The Detroit manufacturer's flagship audio product is coming. Detroit luxury goods manufacturer Shinola has revealed plans for its first-ever turntable. Known as the Runwell Turntable, Shinola's latest foray into music serves as the premier product of the new Shinola Audio line and campaign. The blueprint for the Runwell Turntable comes to us courtesy of Shinola... Read More »
Will the real DragonFly® please stand up! It has recently come to light that a counterfeit version of the guts of DragonFly v1.2 is inside multiple brands of Made In China small USB DACs. It is important to note the authentic versions of all DragonFlys, as with all of the new AudioQuest “Digital Critters,” are... Read More »
Mytek's Extensive Pro proficiency results in their second DAC with MQA Decoding. Also designing the Pro industry's first MQA-capable ADC. 2016 RMAF, October 7th, 2016 - Mytek Digital, the second MQA® license after Meridian to ship an Audiophile DAC with MQA technology, will be introducing their MQA-capable Manhattan II DAC. But the new Manhattan II... Read More »
GoldenEar Technology is very pleased to announce that we have been awarded a patent by the US Patent Office (US 9,462,391 B2) on our unique Dual-Plane Inertially-Balanced Technology, as incorporated in our new, award winning SuperSub™ Series of powered subwoofers, the SuperSub X ($1249/ea) and SuperSub XXL (S1999/ea). This force-cancelling inertial-balancing preserves, conserves and focuses... Read More »
YG Acoustics™ (www.ygacoustics.com), the leading ultrahighend speakermanufacturer, is proud to announce a new, breakthrough tweeter technology BilletDome™. A short video illustrating BilletDome™ can be found at: Highres: http://youtu.be/8IqkHMPrX2AMidres: http://youtu.be/Xw9QEmt8ts4 The brand new, patentpending BilletDome™ tweeter is YG Acoustics™’ most complex mechanical invention to date: a resonancefree soft dome is supported by a stiff, light airframe... Read More »
RMAF, the Denver-based audio show held on 7-9 October, marks the largest-ever public showcase of MQA-ready products, supported by hundreds of MQA albums available to download. In addition to demonstrations from MQA-enabled products already on the market, showgoers can also witness further MQA-ready unveilings, including the Bluesound launch of the world’s first MQA-ready soundbar. The... Read More »
Sonoma Acoustics LLC announced today at CanJam and the Rocky Mountain Audio Festival (RMAF), being held at the Denver Marriott Tech Center, October 7-9, 2016, that it would begin selling its Model One (M1) Headphone System initially in the US, UK and Japan. The price for the entire system, which includes headphones and USB DAC/Energizer, is... Read More »
SVS 16-Ultra subwoofers are the largest and most powerful in the company’s history and tout all new driver and amplifier platforms along with three radical innovations designed to establish the SB16-Ultra and PB16-Ultra as the new reference standard for bass. Rocky Mountain Audio Fest – Room 8004 – SVS, manufacturer of high performance speakers,... Read More »
AURALiC Launch POLARIS Wireless Streaming Amplifier The All-in-One Solution for Modern HiFi System AURALIC North America Inc. is proud to introduce the POLARIS Wireless Streaming Amplifier. POLARIS has seventeen inputs channels comprising streaming, digital and analog sources. The internal DAC, incorporating AURALiC Flexible Filters and Femto Master Clock, supports Quad-Rate DSD and PCM up to 32Bit/384K. The powerful internal stereo... Read More »
ACOUSTIC SOUNDS TRANSFORMS HOME AUDIO AGAIN! Analogue Productions Ultra Tape Debuts with 12 Killer Titles! 15 ips ¼-inch analog tape copies sourced from the master tapes From Acoustic Sounds, Inc., the world leader in audiophile music sales, comes the highest quality analog reel-to-reel tape album reissues — Analogue Productions Ultra Tape! Twelve masterpiece titles... Read More »
Next-gen transport plays SACDs, outputs DSD, and transforms the performance of standard Red Book CDs PS Audio is proud to announce the World Premiere of the new DirectStream Memory Player in Suite 1107 at Rocky Mountain Audio Fest, October 7-9, 2016. PS Audio's best-selling PerfectWave Memory Player transport has been the ultimate optical disc transport since... Read More »
Award-Winning HA-2 Gets a Performance Boost Continuing the pursuit of innovation and value for customers, OPPO Digital (www.oppodigital.com) today introduces an updated version of the award-winning HA-2 portable headphone amplifier and DAC, HA-2SE. Aesthetically, the HA-2SE continues the HA-2’s elegant style and design - genuine leather casing with contrast stitching and beveled aluminum edges. Inside,... Read More »
Sonoma Acoustics Heads To CanJam@RMAFTo Debut Model One Electrostatic Headphones Following on the heels of CanJam London where Sonoma Acoustics LLC showed a prototype of their revolutionary Model One (M1) Headphone System—the first high-end headphones to utilize the High-Precision Electrostatic Laminate (HPEL) transducer developed by Warwick Audio Technologies Ltd.—the company is headed to CanJam at the... Read More »
ROON ENABLED MERGING+NADAC PLAYER AT RMAF 2016 A new generation of integrated audiophile server will be demonstrated by On a Higher Note Merging Technologies will display a pre-production version of the Merging+NADAC Player at the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest. The result of a dynamic partnership with Roon Labs, On a Higher Note, Merging’s US... Read More »
SVS Prime Elevation soars as an uncompromised height effects speaker and as a front, center, rear surround, side surround and/or LCR speaker when ideal placement isn’t possible. SVS, manufacturer of high performance speakers, subwoofers and audio accessories, proudly announces availability of the SVS Prime Elevation Speaker. The SVS Prime Elevation takes speaker versatility to new... Read More »
The LAAS – Los Angeles Audio Show – is a new high-end audio and home theater show debuting in June 2017 and every weekend each year following Memorial Day. The LAAS is presented in collaboration with the Los Angeles and Orange County Audio Society at the Sheraton Gateway LA with complimentary shuttle service from the Los Angeles International... Read More »
RETURN TO VINYL: ROCK ‘N’ ROLLA™ PORTABLE BRIEFCASE TURNTABLES ARRIVE AT RETAIL OUTLETS IN OCTOBER Go Anywhere, Attractively-Priced Record Players Make Perfect Complement to Vinyl Sales Surge "Back to the future, a retro look with today's technology" Rock ‘N’ Rolla™, the ultimate in Portable Briefcase Turntables, will be available from retailers and online outlets beginning... Read More »
The Italian MC FIRENZE, Italy: Gold Note - the Italian High-End manufacturer based in Firenze – has announced the release of Donatello, the new MC cartridge available in two models: Donatello Gold (low output level) available at an MSRP of 950€ and Donatello Red (high output level) available at an MSRP of 650€. Gold Note... Read More »
NEW AUDIO SHOW IN SUNNY CALIFORNIAThe LA Audio Show is Coming to Los Angeles, Summer 2017! Join us in Sunny California for a new Audio Show experience jam-packed with Audiophile bliss! Find your perfect chair in the plethora of private listening rooms or skip booth to booth to hear the best in headphones, find your... Read More »