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AURALiC Merak Monoblock Amplifier
Auralic Limited (AURALiC) is an Asian audio product company that has a small portofolio of consumer products. Within this product line is their ARX M+ DAC, Taurus preamplifier / headphone amplifier and Gaia line of balanced [...]
Marantz NR1603 and NR1403 Slimline AV Receivers
Marantz has just added two new AV receivers to its SlimLine Series - the 7.1-channel NR1603 ($729.99) and the 5.1-channel NR1403 ($479.99). Both are scheduled to ship this spring. The 7.1-channel NR1603 is a completely integrated [...]
Aperion ARIS Wireless Speaker
Aperion Audio has just announced its newest wireless speaker called the Aperion ARIS which lets digital music lovers listen to their tunes from any room in their home. Simply place the speaker where you want it [...]
Wolf Cinema REF-700 & REF-1000 Projectors
Wolf Cinema has just announced that they have begun shipping their latest two flagship models of their Reference series of 2D/3D theater projectors. The two new models are the REF-700 and REF-1000 3D projectors. Both models [...]
Creek Audio Evolution 50 Series
Creek Audio has introduced a new Evolution 50 series of components, comprised of a CD player and also an integrated amplifier. The components are currently being shown at the High End 2012 show in Munich. With [...]
BeoPlay V1 HDTV and A3 Dock
Bang & Olufsen has announced a couple new BeoPlay products: their LED-backlit BeoPlay V1 LCD HDTV and their A3 Speaker Dock for iPad. Bang & Olufsen BeoPlay V1 LCD HDTV The BeoPlay V1 has a durable [...]
B&W P3 Portable Headphones
Bowers & Wilkins has just announced their new P3 mobile hi-fi headphones. These new headphones follow on the recent releases of B&W’s P5 and C5 headphones. The new P3 are designed to be very lightweight and [...]
Bose Wave Radio and Wave Music System III
Bose has just released their third-generation Bose Wave products, the Bose Wave Radio III and Wave Music System III. These third-generation products are claimed to provide sound improvements by way of an improved FM/AM tuner for [...]
NaimUniti 2 Streaming Music Player
Naim has just launched their NaimUniti 2, a second generation of the original Naim network music player, at the High End 2012 show, Munich. The NaimUniti 2 provides an increase in power output to 70 watts-per-channel, [...]
New Pioneer Elite AV Receivers for 2012
Pioneer Electronics Canada has just announced five state-of-the-art Elite SC series receivers, two 7.2-channel models including the SC-61 and SC-63, and three 9.2-channel models including, the SC-65, SC-67 and SC-68. Each receiver is designed to deliver [...]
Kef’s 50th Anniversary LS50 Mini Monitor
To help mark KEF’s 50th anniversary, this year, they are releasing a new special edition LS50 mini monitor speaker. The new LS50 is based on the KEF LS3/5a that was used by the BBC in the [...]
NOLA KO Loudspeaker
Accent Speaker Technology Ltd. will debut their all new Nola KO loudspeaker at The Show Newport Beach, this June 1-3. The Nola KO is the top of Nola’s Boxer loudspeaker collection and is stated to provide [...]
Cary Audio’s New Direct Sales Program
Cary Audio, a manufacturer of high-end audio and video products, has just launched their new Direct Sales Program. The initiative is primarily driven by customer demand to supply products to areas where there are no local [...]
Yamaha RX-V773WA and RX-V673 AV Receivers
Yamaha has just unveiled the top model updates to its RX-V series AV receivers – the 7.2-channel RX-V773WA and RX-V673. Offering a perfect balance of sophistication and simplicity, the models boast robust performance, setup and control [...]
Amphion Ion+ Loudspeaker
Amphion Loudspeakers is a Finland based audio product company. Their loudspeaker designs take a 3-in-1 approach, including what they claim to be: perfect nearfield performance; wide and even listening area and; multiroom-filing live-like sound. Amphion has [...]
NHK / Panasonic 145” 8K Plasma TV
Japanese broadcaster NHK has been working with Panasonic to develop a 145-inch 8K plasma TV display, which has just been unveiled as an example of the kind of displays being worked on for the future. This [...]
Bits & Bytes – Digital Music Demystified. An Introduction to Digital Music Playback
In the beginning, there was only live music. By 1877 Thomas Edison recorded a vocal rendition of “Mary Had A Little Lamb” on his phonograph and in time came analogue recordings on vinyl and tape. Today, [...]
Gato Audio CDD-1 CD Player ? DAC
Gato Audio has just announced that their CDD-1 CD player and D/A converter has now been delivered to their distributors and dealers. Gato Audio will be present at the High End Audio Show in Munich, Germany [...]