Graham Audio have announced the purchase of the CHARTWELL and SWISSTONE Companies. The famous Chartwell brand were historically regarded as the finest builders of the BBC LS3/5A speakers and their products are perhaps the most sought after of all the licensees who built the brilliant LS3/5A “Graham Audio will be manufacturing the most famous of […]
i-box today unveils the Slix Bluetooth wireless speaker. Small enough to pop in a pocket and robust enough to be carried about and with a standard five-year guarantee to back up that promise. Slix has all the essential features to deliver on its portable promise. “Firstly, it is designed to be as compact as a […]
Danish loudspeaker specialist Dynaudio developed the Excite X14A, an active compact loudspeaker. Integrating powerful digital amplifiers, proprietary Dynaudio woofers and tweeters, digital sound processing and featuring user-adjustable settings to finely tune the sound according to room acoustics or listening preferences, the Excite X14A is said to be “the ideal active loudspeaker speaker for smart, modern […]
The new Spendor A5R is an ultra‐compact 2.5 way, floor‐standing loudspeaker. “We believe the Spendor A5R is the most room‐friendly ultra‐ compact floor standing loudspeaker ever created. With its slim elegant proportions, and sound performance which is almost independent of room placement it is the perfect loudspeaker for any small room” says the company’s press release […]
Kudos Audio to preview new flagship Titan 808 loudspeaker with Linn Exakt technology. Until now the Titan 88 has held its own as Kudos Audio’s flagship loudspeaker but now Kudos is ready to unveil the prototype of its successor: the new Titan 808. Only the two isobaric bass drivers remain identical to those in the […]
The HRS-130 replaces our long-running HRS-120. It features a carbon fibre cone German Physiks DDD driver, mounted on top of an octagonal section columnar cabinet, with a downward firing 10-inch woofer located in the base. This replaces the 8-inch unit used in the HRS-120. A slightly taller cabinet allows for a larger Helmholtz resonator, which […]
Bryston has announced the introduction of the Model A subwoofer, the first sub in the Bryston lineup not anchored by multiple 8-inch bass drivers. The Model A subwoofer utilises two opposing long-throw 10-inch woofers anchored to a décor-friendly compact enclosure, making it easy to position out of sight. The Model A subwoofer has a 400-Watt […]
Monitor Audio’s enduring Gold Series speaker line has been refined with significant design upgrades says the company’s latest press release. The new line is dubbed simply ‘Gold’ to reflect the purity of the latest addition to a decade-long lineage. While it duplicates the form-factor of the Gold GX range it replaces, the new eight-strong line-up […]
Fujitsu Tel Limited has launched the free ECLIPSE TD Remote for Android application for the TD -M1 home audio wireless speaker system. The new app enables Android users to wirelessly control the TD-M1 system, which until now has only streamed audio wirelessly via AirPlay, with remote control functionality supported via the TD Remote application, (exclusive only […]
PMC Loudspeakers will take centre stage at the forthcoming International CES in the Auro-3D demonstration suite, to “immerse visitors in a new standard of sound reproduction and high resolution audio, which is more realistic than anything that has gone before”. The PMC twenty series will be utilised for all the channels in the 9.1 Auro-3D […]
For more than 30 years, Wharfedale’s famous Diamond speakers have served as the classic entry point for many a budding music lover…they were ccertainlymy first “real” loudspeaker and I enjoyed them immensely. Now, with the introduction of the all-new Diamond 200 Series, Wharfedale is saying that it “has once again raised the bar for affordable, […]
Featuring wholly ATC designed and built drivers and amplifiers, the new SCM40A system is an active version of the SCM40 three-way floor standing speaker, launched in late 2013. The SCM40A utilises ATC’s soft dome dual-suspension SH25-76 tweeter together with the company’s signature 75mm soft dome mid-range and a 164mm short coil/long gap (under-hung) bass unit. […]
Yesterday, at the press conference in New York, Consumer Electronics Association announced the winners of the honorary innovation award. Alfred & Partners’ newly launched Estelon Extreme has been selected as 2015 CES Best of Innovation Awards Honoree in the High Performance Home Audio/Video product category. Products entered in this prestigious program are judged by a […]
