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Grandinote Mach 4 and the Shinai amplifier impact!

Mono and Stereo High-End Audio Magazine Feb 19, 2019 | 05:31 am

A wonderful write up from the PuraSound's customer Nick about the Grandinote Mach 4 speakers and the Shinai amplifier. "As a child, my father had a beach house built by and eccentric architect who was also a neighbour in a[…]

A beauty!

Mono and Stereo High-End Audio Magazine Feb 19, 2019 | 05:20 am

Божидар Божанов's output transformer for the SE high-end tube amplifier. 3,5kOhm/6Ohm, 110mA, single C-core, nano-crystalline iron, made for 300B or similar tube.

Signal Projects Poseidon S30 power conditioner

Mono and Stereo High-End Audio Magazine Feb 19, 2019 | 05:17 am

A few photos from the production of the Signal Projects Poseidon S30 power conditioner.www.signalprojects.com

HIRO Acoustic Laboratory C4CS speakers

Mono and Stereo High-End Audio Magazine Feb 19, 2019 | 05:09 am

Sneak peek at the upcoming HIRO Acoustic Laboratory C4CS speakers from Japan. Solid aluminium enclosure and Accuton drivers. More info to follow...www.hiro-ac.jp

Avantgarde Acoustic spherical horns

Mono and Stereo High-End Audio Magazine Feb 19, 2019 | 04:24 am

Avantgarde Acoustic spherical horns - manufactured accurately by 2.500 tons of pressure with an accuracy of 0,05mm - lacquered by hand for the perfect appearance of your choice.www.avantgarde-acoustic.de

Cantano turntable in Berlin

Mono and Stereo High-End Audio Magazine Feb 18, 2019 | 14:58 pm

Stereokonzept had an open listening room event today in Berlin with the Cantano turntable. The turntable is designed and CNC machined to the tightest possible tolerances in Berlin. It features a high torque motor, a 12 inch unipivot titanium tonearm[…]

Lumin T2 review is coming

Mono and Stereo High-End Audio Magazine Feb 18, 2019 | 14:57 pm

Lumin should arrive any day now from the brand HQs. The T2 heralds the first redesign of the classic A1/T1 main boards and chassis. This new approach combines solid cnc panel construction with X1 technology to hit the performance sweet[…]

New Tobian Soundsystems MA 100 power amplifier

Mono and Stereo High-End Audio Magazine Feb 18, 2019 | 14:57 pm

Latest from the Tobian Soundsystems, Switzerland. The MA 100 tube monoblock power amplifiers with the Elrog ER242 valves. tobian-soundsystems.com

New Stacrore Intro platform

Mono and Stereo High-End Audio Magazine Feb 18, 2019 | 14:56 pm

An introductory platform for less demanding applications. A rigid design, based on CLD damped slate on beautifully machined 3 or 4 spikes, exchangeable with Stacore CLD footers. Lightweight for Stacore standards ;), but still quite massive at 35kg to take[…]

Hornsolutions ultimate phono preamplifier

Mono and Stereo High-End Audio Magazine Feb 18, 2019 | 14:46 pm

Sven Pesch (Hornsolutions) ultimate take on the phono preampfification. Four inputs, free configuration mm and mc,5-47000 Ohm in 45 steps, 56-74dB gain, highest grade of parts completely hand selected. Remote control for configuration from the listening spot. www.hornsolutions.de

Audiobyte Hydravox DAC

Mono and Stereo High-End Audio Magazine Feb 18, 2019 | 14:39 pm

A bit more insights about the highly anticipating Audiobyte Hydravox 1-bit FPGA DAC. Hydravox is a dual-chassis dac with separate, ultracapacitor based power supplywww.audiobyte.net

New Wilson Audio Certified Authentic™ Program

Mono and Stereo High-End Audio Magazine Feb 18, 2019 | 14:34 pm

Wilson Audio and Wilson Audio Authorized Dealers are proud to announce Wilson Audio Certified Authentic™. Certified Authentic™ is the cornerstone of Wilson’s ongoing effort to ensure that second-hand Wilson owners experience many of the same benefits as if they purchased[…]

Music@Menlo 2018's <I>Creative Capitals</I>

Stereophile.com Feb 18, 2019 | 07:31 am

Last summer, Music@Menlo devoted its season to a series of Creative Capitals programs. Through concerts, lectures, and more, the festival surveyed the diversity of Western chamber music that was birthed in Europe's "most flourishing" historic creative capitals—London, Paris, St. Petersburg,[…]

Viva Audio Heaven

Mono and Stereo High-End Audio Magazine Feb 17, 2019 | 15:55 pm

A true Viva Audio heaven (Thu Le Van) at Vinhomes Riverside with the flagship Master Horn system. vivaaudio.com

Analog Domain Calysto power amplifier

Mono and Stereo High-End Audio Magazine Feb 17, 2019 | 04:16 am

A few insights from the event at the BELHiFi. Analog Domain Calysto monoblock solid state amplifiers are driving the Focal Stella Utopia. www.analogdomain.eubelhifi.com

