ASTELL&KERN A&ULTIMA SP2000T DAP WITH NEW TECHNOLOGIES INCLUDING QUAD DAC AND TRIPLE AMP SYSTEM The brand new Astell&Kern A&ultima SP2000T Digital Audio Player features a new triple-amp system to customise the listening experience, including Astell&Kern’s first tube amplifier.
NEW KONDO AUDIO NOTE JAPAN KAGURA 2I POWER AND OVERTURE PM 2I INTEGRATED AMPLIFIERS RELEASED Kondo Audio Note Japan has released two new amplifiers, the Kondo Kagura 2i Power Amplifier and Kondo Overture PM 2i Integrated Amplifier.
French high end brand, Jadis, have developed a new, compact reference integrated amplifier featuring the KT170 valve.
High-end Italian brand, Tektron, have created a new product line that embodies the best of their 35 years of experience and development.
Finnish brand Penaudio’s new Alba Signature is a modernized version of their first Alba back in the beginning of the 2000s.
Outwardly, the new Audio Research Reference 80S Stereo Power Amplifier shares the same dimensions as the ARC 160M.
McIntosh has introduced the MA12000 Hybrid Integrated Amplifier.
McIntosh has announced the MC1502 Vacuum Tube Amplifier and C22 Mk V Preamplifier.
Nearly 20 years have passed since the 2001 launch of the AirTight ATM-211 single-monaural power amplifier using the 211 tube. Since then, AirTight have launched 211 push-pull monaural power amplifier ATM-3211, which has become a turning point for the AirTight brand, as well as the SET ATM-300R.
VenusodiO, of Germany, has launched its new integrated tube amplifier, the Symbiose Quadrat, following on from their first model, Symbiose.
Czech Republic based KR Audio are known to audiophiles everywhere for their high end valves and audio equipment.
A valve amp at 1300 Euros sounds like a bit of a bargain. Add to the package an onboard phonostage and DAC and this Italian package starts to look even more attractive. Adam Billingham takes this latin beauty for a spin.
Leben Hifi Stereo Company is a Japanese manufacturer of tube/valve amplifiers. The designer and owner of Leben is Mr. Taku Hyodo who has been ranked as one of the top eight tube audio design engineers in Japan.
Roehrenschmiede means ‘The Tube Forge’ and is a small, valve amplifier manufacturer from Krefeld, Germany, who make a handmade and personalised, high end, all-tube stereo amplifier, called Rocket and pre-amp called Comet.
The Cayin A-845 Pro 25th Anniversary Integrated Amplifier is expected to arrive in the UK, with Audio Emotion, in March 2019 and will retail at £7990.
2018 saw Western Electric get their much loved 300B valves back into production, plus the brand has also made great progress with a new integrated amplifier, the 91E.