Mark Levinson, the brand not the man, has finally delivered a new reference preamplifier. It’s been over six years since the No.32 went out of production so the arrival of the No.52 will fill a gaping void in this prestigious range. The No.52 was first spotted at CES in January 13 but the company’s production […]
iFi is taking a democratic approach to the design of its forthcoming DSD DAC and headphone amp the Micro iDSD. The idea is that users suggest features and ideas for the ‘advanced skunkworks’ Micro iDSD via a page on the headfi site, iFi’s facebook page and plain old emails to the company. This has already […]
Brighton has not seen a decent hi-fi show since the eighties so it’s apt that two should come along at once. On the 29th and 30th of March the Chester Group will present Audio World ‘14 at the Holiday Inn and 15 Audio has gathered its suppliers and associates in the Hilton Brighton Metropole. Audio […]
Neil Young’s Pono Music looks like bringing hi-res audio to the masses in a way that no audio company could hope to do. Originally touted as a high quality, lossless alternative to the iPod that is currently raising funds on Kickstarter, Pono has also brought high quality FLAC files to the attention of high profile […]
Vertere stunned the world with its astonishingly resolute and alarmingly expensive Reference Tonearm last year, this year its creator Touraj Moghaddam has managed to deliver an arm at the other end of the scale. The Vertere SG-1 will be approximately £1,500 without arm cable (starting at £200 for D-Fi) and like its stablemate takes a […]
Cyrus has launched the Stream X Signature, it’s most ambitious network streamer to date. It combines compatibility with high resolution audio formats and “the most advanced audio engineering” according to its maker. Differences with the Stream X include power supply filtering and the addition of a ballast transformer. Capable of streaming high resolution audio files […]
The Chord Company has launched a new version of its Signature speaker cable. Signature Reference has been completely redesigned using the lessons learned in the development of Chord’s flagship speaker cable, Sarum. It has new shielding, a new conductor-spacing configuration and new materials in the shield. The cable’s two conductors are held in place with […]
AMR offshoot ifi has taken a break from building its kit in compact aluminium boxes and created the Retro system solid real bamboo casework. Designed as a decent system without the clutter Retro Stereo 30 consists of a 25 watt ‘e-receiver’ with EL34 valves and modern features such as Bluetooth and USB alongside a phono […]
The Bristol Sound & Vision show is just a few weeks away so we thought it might wet your appetites if we picked out a few of the more interesting products that will be demonstrated at the event. Here are some reasons to head west between the 21st and 23rd of February. Computer Audio Design […]
Isotek’s latest whole system conditioner the EVO3 Sigmas is a six-way mains unit that combines IsoTek’s Direct-Coupled technology for power-hungry components, with the Adaptive Gating technology of the well-respected Nova, optimised for source components and preamplifiers. EVO3 Sigmas delivers a ten-fold improvement in both common mode and differential mode mains noise filtering over the original […]
British horn speaker specialists Ferguson Hill have launched a Kickstarter project to support their new Clear system. They aim to develop a unique clear speaker system that has full digital and wireless connectivity that looks great and sounds fantastic. Their speaker system will, allegedly, give great sound for your TV and give you the full […]
Peachtree Audio has created the novaPre preamplifier and matching Peachtree220 power amplifier. Designed to make the most of high-resolution digital audio (HRA) the novaPre combines three products in to one – an upsampling DAC, valve buffer preamp and a “high quality” headphone amp. The novaPre was designed to “enhance any digital source, from MP3 to […]