If you’re looking at getting the best quality from your music streaming system and have in excess of £20,000 to invest in your front end, this evening could well be a good start for you to audition some of the High End music streamer/dacs available on the market.
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Naim Audio, the British hifi brand, has announced the imminent availability of native Qobuz support to its music streaming family. Enabled via a free over-the-air firmware upgrade, the update will enable Naim owners to enjoy seamless access to Qobuz streaming services – including true high-resolution streaming up to 24-bit/192kHz quality – from within the Naim control app.
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Andaz West Hollywood, the iconic rock hotel on sunset boulevard, has announced a collaboration with British Hifi manufacturer, Naim Audio.
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Bluesound and MQA, are teaming up with two influential music organisations, Jazz re:freshed and British Underground, to present “The Master Sessions”.
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The first step that High End French brand, Métronome, took into the streaming world was at the end of 2017, with the launching of the Digital Sharing range. The DSS, Digital Sharing Streamer, is the second product of this product line, and the first streaming transport at Métronome, following on from the DSC1 connected DAC.
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To mark the end of its 30th-anniversary year and celebrate the company’s 1989 debut into the pro audio world, Chord Electronics has teamed up with fellow pro audio (and 30-year-strong) in-ear monitor brand, Empire Ears, to offer new customers the chance to win a pair of ESR universal IEMs worth £750.
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McIntosh has announced that, now with Simple Device Discovery Protocol (SDDP) implemented, the MX123 A/V Processor has received Connects with Control4 Certification from Control4®, the smart home brand for SnapAV.
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Linn has announced the launch of a high-performance multi-zone network music player designed specifically for the Custom Installation market.
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Melco has launched the EX Series. The new EX Series centres around the introduction of a new software suite to Melco’s existing hardware.
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Bowers & Wilkins has announced that it will introduce an enhanced version of app that will allow users to broaden access to streaming music sites including Tidal, Qobuz and Deezer. More »
Triangle has launched two new limited edition AIO 3 finishes: Mustard Yellow and Emerald Blue.
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It’s black every day with Melco’s new black finish option rolling out across the half-width N10 Series.
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McIntosh has announced that two more of its DAC equipped products have received Roon Tested designation from Roon Labs: the C53 Solid State Preamplifier and the C2700 Vacuum Tube Preamplifier, bringing the total number to 14. This coincides with Roon 1.7 ‘Valence’ launching.
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British audio brand, Quad, is launching a new version of their Vena II integrated amplifier.
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Cyrus Audio has announced the launch of the ONE Cast Smart Audio System. The latest member of the Cyrus ONE family, the ONE Cast fully embraces the freedom and usability of the smart speaker but offers the additional flexibility and audiophile performance associated with a dedicated hifi system.
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Ultimate Stream would like you to join them for their Autumn Listening Sessions and Weekend Workshops over the coming few weeks. More »
Following the introduction of The Pearl wireless streaming loudspeaker released in 2018, French Hifi brand Cabasse, has launched the newest member of its streaming audio range, The Pearl Akoya. We saw both at the recent Paris Hifi Show and the Akoya seems to be a perfect petite Pearl!
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Melco has launched an audiophile-technology extreme-performance data switch, the S100, which, say Melco, offers “improved sound quality for any network audio device using an Ethernet connection”.
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Auralic’s Aries G1 Wireless Streaming Transport costs £1899 in the UK and is, 
surprisingly enough, a wireless (and wired) streamer, Stuart Smith puts it into the Hifi Pig mid-priced reference system and gives it a listen. More »
Melco, who specialise in high-performance digital music storage solutions, is offering free warranty upgrades with all new digital music library purchases (in the UK) registered online.
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Devialet’s compact version of their Phantom, Phantom Reactor, is available in two models (600W and 900W), in both solo and stereo mode, and is now available in Matte Black as well is it’s classic white finish.
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Linn have released the Series 3, an all-in-one, wireless speaker, which Linn say is “unlike any other and the embodiment of five decades of audio innovation”.
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NP5 Prisma is a clever little device that provides Primare’s Prisma network player technology to virtually any system with a digital input.
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The first of a new range of affordable audio components, iFi’s ZEN Blue delivers hi-res Bluetooth streaming to any audio system for £129.
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