Atlas has launched the Eos Modular 2.5 power distribution block. Designed to replace cheap multiway power blocks the Eos Modular 2.5 block (£395) is housed in an aluminium chassis, internally wired with 2.5mm² copper conductors, ensuring unimpeded power transmission between individual sockets with minimal resistive losses. We live in an electrically noisy ‘soup’, permeated by […]
Chord Company has added a mains cable to its range in the form of the SignatureX Power. Handmade in the Wiltshire factory SignatureX Power features the company’s proprietary ARAY mechanical tuning technology, plus XLPE insulation, as seen in many of the company’s newer loudspeaker cables. SignatureX Power replaces the Signature ARAY power cable. It benefits […]
Nagra celebrates its 70th anniversary with a limited edition turntable. The Reference Anniversary turntable ($175,000) is the product of a major research and development project that has been kept under wraps until this past summer. The Nagra I and Nagra II tape machines made use of a Thorens spring winding mechanism to rotate the reels […]
The new Moon Studio has been equipped with the very latest pro recording equipment, and will allow people and products to be seen and heard in “brilliant audio-visual detail”. The studio will be used for Moon’s regular Facebook Live events, global training sessions, video conferences, podcast recording and the creation of product videos. Located in […]
Created for the dedicated music lover, the Copland’s new CSA70 integrated amplifier is designed to provide exceptional audio performance that belies its power rating and price. The CSA70 (£2,988) provides four digital inputs, three analogue inputs, line out function, as well as pre-out terminal, front facing 6.3mm headphone output, and a 70 Watts per channel […]
Atlas Cables has launches its latest balanced digital audio cable within its mid-priced Hyper range. The Hyper AES/EBU draws on the ideas that Atlas developed for its superior performance Mavros AES/EBU. After additional research, the company is now able to package much of that design philosophy into a 110-ohm digital cable within its mid-priced Hyper […]
Meze Audio has unveiled LIRIC – its first closed-back planar magnetic headphone powered by Rinaro’s Isodynamic Hybrid Array Driver, re-engineered for portable use. LIRIC combines magnesium, leather and aluminium in an ergonomic design. “We’ve been wanting to do a portable planar for a while, and following two successful collaborations with Rinaro, it was a natural […]
Sonus faber has acquired the De Santi woodworking factory, the company that has supplied its cabinets for the past 35 years. Sonus faber began working with Luciano De Santi and his factory in 1986, the two companies united by a shared passion for Italian heritage and craftsmanship. To keep up with increased global demand, Sonus […]
Karma-AV has introduced Mobile Fidelity’s UltraGold moving coil phono cartridge to UK vinyl fans. Precision crafted in Japan and voiced by Spiral Groove founder Allen Perkins, the UltraGold MC (£1,499) offers analogue lovers “the exceptionally wide frequency response, tonal richness, lifelike separation, and true-to-the-source faithfulness of a class-leading audiophile MC design”. The UltraGold MC has […]
Grado Labs is introducing a new Reference Series of headphones, which brings fourth generation X Drivers to the RS1x and RS2x. The RS2x (£599.95 / $550) combines maple and hemp wood, while the RS1x (£799.95 / $750) combines maple, cocobolo, and hemp wood. These are the fourth generation of drivers the Brooklyn company has designed […]
The PMC Dolby Atmos Music mix of Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue has just been released by Apple Music, making it available in an “immersive format” for the first time to Apple Music subscribers. PMC’s monitor speakers are the reference for Dolby Atmos Music mixing and are featured in the top studios around the world […]
The revised version of Primare’s NP5 Prisma network player, the NP5 Prisma Mk2 (£550), has landed. The development of a new model was necessitated primarily by the AKM chip factory fire, causing long-term disruption of the supply of the critical sample rate converter (SRC) chip at the heart of the NP5 Prisma design, which allowed […]