Beautiful app-controlled mechanical music box extends the range

Back in mid-2020, a project out of Taiwan launched on Indiegogo to produce a gorgeous little mechanical music box that could play tunes loaded in using a smartphone app. Now its makers are aiming for double the fun with the Muro Box N40.Continue Readin… Continue reading Beautiful app-controlled mechanical music box extends the range

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

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

Astell&Kern powers up for Kann Max quad-DAC digital audio player

It’s been a busy week for high-end portable audio brand Astell&Kern, with the launch of the fourth member of its Kann performance line of digital audio players plus a new pair of in-ear monitors in collaboration with Campfire Audio.Continue ReadingCate… Continue reading Astell&Kern powers up for Kann Max quad-DAC digital audio player

A&K’s latest digital audio player debuts interchangeable sound modules

High-end audio brand Astell&Kern (A&K) has added a new music player to its A&futura line, which slots in just below last year’s SE200 model. The stand-out feature on the SE180 is the ability to pop out the existing sound module and swap it for another…. Continue reading A&K’s latest digital audio player debuts interchangeable sound modules

Hi-res digital music player designed for displaying album art

Multi-instrumentalist, recording artist, graphic designer and now consumer product creator Tom Vek has been waiting for a digital music player that’s big enough and square enough to adequately display album art for a while now. Frustrated that nothing … Continue reading Hi-res digital music player designed for displaying album art

Vinyl sales surpass CDs for the first time since 1986

A mid-year revenue report from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has revealed vinyl sales in 2020 have surpassed compact disc (CD) sales for the first time since the mid-1980s. The report also reveals the COVID-19 pandemic hitting th… Continue reading Vinyl sales surpass CDs for the first time since 1986