La Boite concept and artist SupaKitch bring you the LX Platinum speaker, with a surface inspired by the movement of liquid, echoing the artist’s work on aquatic waves. It’s not a coincidence that this new collaboration draws its inspiration from the liquid, since both SupaKitch and Timothée Cagniard (La Boite concept) share a common passion for surfing. Meeting […]
IsoAcoustics Aperta Sub is an isolation stand designed for subwoofers weighing up to 36kg (80 pounds) that’s intended to allows the listener to discover greater bass definition from their subwoofer with fewer complaints from their neighbours. The large pulsating driver of a subwoofer produces energy and vibrations that travel through solid structures that create issues in the […]
Chord Electronics has released new firmware for its 2go streamer/server, a device that directly connects to both the Hugo 2 DAC/headphone amp and the forthcoming 2yu network bridge, to bring music streaming to audio systems. The firmware rollout (v. 1.5.0) introduces new radio-listening features, SD card album playback and improved stability, and follows the release […]
The Rogers AB3a is an active subwoofer system specifically designed for use with the LS3/5A or similar small monitors. Each subwoofer is configured as a matching stand for the LS3/5A, finished in satin black and houses a fifty-watt amplifier. The amplifier drives two mass loaded LS3/5A woofers housed in a closed box system. The amplifier […]
The Grado Prestige series were the first headphones designed by John Grado three decades ago. Building on the E series, the new Prestige X Series, sees a further refinement of its predecessor, featuring new enhanced speakers, an advanced cable design and a more comfortable headband across its five models – the SR60x, SR80x, SR125x, SR225x […]
Austrian Audio have announced the Hi- X65 headphones. Designed as professional monitoring headphones for mixing and mastering, the open over-ear design and the high excursion driver has a 44mm diaphragm and a ring magnet system. “This allows for improved airflow and includes the strongest magnetic field in its class”. The ring magnet, combined with a […]
Chord Electronics’ Gofigure app, the set-up and configuration companion for the company’s Poly and 2go portable streamers/servers, has been updated to include new radio-listening features, SD card album playback and improved stability. The key updates include improved radio station and playlist support, with faster access over Wi-Fi through caching, a playlist generator* for the Quick Play […]
Melco is working with ADOT (Audiophile Digital Optical Technology) a new company specialising in optical fibre upgrade kits for streaming music over networks. The company’s plug ‘n’ play optical fibre upgrade kits introduce high-quality fibre in place of the “noisy copper found in Ethernet connections, effectively isolating hi-fi systems from interference”. The kits are placed […]
Naim Audio’s new Uniti Atom Headphone Edition is a headphone-optimised version of the Uniti Atom music streaming system, designed to be the ultimate solo listening source. Unlike traditional headphone amplifiers and DACs, which require a separate computer or streaming device, this is a fully formed music-streaming system: just add headphones. Using trickle-down technology from its […]
Russ Andrews is launching its most advanced grounding product yet. The SuperRouter “creates a highly efficient ground for hi-fi equipment that also effectively deals with the inherent RF interference in hi-fi systems, resulting in a far more musical performance. “The SuperRouter incorporates everything Russ and his R&D team have learnt over the past 40 years […]
Bluesound has new generation versions of its the Node and Powernode wireless streaming components. These get new DAC designs, next generation quad-core processors and touch panel controls with presets. The new Node wireless hi-res multi-room music streamer and Powernode wireless hi-res multi-room streaming amplifier get new DACs, more powerful processors, and touch panel controls with […]
Audirvāna have unveiled Audirvāna Studio, a complete overhaul of the HD audio playback software that gave us an insight into the potential of computer audio a decade ago. Now enriched with numerous new features it will be available on May 16 only as a subscription service for €69.99 per year, or €6.99 per month (US$69.99/$6.99, […]