breed of Reference amplifiers that has been designed on the basis of ultimate performance”. They also have a new paying scheme called “Pay What You Need” […]
As from October 21st an agreement has been made to sell 83 % of the shares in Dynaudio to GoerTek Inc., an international electronic corporation domiciled in Weifang and listed in the stock exchange in China. The majority of shares in Dynaudio will be now be transferred to one of the leading companies in the […]
Chord Electronics has launched the Choral Ensemble, a new solid-aluminium equipment support called the Choral Ensemble. It certainly looks like an impressively engineered modular support system for the company’s Choral range of components. The new equipment support is based around a 30mm-thick aircraft-grade aluminium plate, supported by four stackable solid aluminium (50mm diameter) Integra legs. […]
B&O PLAY, has launched the BeoPlay A, its first Bluetooth speaker, designed by Cecilie Manz, and offering a set of features the company say are unique. “BeoPlay A2 is an honest product. It is what it looks like: a functional and likeable speaker you can easily take with you”, says Cecilie Manz, Designer of BeoPlay […]
Bearing Primare’s well known design and build quality, and available in brushed black or titanium finishes, the new BD32 MkII universal player builds on the company’s BD32 platform with improved circuit design, 4K upscaling and Netflix support. This is a multi-format/multi-channel Blu-ray, DVD, CD, SACD and DVD-A disc player combined with a media player. It […]