New distributor for Crystal Cable in USA and Canada

Mono and Stereo High-End Audio Magazine Feb 15, 2019 | 15:43 pm

Exciting news from Crystal Cable: “Entering our 15th anniversary year, we proudly announce our new distributor Wynn Audio Corp. for North America. We start working together on February 15, and will announce dealer network, new anniversary products and more at Montreal Salon Audio[…]

Dealer Event February 23 - Sunny Components Covina

The Absolute Sound Articles Feb 15, 2019 | 13:56 pm

The following is a press release issued by HRS and Vandersteen. February 15, 2019 - Saturday February 23, 12-5 PM Covina specialty audio retailer Sunny Components (1370 E. Cypress Street Suite D Covina CA) will host Harmonic Resolution Systems (HRS),[…]

Cardas Audio Clear Light and Cross Headphone Cables

The Absolute Sound Articles Feb 15, 2019 | 08:27 am

Cardas Audio is one of our industry’s most respected high-end audio cable companies, with a 30-year history of developing and manufacturing cables for audio, music production, and recording applications. Cardas’ designs famously apply “Golden Ratio” geometries where possible (the “Golden[…]

Audio Research Launches New Trade-Up Program For Customers

The Absolute Sound Articles Feb 14, 2019 | 23:23 pm

The following is a press release issued by Audio Research. MAPLE GROVE, MI | February 14, 2019: Today, Audio Research is proud to announce a special program allowing Audio Research Owners in the US to participate in the new Trade[…]

What a Great Show!

Stereophile.com Feb 14, 2019 | 21:27 pm

Many rooms, such as Vanatoo's, where I snapped the above photo, had SRO crowds. Nor were those crowds limited to exhibits with low-priced products. MBL/UHA, Wilson/Audio Research, and MartinLogan/Parasound, to name but three higher-priced rooms that carried well-known brands, were[…]

The Big Systems of Tampa Day Three

Stereophile.com Feb 14, 2019 | 21:03 pm

As I began Day Three of the FAE, I was surprised to discover that I only had four rooms plus the sole hallway exhibit left to cover. With the realization that I could actually spend some time in the sun[…]

Q Acoustics Concept 500 loudspeaker

Stereophile.com Feb 14, 2019 | 15:05 pm

Q Acoustics was founded in the UK in 2006, but has appeared on the radar of US buyers only in the last few years. Until recently, Q has aimed its efforts at the budget sector, earning enthusiastic reviews and commercial[…]

John Coltrane's <I>1963: New Directions</I>

Stereophile.com Feb 14, 2019 | 14:57 pm

Only a few months after the extraordinary news and release of John Coltrane's Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album on Impulse! Records, which revealed the tenor and soprano saxophonist deep in transitional mode, comes Universal Music/Verve's attempt to cash[…]

Qobuz Hi-Rez Streaming Launches in the US

Stereophile.com Feb 14, 2019 | 14:56 pm

Qobuz, the French subscription hi-rez streaming and download service, finally launches in the US today, right before the start of CanJam NYC. Qobuz not only offers more than 40 million tracks, over two million of which are said to be[…]

Tampa Day Two Ends with Highs and Lows

Stereophile.com Feb 14, 2019 | 14:55 pm

Is this report's title referring to sound, substance, or more than a bit of both? As you ponder the not-exactly-hidden nuances of this decidedly less-than-metaphysical tease, you may also wish that you could have experienced both and more in the[…]

McIntosh Announces RS200 Wireless Loudspeaker System

The Absolute Sound Articles Feb 14, 2019 | 13:32 pm

The following is a press release issued by McIntosh. Binghamton, NY | February 14, 2019 – McIntosh, the global leader in prestigious home entertainment and ultimate-quality audio for 70 years, is proud to announce the RS200 Wireless Loudspeaker System. Delivering[…]

Tampa Spotlights Old Friends in New Settings

Stereophile.com Feb 14, 2019 | 13:31 pm

It's always nice to encounter fine old friends in new contexts. In this case, it was an all-but-the-speakers system from Germany's AVM, whose MA8.2 monoblocks ($31,990/pair) were the first amplifiers I reviewed for Stereophile. AVM's PA8.2 modular preamp ($18,785) with[…]

Cleer Next Heaphone

The Absolute Sound Articles Feb 14, 2019 | 09:06 am

Cleer keeps a finger on the pulse of contemporary mass-market personal-audio trends and offers a wide range of affordable feature-laden earphones, headphones, and Bluetooth-capable products. Even so, I suspect dyed-in-the-wool audiophiles might ask, “But does Cleer build a model for[…]

More Good Sound in Tampa

Stereophile.com Feb 13, 2019 | 18:43 pm

Without question, the 5th-floor room headlined by Joseph Audio Pulsar stand-mounted speakers ($7700/pair) and Doshi Audio's stereo amplifier ($19,995), line-level preamplifier ($17,995) and tape preamplifier ($17,995), connected by Cardas Clear and Clear Beyond cabling, earned its place on many an[…]

Some Great Sound on Floor 5

Stereophile.com Feb 13, 2019 | 13:36 pm

Vanatoo's two diminutive, bargain-priced self-powered speaker models were among the many excellent-sounding exhibits I encountered on the fifth floor of the Embassy Suites by Hilton Tampa Airport Westshore, during my second day at the Florida Audio Expo. Nor was I[…]

