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Swan Song Audio White Swan Headphone Amplifier / Preamplifier with Built-in DAC Review
Swan Song Audio is a small, boutique high-end audio manufacturer located in Tulsa Oklahoma, that produces customizable, built to order components. Our sister site NOVO High-End recently decided to learn a little more about the company [...]
2018 Holiday Gift Guide – Gifts Under $1,200
Happy Holidays From Suave Kajko & George de Sa! Rega Planar 3 (P3) with Elys2 Cartridge, $1,145 US The Rega Planar 3 (P3) was fully redesigned in 2016 with amazing results. This turntable is sleek and [...]
2018 Holiday Gift Guide – Gifts Under $600
Happy Holidays From Suave Kajko & George de Sa! Sony PS4 Pro 4K Game Console + 2nd Dual-Shock Controller, $459 US ($399 US + $59 US)The new Sony PS4 Pro 4K Game Console is the most [...]
2018 Holiday Gift Guide – Gifts Under $300
Happy Holidays From Suave Kajko & George de Sa! Sonos One Speaker with Alexa Voice Control, $249 USSonos is the world’s favorite wireless, multi-room speaker brand because the products are attractively priced, offer fantastic performance and [...]
Watching Movies with JVC: A Visit to JVC’s Canadian Headquarters
JVC recently announced six remarkably good home theater projectors. Three of these projectors are part of JVC's Procision series, and include the DLA-NX5 ($7,500), DLA-NX7 ($10,000) and DLA-NX9 ($23,000). The other three models are part of [...]
McIntosh Celebrates 70th Anniversary with Limited Edition Commemorative System
Our sister site NOVO High-End just posted news about the awesome McIntosh 70th Anniversary Limited Edition Commemorative System - available for pre-order starting today. Just 70 of these systems will be produced, but after this limited [...]
2018 Holiday Gift Guide – Gifts Under $100
Happy Holidays From Suave Kajko & George de Sa! Mighty Vibe Spotify Music Player $86 US The Mighty Vibe is the world’s first standalone Spotify music player designed for the streaming generation. This tiny player lets [...]
NOVO November/December 2018 Digital Issue
Check out the latest issue of the NOVO Magazine! Features inside this issue: When Black Mirror Comes Alive: Looking at Black Mirror Technology That Already Exists Meet the Maker: Kirmuss Audio NOVO’s 2018 Holiday Gift Guide [...]
Gold Note PH-10 Phono-Stage and Gold Note PSU-10 A/C Power Supply Review
Hear what you've been missing from your vinyl playback with this superbly good sounding Gold Note PH-10 Phono-stage and matching PSU-10 power supply. Our sister publication just published a review of these two components by Douglas [...]
Product News: McIntosh XRT1.1K Loudspeaker
McIntosh has just revealed the XRT1.1K loudspeaker, a sibling to the company's larger-than-life XRT2.1K loudspeaker. Featuring a 1,200 Watt power rating, the full range XRT1.1K is an exceptional speaker in its own right. With its more [...]
Meet Refractor and NOVO High-End – A Message From the Publisher
Audio has always been my first love, and as many of you know, I've been successfully publishing audio magazines for over 15 years. TAVES taught me a lot about the business. It was a show meant [...]
Toronto Audio Fest 2018 – Part 3
Welcome to part 3 of our Toronto Audio Fest 2018 coverage. If you've missed the previous parts, you can read them here: Part 1 and Part 2. Yamaha Yamaha was set up in one of the [...]
Product News: Thorens TD 201 and TD202 Turntables
Erikson Consumer, Canadian distributor for Thorens has just revealed two new turntables - just in time for the holidays - the Thorens TD 201 and TD 202. The new TD 201 and TD202 turntables are ideal [...]
Audio Excellence to Host McIntosh and Sonus faber Event – Saturday, November 3 in Markham, Ontario
Audio Excellence, one of the top high-end audio retailers in the Toronto area, will be hosting manufacturer events inside their Markham store every Saturday between Nov. 3rd and Dec. 1st (from noon until 5pm). This Saturday, [...]
Toronto Audio Fest 2018 – Part 2
Charles Kirmuss of Kirmuss Audio proudly demonstrates how well his Ultrasonic Vinyl Restoration System works at the show. Welcome to part 2 of our Toronto Audio Fest 2018 coverage. In this part, we start off with [...]
The Journey to Higher Quality Audio With Nordost Leif Cables: Part 3 of 3
Following the Ideal Path to Upgrading Cables. Part 3 of 3: USB Interconnects and Speaker Cables I recently watched English indie band ALT-J perform at Echo Beach in Toronto and what an incredible sonic and visual [...]
Toronto Audio Fest 2018 – Part 1
Kevro International hosted a fabulous sounding Monitor Audio / Roksan Audio system inside their room. The Toronto Audio Fest ran from Oct. 21 to Oct. 23 this year at the Westin Airport Hotel near the Pearson [...]
Product News: exaSound Intros New DACs and Network Audio Players / Servers
Canadian manufacturer exaSound has just introduced three new high-end audio products: a DAC/Network Audio Server, an MQA DAC and a Network Audio Player / Server. Here are the details about each. PlayPoint DM Dual-Mono D/A Converter [...]
