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The iSINE Series and LCD i3 are the Latest Innovations in Planar Magnetic Technology Costa Mesa, Calif. The Audeze iSINE 20 (USD $599.00) Audeze, the #1 manufacturer of high-end headphones, launches its first series of in-ear headphones. They Incorporate all the technology of the rave-reviewed LCD Collection, including patented Fluxor™ magnets, ultra-thin diaphragms and patented... Read More »

Nordost is excited to announce the launch of its newest product, the Sort Lift®. The Sort Lift® is the preeminent cable support in the consumer electronics industry, and is the perfect addition to Nordost’s line of Resonance Control Devices: the Sort System. Nordost’s Sort System is designed to allow components to resonate at their natural... Read More »

Wyred 4 Sound Releases New Powerful Amplifier, The SX-1000R ATASCADERO, CA, Aug 2016— Wyred 4 Sound is pleased to announce the SX-1000R, the evolution of the multi-award-winning SX-1000 amplifier and Wyred 4 Sound’s most powerful amplifier. The SX-1000R can produce peaks in excess of 625W with 8Ω loads and 1225W with 4Ω loads. The new... Read More »

Playback Designs Announces the Production Release of their Pinot A/D Quad DSD Converter The Playback Designs Pinot Analog-to-Digital Quad DSD/PCM Converter Playback Design has announced the production release of their new Pinot A/Dconverter as part of their SONOMA series system incorporating the latest QUAD DSDFPGA technology. According to Andreas Koch, president and designer of Playback... Read More »

The Rocky Mountain International Audio Fest (RMAF) has been notified by the Marriott Denver Tech Center (DTC) that second phase renovations have been delayed (see attached statement from the Marriott) and will not be complete by the start of the 13th Annual RMAF in October. In response to this development, RMAF and the Marriott DTC... Read More »

Lavish HiFi in Santa Rosa, CA, is hosting a special free listening GamuT event from 4 to 8 p.m. on Friday, September 30th & Saturday October 1st, featuring the premiere of GamuT's new flagship speaker, The ZODIAC, along with guest appearances from GamuT’s chief designer Benno Baun Meldgaard and GamuT’s US president Michael Vamos. Both will on... Read More »

Jimi Hendrix Machine Gun: The Fillmore East First Show 12/31/69 Out September 30 On CD, 2 LP 180 Gram Vinyl, High Resolution SACD And Digital Historic Debut Concert of Band of Gypsys to Be Released in its Entirety For First Time Ever Experience Hendrix L.L.C. and Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment,... Read More »

LP Gear®, a global analog resource specializing in phono cartridges, replacement styli, turntable belts, turntables, headphones, earphones, audio electronics and accessories, is happy to present the Vessel and BIN Cartridges. The Magic of Analog Most people would say they listen to music with their ears. But as you upgrade your system and resolution reaches some... Read More »

HIFIMAN Updates Flagship HE1000 and Edition X Headphones with V2 Designation Highly Acclaimed Planar Magnetic Models Receive Styling and Ergonomic Improvements HIFIMAN, a leading designer/manufacturer of high performance headphones and portable audio products, announced important updates to their two top planar magnetic headphones. The highly acclaimed HE1000 and Edition X have undergone several styling and mechanical... Read More »

James Matheson:  A major new release from Yarlung Records! Todd Rosenberg photography Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Baird Dodge, violin Color Field Quartet (members of CSO and Chicago Lyric Opera orchestra) soprano Laura Strickling & pianist Thomas Sauer Executive Producers: J and Helen Schlichting Jim Matheson, Baird Dodge, Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Chicago... Read More »

Music technology specialist MQA (Master Quality Authenticated) appoints Mike Jbara as CEO MQA, the music technology company founded by Bob Stuart, announced today that it has hired music executive Mike Jbara as CEO. In addition to day-to-day leadership responsibility, Jbara will sit on the Board of MQA Ltd. Bob Stuart, Chairman of MQA said: “We... Read More »

The Swiss company Goldmund has been present in Asia for more than three decades. The high demand for Goldmund products and the brand excellent reputation on this market are easily explained by the first strategic plan of the company. Issued in 1982, at a time when most audio brands were trying to conquer the USA,... Read More »

The SI-300.2d integrated amplifier is yet another milestone as Cary Audio forges deeper into the new era of sought after premium audio systems. Cary Audio is highly regarded for the rich, warm, yet detailed sound of our components. This includes both analog components and digital components, as we have become a reference standard in both.... Read More »

A Very Unique Power Amplifier First Watt's new F7 power amplifier (MSRP: $3,000) is a very unique power amplifier; a two-stage push-pull JFET (input)/MOSFET (output) topology with fewer parts than any First Watt amplifier to date. The new F7 has been created as an updated version of the earlier F5 amplifier. Conceived in 2007, the F5 was... Read More »

Isolates, improves sound, overcomes distance restrictions PS Audio is proud to introduce LANRover, the digital audio equivalent of our Power Plant products. Just as Power Plants isolate, clean, and regenerate AC, LANRover galvanically isolates a computer or server from the DAC, buffers and retimes packets of audio data, and allows the use of a LAN, rendering... Read More »

The Sound Organisation is excited to announce the Rega Planar 2 Turntable, shipping now! The result of over two years of R & D, Rega engineers along with a skilled staff hand assembling, proudly release the Planar 2 on the heels of the recently announced Planar 3. The Planar 2 features a new tonearm, platter,... Read More »

Award-winning DACs are improved yet again--at no cost PS Audio's DirectStream DAC has, in the last two years, won just about every Product of the Year award that there is to win in the world of audio. Our DirectStream Junior (DSJ) offers the DirectStream DNA at a lower price-point, while including our Bridge II network card... Read More »

Japanese label releases select albums in MQA for easy download UNAMAS, the Japanese hi-res music label run by award-winning recording engineer, Mick Sawaguchi, has selected ten albums from their catalogue for encoding in MQA. The recordings, ranging from Schubert’s “Death and the Maiden” performed by the Unamas String Quintet, to Hiroshi Fukamizu’s “Everything for Drums”,... Read More »

Portland, OR - July 11, 2016 – We’re happy to announce the launch of our Online Storehttp://www.avoptions.com/store All our AC related products are now available for purchase online by USA and Canadiancustomers. Our other sections (Phono products - Speaker and Interconnect cables and NaimAudio accessories) will be launching in the coming months. To provide support... Read More »