This January at the 2013 CES show, Cary Audio will unveil a number of new products. First, they will be showing new digital to analog converters. The DAC-100 will be a completely solid-state design, while the DAC-100t will be a hybrid design with a vacuum tube output stage. Cary Audio will also be officially launching […]
Audio4Soul is a new company in 2 channel high-end audio products based in Greece and with a philosophy of bringing simplicity in home audio to the masses whilst retaining truly audiophile credentials and sound quality. The company has announced worldwide distribution of Xtreme16 USB, its first product – an asynchronous 24/192 USB-DAC and integrated amplifier […]
Italian high end audio manufacturer Lector Audio has announced the introduction of their latest DAC, the Digitube DSD (Direct Stream Digital). The new DAC is based on the 32 bit Dac from AKM and has an output circuit designed around vacuum tubes (ECC-81/12AT7). The DAC accepts digital signals up to 192kHz/32bit and 384kHz/32 bit via […]
Polish Hifi maverick Lampizator has announced two new products to add to their range of high-end audio products. Lukasz Fikus, owner ad chief designer had the following to say about the Level 6 “…no compromise, ultimate attempt on the state of art in music making. It is not about convenience, not about features and not […]
A public beta version of Naim’s n-Serve for Mac control app is now available to download from the Naim website. This new Mac app offers all of the server maintenance functionality of the Windows Naim Desk Top Client alongside the control features available on n-Serve for iOS devices. n-Serve for Mac allows the user to […]
3beez, is a new company based in Lafayette, Colorado specializing in the application of computer technology to home audio and have announced recently the Wax Music Management System. The Wax system provides a flexible metadata scheme which makes it effective at cataloguing large music collections, especially those that include music from classical, jazz, and other challenging […]
Hifi Pig received a message from Funjoe the founder of Clones Audio in Hong Kong. Clones Audio is a one-man workshop producing amplifiers which are inspired by the 47labs gain card, so essentially gain clone products. The story goes that one day Funjoe’s father came along to listen to his 47labs system, liked it and […]
Schiit Audio have announced its newest products, the $99 Magni headphone amplifier and the $99 Modi USB DAC. Magni offers a fully discrete design and Modi has an AKM4396 D/A converter and active filter output stage for driving long cable runs. Both products are made in the USA. “We’re excited to debut Magni and Modi,” […]
Tannoy’s Turnberry SE and Stirling SE Prestige range of loudspeakers can now benefit from much needed stands, courtesy of Reference Fidelity Components (RFC). RFC have launched what it believes are the world’s first and only truly dedicated stands for the Prestige line loudspeakers. Paul from RFC commented “Even big floorstanders such as the Tannoys can benefit […]
Avid Hifi, the UK based high-end hifi manufacturer have announced plans to launch an entry level turntable which will be known as the Ingenium. Full details are scant at the moment but the Ingenium turntable is expected to be available for around half the cost of their Diva II -so around £800. A solid alluminium […]
Black Rhodium the UK based cable manufacturer has announced the launch of the LIBRA and CRATOS mains power cables. Both cables have been designed for low ‘Transient Phase Distortion’ by increasing the thickness of the inner insulation to 1.2mm. “The benefit of thicker insulation is that when two electrical conductors carry an electrical current, the […]
Hot on the heals of the announcement of the BDP-2 Digital music player Bryston announced the introduction of the BP17, analog/digital stereo preamplifier derived from the preamp portion of the B-135 integrated amplifier. The BP17 will be available in December, 2012 with an MSRP of $3550. The BP17 utilizes a software controlled motorized analog volume […]
Bryston LTD, celebrating 50 years in 2012, has announced the introduction of the BDP-2 digital music player, an enhanced version of the BDP-1 that accommodates larger music libraries with faster load times. Both the BDP-1 and BDP-2 were designed to give listeners the ability to enjoy their library of high-resolution digital music files (resolutions of […]
THIEL Audio has announced that the company has been acquired by a private equity firm based in Nashville, TN. New THIEL CEO Bill Thomas has indicated that the brand focus will continue to be on premium quality phase and time coherent loudspeakers, with long time THIEL employees Brad Paulsen, Gary Dayton, Lana Ruth and Rob […]
As part of their Atratus range of cables, Epiphany Acoustics have announced the launch of a shielded mains cable. The Atratus mains cable has “been designed on a ‘no holds barred’ basis, using only the most suitable, highest quality components”. The cable itself is comprised of heavy gauge copper conductors with a 100% coverage shield. […]
The new DSX1000 is a digital network streamer that at its heart, boasts Chord Electronics’ proprietary DAC technology. The latest-generation Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) architecture found inside the DSX1000, is the same technology used in the company’s QBD76 HDSD DAC and the Red Reference MkIII CD player. The FPGA handles all the digital data […]