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Marantz Introduces New 8K-Ready A/V Receivers
Marantz today dropped details on its 2020 SR-Series A/V Receiver lineup. There are four SR-Series AVRs in all, ranging from the 7-2-channel SR5015 ($1,099) up to the flagship SR8015 ($3,199), a 13.2 model with 11 built-in [...]
Monitor Audio Introduces Bronze Series (6th Generation)
The Bronze Series features a new Uniform Dispersion (UD) Waveguide which combines with Monitor Audio’s signature C-CAM Gold Dome Tweeter to give even sound dispersion, improved time alignment and wider directivity for a more lifelike listening [...]
Beginner’s Guide To Turntable Setup
A Complete Guide To Setting Up Your Turntable In 1982, the music industry launched the compact disc (CD) with the bold promise that the new digital format would create “perfect sound forever”. Since 2005, a surprising [...]
Audio Research Launches LS28SE Preamp
Audio Research is pleased to announce important performance updates to its award-winning LS28 preamplifier as a part of their 50th Anniversary product line improvements. The new LS28SE is priced at MSRP $10,000 US each (€11,500 each [...]
MGear: Perfect Gifts For Father’s Day (June 21). Personalized MGear Products
Save 10% off all items with code DADGEAR and get a FREE personalized message on all wallets! MGear is all about crafting one of a kind, customized products designed to suit everyday heroes like your dad. [...]
NORDOST QRT Power Products Review. Part 3 of 3: QVIBE Qv2 AC Line Harmonizer & QKOIL QK1 AC Enhancer
All of us, in these difficult times, dealing with Covid-19 have been looking for something to occupy our time. If you’re like me, you’ve been doing some reading, a lot of binge watching and even more [...]
Six Acoustic Reveals Canadian Made High-Performance Affordable Phono Preamp
Toronto area audio company Six Acoustic has launched its new phono preamp claiming that “it could be the best phono preamp in town… maybe the world”. The Six Acoustic York “Ultra” High Fidelity Phono Preamp purports [...]
SUMIKO ANNOUNCES ACQUISITION OF ROTEL USA AND LATAM DISTRIBUTION
Sumiko has been appointed as the new US and LATAM distributor for Rotel Electronics. Under the McIntosh Group umbrella, Sumiko’s acquisition of Rotel is a strategic step toward their goal of becoming the premier distributor of [...]
Meet the Maker: BIS Audio. Canadian Maker of High Quality Cables and Power Supply Products
Above: Bernard Brien tinkering in the BIS Audio shop. BIS Audio is a Canadian cable manufacturer owned and operated by Bernard and Michèle Brien, a husband and wife team. Launched in 1996 in Laval, Quebec (just [...]
Sumiko Amethyst Moving Magnet (M/M) Turntable Cartridge Review
Back in the late 1990s, I was facing crippling student loan debts, hernia-inducing car payments, obscene property taxes, and a backbreaking mortgage. Stated succinctly, money was in rather short supply. As an audiophile with a meagre [...]
Doom or be Doomed: A Humorous and Practical Guide About Getting Into Doom Metal Music
Getting Into Doom Metal Music as the Apocalypse Encroaches I discuss doom and death a lot in my audio reviews. Why…? Simply because, whether you like it or not, Mother Nature wants to kill you anyway [...]
AXPONA Livestream on Facebook – Today From 11am-7:30pm EST
AXPONA (Audio Expo North America) was scheduled to run from April 17 to April 19 in Chicago but like all other events around the globe this was cancelled. The organizers have rescheduled the show to run [...]
Six Acoustic York Phono Preamp on Kickstarter
Canadian boutique manufacturer Six Acoustic recently launched a Kickstarter campaign to help funds its York phono preamplifier, a device that amplifies the minute output of your turntable so that you can connect it to your power [...]
Most Audio Retailers Are Still Open – For Delivery and Curbside Pickup
We hope that all NOVO readers are keeping safe during these strange times! Follow the healthcare guidelines - stay at home, wash your hands and practice social distancing if you absolutely have to go out - [...]
Two Australian Speaker Manufacturers Team Up To Produce Badly Needed Face Masks For First Responders
Kyron Audio is world-renowned for producing extreme high-fidelity dipole loudspeaker systems for the luxury market and was due to exhibit its wares at Sydney’s 2020 Hi-Fi Show last weekend. But the cancellation of the event and [...]
How Audiophiles Can Stay Sane During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Humour Story with Practical Advice
Surviving the Novel Corona Apocalypse Slayer’s song “Disciple” off their brain-warpingly awesome 2001 God Hates Us All album contains the life-affirming chorus “God Hates Us All!” While this statement may inspire profound ontological debate on the [...]
Voitek GNV34DBE 34” Ultrawide 1440P 144Hz Curved Screen Gaming Monitor
Viotek has just announced the GNV34DBE Curved 144Hz Gaming Monitor, a successor to its wildly popular GNV34DB series of curved monitors. The GNV34DBE is a sleek looking 1500R deeply curved gaming monitor with UWQHD 3440x1440 (Ultrawide [...]
Voitek GNV27DB 2k Curved Screen 144Hz Gaming Monitor
Viotek has just announced the GNV27DB 2k Curved 144Hz Gaming Monitor, a successor to its wildly popular GN27xx series of curved monitors. The GNV27DB is a 1500R more pronounced curve 2k resolution gaming monitor with a [...]
