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High-end mobile audio brand Astell&Kern has launched the follow up to last year’s UW100 true-wireless earphones, which boast key refinements aimed at delivering “uncompromising, exquisite hi-fi sound.”Continue ReadingCategory: Wearables, TechnologyTags… Continue reading Astell&Kern refines the audiophile formula for latest wireless earphones
Linkplay Technology’s compact “audiophile-grade” Wiim Pro Plus gives folks who listen to music using treasured legacy hi-fi setups a way to bring their aging systems into the modern streaming age, without having to fork out silly money.Continue Reading… Continue reading Wiim Pro Plus updates legacy hi-fi systems for the streaming age
The man who helped usher in the the age of the iPhone, former Apple design head Jony Ive, has collaborated with Glasgow-based high-end audio company Linn for a 50th birthday limited-edition reworking of the Sondek LP12 turntable.Continue ReadingCategor… Continue reading Jony Ive helped design the $60,000 Sondek LP12-50 turntable for free
How many speaker drivers do earphones need to deliver great stereo sound? One in each earpiece? Two? Six? The Knowles Corporation has partnered with Ultimate Ears Pro for the release of the UE Premier in-ear monitors, which rock a frankly insane 21 dri… Continue reading Ultimate Ears sets new “gold standard” with 21-driver in-ear monitors
Bowers & Wilkins’ iconic Nautilus loudspeaker is celebrating its 30th anniversary, and the company is celebrating with a stunning one-of-a-kind iteration of its award-winning speaker.Continue ReadingCategory: Home Entertainment, TechnologyTags: Bowers … Continue reading Audiophiles, B&W ‘s iconic Nautilus has a 30th birthday surprise
The UK’s iFi Audio has announced the Go pod, a pair of Bluetooth-enabled DAC/headphones amp modules designed to transform any in-ear monitors with detachable cables into high-performance wireless earphones.Continue ReadingCategory: Wearables, Technolog… Continue reading iFi Go pod wearable BT DAC/amp makes high-end corded IEMs wireless
xMEMS Labs out of Santa Clara, California, is aiming to replace century-old coil-based speaker technology with silicon-based microspeakers, and has launched three Solid-State Fidelity solutions for use in upcoming true-wireless earphones, in-ear monito… Continue reading xMEMS aims for mobile audiophiles with silicon-based microspeakers
Astell&Kern has announced an upgrade to 2021’s “mass premium” A&norma SR25 MkII digital audio player. The SR35 comes with new amplifier technology, four DACs, a 20-hour battery life and a fresh new user interface.Continue ReadingCategory: Music, Techno… Continue reading Powerful quad-DAC SR35 audio player joins Astell&Kern’s entry level line
Astell&Kern has announced an upgrade to 2021’s “mass premium” A&norma SR25 MkII digital audio player. The SR35 comes with new amplifier technology, four DACs, a 20-hour battery life and a fresh new user interface.Continue ReadingCategory: Music, Techno… Continue reading Powerful quad-DAC SR35 audio player joins Astell&Kern’s entry level line
For most of us, vacuum tubes haven’t appeared in any of our schematics or BOMs in — well, ever. Once mass-manufacturing made reliable transistors cheap enough for hobbyists, vacuum tubes …read more Continue reading Reshoring Vacuum Tube Manufacturing, One Tube at a Time