Marvin Lewis retires from MTM Media Sales---Long-time Sales Representatives for The Absolute Sound

The Absolute Sound Articles Feb 13, 2019 | 10:45 am

AUSTIN, TX | February 13, 2019 -- Marvin Lewis, CEO of MTM Media Sales, Inc., long-time sales representatives for The Absolute Sound, announced that MTM would no longer represent TAS with his retirement from MTM Media Sales. MTM has worked[…]

American Primitive Guitar

The Absolute Sound Articles Feb 12, 2019 | 15:05 pm

In the late 1950s, fingerstylist John Fahey birthed an alter-ego named Blind Joe Death, a mythic bluesman who personified what music critic Greil Marcus has dubbed old, weird America. In shaping his eccentric personal mythology, Fahey once claimed to have[…]

Focal Unveils Stellia Closed-Back Headphone

The Absolute Sound Articles Feb 12, 2019 | 13:08 pm

The following is a press release issued by Focal. New York, NY | February 12, 2019 – Focal, a recognized leader on the global stage for high fidelity products, today unveils Stellia, high-end, closed-back headphones, creating a listening experience worthy[…]

VTL S-200 Signature Stereo Amplifier

The Absolute Sound Articles Feb 11, 2019 | 16:23 pm

When I was mere squirt of 18—a budding audiophile and therefore a devoted reader of this magazine—the first live opera I ever attended was Wagner’s Das Rheingold. That was here in San Francisco, and I was lucky enough to have[…]

Special New HIFIMAN Product Demo Sessions in NYC

The Absolute Sound Articles Feb 11, 2019 | 14:37 pm

The following is a press release issued by HIFIMAN. February 11, 2019 - On Wednesday, February 20, the leader in high-fidelity personal audio, HIFIMAN Electronics, will feature its new selection of High-Definition wireless headphones, speakers, and adapters in small group[…]

Hi Fi Show Live – Windsor 2018

Icon Audio Oct 8, 2018 | 11:48 am

UPDATE!! OUR NEW STEREO 300 MKII INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER WILL BE ON SHOW – 2 X 300B IN PUSH PULL PER CHANNEL GIVING UP TO 30W OF POWER! MAYBE ONE OR TWO NEW PRODUCTS – COME AND VISIT OUR ROOM TO[…]

North West Audio Show 2018

Icon Audio May 23, 2018 | 12:29 pm

We will be exhibiting at the North West Audio Show June 23/24 at Cranage Hall near Holmes Chapel, Cheshire. Please come and say hello to us in the Joules Suite where you can see and listen to a selected range[…]

Hi Fi Show Live, Windsor – 21 & 22 October 2017

Icon Audio Oct 10, 2017 | 11:31 am

We will be exhibiting at the Hi Fi Show Live in Beaumont Estate in Windsor – come along and say hello, sit down and listen to selected amplifiers from our range of pure valve amplifiers and phono stages, along with[…]

North West Audio Show

Icon Audio Jun 22, 2017 | 08:07 am

To all our customers present and hopefully in the future! We will be exhibiting at the North West Audio Show in Cranage Hall near Holmes Chapel, Cheshire this weekend 24th and 25th June 2017 It would be great to see[…]

New Products for November 2016

Icon Audio Oct 7, 2016 | 07:24 am

Just in time for the recent Windsor Hi Fi Show we launched two new products:- The MB81 SE – a single ended version of our award winning push pull GU 81 monoblocks the MB81PP – click here for more[…]

HP8 MkII Review

Icon Audio May 27, 2016 | 09:42 am

Our HP8 Mk II MM/MC headphpone amplifier has just received a 5 globe “OUTSTANDING – amongst the best” review in the lastest (July 2016) edition of Hi Fi World – order your copy on line now our reserve one from[…]

PS3 MkII Review

Icon Audio May 5, 2016 | 07:37 am

Our PS3 Mk II MM/MC phono stage has just got a 5 globe “OUTSTANDING – amongst the best” review in the lastest (May 2016) edition of Hi Fi World – order your copy on line now our reserve one from[…]

Bristol Hi Fi Show

Icon Audio Feb 11, 2016 | 07:26 am

We will be exhibiting at the Bristol Sound & Vision Hi Fi Show this month, February 26-28th at the Marriott Hotel, Bristol – room 330. It would be great to see all customers past, present and future. You will bew[…]

Singapore!

Icon Audio Nov 19, 2015 | 08:07 am

We have just appointed a new Icon Audio dealer in Singapore – Linear Audio – they will be exhibiting at the Sound & Sight Journal Show in Singapore 27/28/29 November 2015 at the Park Royal Hotel on Kitchener Road. At[…]

Windsor HiFi Show October 24th – 25th 2015

Icon Audio Sep 23, 2015 | 07:21 am

Windsor HiFi Show October 24th – 25th 2015 We will be exhibiting in Lancaster 2 Room, look forward to seeing new and exsiting customers. Click Here for more information

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