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ADL Esprit DAC and Digital Preamplifier Review
Furutech is an audio-video product manufacturing company that is based out of Tokyo, Japan. The company was founded in 1988 and produces audio-video cables, OEM parts and accessories for both home and car audio. Alpha Design [...]
Pioneer Elite VSX-43 and VSX-70 AV Receivers
Pioneer Electronics has just annouced two new Elite audio video receivers (AVR) - the Elite VSX-43 7.1-channel receiver and VSX-70 7.2-channel receiver. The VSX-43 and VSX-70 AVRs allow high-resolution file format playback, multi-zone and multi-source management, custom installation features, [...]
Monster Sound Machine Headphones
Grammy Award wiining producer Emilio Estefan of Miami Sound Machine fame has been working with Monster to develop the new Sound Machine by Monster headphones. The Sound Machine headphones will be debut exclusively at Target stores this April. The new [...]
Win a Kimber Kable Tonik or PBJ RCA Interconnect Cable!!
For a publication, social networking allows us to connect with readers in ways previously not possible. So to help raise awareness of the CANADA HiFi Facebook page, we’ve teamed up with Kimber Kable, who graciously provided [...]
Sony 4K XBR-55X900A and XBR-65X900A Ultra-HD TV’s
Sony Electronics has just announced availability of its new 4K Ultra High Definition TV sets. The new 4K LED UHD TV sets include the following models: XBR-55X900A ($4,999 U.S. / 55-inch) and XBR-65X900A ($6,999 U.S. / 65-inch). Sony [...]
Alpha Design Labs ADL-H118 Headphones by Furutech
Alpha Design Labs (ADL) has just expanded its line of superbly designed and manufactured, yet affordable, products with the addition of the ADL-H118 headphones. The key to designing a successful headphone is to identify some of [...]
CANADA HiFi April/May 2013 Digital/Tablet/iPad Edition is Now Available!
Thank you for reading the CANADA HiFi Magazine! Click on one of the links below to open your preferred format of the April/May 2013 edition: Digital Format (for computers and tablets) PDF Edition (for computers) Apple [...]
Unison Research Simply Italy Integrated Tube Amplifier
If you’ve ever been to a show like the Toronto Audio Video Entertainment Show, you’ll know that the tube amplifier product category is alive and well. You’ll never see this type of amplification technology in your [...]
Abyss AB-1266 Headphone from JPS Labs
Abyss is a new JPS Labs division that focuses on headphone products. The new flagship model for the company is a highly-advanced planar magnetic headphone that has a simple alpha-numeric name i.e. the AB-1266. Key features: ? Made in USA ? [...]
Salon Son & Image 2013 Coverage Part 2
Welcome to Part 2 of our Salon Son & Image 2013 coverage, written by George de Sa. If you missed Part 1 of this feature – please click HERE TO READ IT FIRST. Saturday, March 23rd [...]
Introducing the Adsum Audio Detonator
Adsum Audio is a homegrown Alberta based company exploding onto the Canadian audio market scene with its first product, the Detonator. The word “Adsum” is Latin for “I Am Present”. It is the mission of Adsum [...]
Just Mobile HeadStand
Just Mobile, has just recently introduced an attractive and practical solution for stashing your headphones - it's called the HeadStand. The HeadStand is an aluminium headphone stand that incorporates a dual-layered base as well as storage space for a headphone [...]
Coincident’s Turbo 845 SE and Dynamo 34 SE Amps
Coincident Speaker Technology has just announced its two latest stereo amplifier creations - the Turbo 845 SE and the Dynamo 34 SE tube amplifiers. The Turbo 845 SE is a dual mono construction that has been designed to provide high [...]
Salon Son & Image 2013 Coverage Part 1
Are you a serious music buff and catch yourself playing air guitar sometimes? Do you love your movies so much that you can’t resist repeating your favourite character’s lines at the dinner table? If so, then [...]
NuForce STA-100 Class-D Stereo Amplifier
NuForce Inc. has just released a new stereo power amplifier, named the STA-100. The STA-100 is said to offer audiophile-grade sound quality by way of a high efficiency switching amplifier that permits a competitive price. NuForce's patented design uses Class-D amplifier topology to [...]
Marantz NR1504 and NR1604 Networking AV Receivers
Marantz has just introduced two new affordable, slim-line networking AV receivers – the NR1504 AV ($599) and the NR1604 ($729). The NR1604 features Apple's AirPlay, allowing users to stream their iTunes music whether from Mac or [...]
Introducing Serene Audio
Looking for a compact high fidelity speaker that sounds amazing and is just as much pleasure to look at? Then you should definitely take a look at the speaker offerings from Canadian manufacturer Serene Audio. This [...]
System Audio Aura 1 Bookshelf Loudspeaker Review
System Audio (SA) is a company that has been manufacturing loudspeakers for a few decades. The company was founded in 1984 by a musician Ole Witthøft, who is currently SA’s leader of product research and development. [...]