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Product series – one that shows just how much musical satisfaction today’s engineering can deliver. musicbook: Smart looks, top features, state-of-the-art technology, Lindemann sound, attractive pricing. musicbook:10 USB audio digital to analog converter with fully balanced control amplifier and class-A headphone output. Separate DSD converter module for native DSD playback. IR remote control. musicbook:15...
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THIEL Audio has announced the introduction of the CS1.7 Coherent Source® floorstanding loudspeaker. The CS1.7 employs THIEL’s renowned phase and time coherent design using precision engineered first order acoustic crossover networks and the latest technology for the woofer and tweeter engineered by THIEL specifically for the CS1.7 project. The CS1.7s follow a long tradition...
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Rotel Electronics, well-known throughout the world as an affordable high-end manufacturer of audio and video components, has announced the introduction of the new RCD-1570 CD Player. Those who haven’t heard Rotel’s RCD-1570 might believe that there’s nothing new in CD players. Those who have heard it tell an entirely different story. Since 1982, when...
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All our Meridian Select products proudly bear a custom nameplate showing owners name and signed by our founders Bob Stuart and Allen Boothroyd. Almost any designs can go on our Loudspeaker cabinets, which are handmade in the UK factory. If you could create any design for our DSP7200 Loudspeaker cabinet what would it be?...
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The Swiss vacuum tube amplifier manufacturer colotube launches a preamplifier. As a world first, it will be presented at the High End Munich from 9.-12. Mai. The flagship of Swiss based colotube is still the 300 B SE Triodes vacuum tube amplifiers monoblocs. With the now launched new preamp, colotube offers a solution to...
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Benchmark Media Systems is proud to announce the immediate availability of the DAC2 D, its newest digital-to-analog converter. The DAC2 D is ideal for audio engineers or home enthusiasts who want to have the same top-of-the-line performance as the DAC2 HGC but don’t need its analog inputs or the 12V trigger. The DAC2 D...
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Harry Pearson, founder of The Absolute Sound, has posted an essay explaining why he quit The Absolute Sound at HPSoundings. You can read it here.
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KEF has announced its first-ever range of headphones, the KEF M Series, offering consumers the benefit of enjoying KEF’s unparalleled audio expertise in portable form. The introduction of the M Series sees the launch of the M500 over-ear headphones and the M200 in-ear buds. Both models have been painstakingly created to deliver a unique...
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Clarison Digital cables offer S/PDIF and AES connections and feature pure OFC “Litz” wire which consists of multiple strands each individually silver plated. In addition, military-grade shielding provides triple signal protection from electric, magnetic, and mechanical interferences – so that only the pure signal reaches the other end of the cable. “Clarison Digital cables...
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To find your participating store and review the special Record Store Day releases, click here.
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“Fono Acustica add a USB cable to their Armonico cable range. “Truly handmade thermo-treated precious-metal conductors are blended in proprietary ratios. Air-insulated dielectrics with ultra-effective shielding and large vibration-isolating tubing supplemented with external anti-resonant African hardwood block all reduce structural and airborne interference. Termination is with custom 24K gold-plated connectors in African hardwood bodies...
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Quite simply, this is the ultimate Emotiva power amplifier. Packed inside this massive 99 pound, rock-solid, jewel-finished chassis, resides decades of design expertise and hundreds of man-hours of fine-tuning. The XPR-1 Reference Series fully balanced mono-block power amplifier resets the bar when it comes to “audiophile” mono-block amplification. Found elsewhere, this level of performance...
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“Magico has received a tremendous number of inquiries from both consumers and dealer/distributors regarding spikes. There are a few things that we believe our partners must know. To start, Magico engineers an extremely rigid sealed-box cabinet. This is one of the many technologies which create the Magico advantage. The premium-quality stainless steel spike systems,...
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USB Audio has emerged as a premier source for all listeners. The KS-2400 series has broken the mold for mass produced machine built cables. Each is handcrafted using our artisan approach to lift the veil that has been separating you from your digital music. The lower noise floor and increased dynamics across the entire...
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Legacy Audio introduces Goliath XD, our deepest performing subwoofer yet, featuring two 15” ultra-bass drivers, two 15” passive radiators, 1000 Watts of internal amplification, and 24-bit DSP. Goliath XD’s ultra-bass drivers utilize a Silver/Graphite/Rohacell composite diaphragm and vented motor structure while the two 15” custom weighted passive radiators provide deep extension without port noise....
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Over nearly two decades the Acutus turntable has progressed to become renowned throughout the audio industry and owned by discerning music lovers the world over. Visually the turntable is a striking piece of engineering, its distinctive polished chrome finish having done much to set the fashion for open skeletal styling. Whilst stunning in chrome...
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The Cary Audio DAC-100 is made in the USA and designed to provide high-quality music reproduction from today’s digital sources. All digital audio information needs to be turned back into analog to be handled by the amplifier and speakers/headphones so we can listen to it. Whether from a computer, handheld music players, cable or...
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New from British company Icon Audio are the MB30SE valve monoblocs, selling for £2000/pr. Designed by Icon Audio founder David Shaw and manufactured in the company’s own factory in China before being shipped home to Leicester for final assembly, adjustment and testing, the new amps deliver 27W apiece from a single-ended Pure Class A...
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“The second annual New York Audio Show comes to New York City April 12–14, 2013. This is an opportunity to experience hands-on the world’s coolest state-of-the-art high end audio gear as well as to attend some special events, including live entertainment, Classic Album Sunday Sessions, Seminars and much more. Hear music like you’ve never...
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VPI will debut its new Classic Direct direct-drive turntable this weekend at The New York Audio Show. They will also debut a new tonearm fabricated by 3D printing. According to Mat Weisfeld: “The material is basically epoxy, which forms a rigid, lightweight, structure with good insulation properties. Epoxy is non-crystalline with impedes the transfer...
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