Real World Studios bridge the gap
Stranger High Fidelity, the bespoke hi-fi retail service launched by Cameron Jenkins of Stranger Records, is collaborating with distributor Sound Fowndations to stage an exclusive event at the iconic Real World Studios this August. Press and audiophiles are invited to join Stranger High Fidelity and Sound Fowndations at Real World Studios, near Bath, for one […]
Tivoli re-Gens radio range
Tivoli Audio is widening the choice of style and performance in the smart speaker/radio market with three new models: the Generation 2 Music System Home; Gen 2 Model One Digital, and new Model One+ DAB radio. For the Gen 2 Music System Home and Model One Digital designs, Tivoli is adding Google Chromecast and Apple […]
Retro Rogers valve amp revived
Rogers have announced a strictly-limited edition of their E40AiiLE integrated valve amplifier. The pure Class-A tube amp’s production run will be restricted to just ten units, and comes about only by chance. While working at Audio Note, Rogers’ Head of Design unearthed a handful of chassis transformers and PCB’s for this highly-revered amplifier. “They were just sitting […]
Dual linear PSU from JCAT
JCAT’s new Initio 3 power supply comes with two DC outputs and is built around a proprietary linear voltage regulator board and ultra-fast low noise rectifier. Described as a “100% linear design utilizing state-of-the-art linear voltage regulators guarantees stable operation and superb measured performance. Initio 3 features a bespoke power transformer with magnetic and electrical shielding. The transformer is sealed with […]
Download Qobuz to Melco direct
Melco Audio’s latest firmware brings the Qobuz Downloader to its range of EX Series music libraries. Available from today, the new firmware version 4.20 will be pre-installed on all new Melco digital music libraries and is available immediately for owners of existing EX Series machines, plus customers who have updated their Melco music libraries to EX specification, […]
B&O goes Factory
Bang & Olufsen has partnered with Warner Music to honour the work of Factory Records and one of its iconic founding partners. As impactful as the music it produced, is the iconic album artwork created by legendary graphic designer, Peter Saville. His album sleeves are as synonymous with Factory Records as the music itself. The technically clean, […]
Charisma in the UK
Sound Design Distribution is welcoming Canada’s Charisma Audio with a range of vinyl replay components including the Reference and Signature series of moving coil cartridges, Musiko phono stage and Musiko turntable, tone arm, and tone arm cable. SDD will supply its MC cartridge range and Musiko phono stage to be joined a month later by […]
Zen and iFi’s art of streaming
The Zen Stream is the latest addition to iFi’s Zen series of compact and affordable audio devices, designed to deliver flexible, high-quality network streaming to any audio environment. Described as a ‘Wi-Fi audio transport’, the Zen Stream (£399) acts as a bridge between your Wi-Fi network and your audio system. It connects to a router […]
Beach hut boogie
Ruark Audio have announced their first limited edition R1 Mk4 colourway for Summer 2021, with the aptly named ‘Beach Hut Blue’. The design of the radio enclosure makes it an ideal acoustically inert housing for Ruark’s Class A-B amplifier with adaptive equalisation and NS+ driver, resulting in a highly listenable sound at all volume levels. […]
Naim’s first turntable
Naim Audio has launched Solstice, the first turntable in the British brand’s almost 50-year history. It comes partnered with a next-generation version of the iconic Naim Aro tonearm, an Equinox MC cartridge, Solstice Series Phono Stage, Power Supply and bespoke accessories set. Naim will create just 500 units of this Solstice Special Edition package. Naim […]
Goldmund Telos 300 power amplifier
Goldmund has released their latest stereo power amplifier, a new product that can trace its lineage all the way back to the Mimesis 3 amp from 1985. The new model brings together all of Goldmund’s latest evolutionary advances to its proprietary Telos amplification technology in a compact and stylish package. Delivering 225 watts of Class […]
5TB entry level Melco music library
Melco Audio has upgraded its entry-level N100-H20 digital music library, creating a new high-capacity HDD variant, the N100-H50, which more than doubles the original device’s music storage capability. The new N100-H50 benefits from a 5 TB HDD, which is the same audio-specific model featured in the N100-H50’s upmarket sibling, the £7,499 N10 45th anniversary limited edition digital music library. The […]