Tag: audiophile
Logic3 releases iPod dock with valve amplifier
iPod docks, as I’ve said before, are ten-a-penny around here. They’re not the most exciting product to write about, and every company in the world makes one. This, however, is something special. It’s got valves.
If you don’t know why that’s good, then go ask your neighborhood audiophile. It basically makes the music sound ‘warmer’, and valve amps have long been praised for the lovely feel that they give to sound and music. Of course they’re not cheap. This model costs £300. For that, you’re getting lovely lovely sound, a pair of 40W speakers (though you can plug in whatever speakers you like) and two auxiliary inputs, for plugging in your TV or stereo. Full specs are over the jump.
IXOS XHP280 AV PowerStation – surge protection for AV enthusiasts
The remarkably colourful IXOS XHP280 AV PowerStation Mains Surge Protector is pictured above. It’s basically insurance. For a one-off payment of £70, your thousands of pounds of audio equipment will survive a lightning strike on your mains with no ill effects…
Yamaha intros A-S700 amp and CD-S700 CD player
Yamaha continues to push out its high-end audio products with the introduction of the A-S700 amplifier and CD-S700 CD player. Mercifully, both come without an iPod dock.
The amp can pump out 90W RMS power over two channels with a SNR of 98dB and frequency response of 10Hz-100kHz, and features Total Purity Audio Reproduction Technology….
Acapella unveils new Violon & High Violon MKIV speaker set – beauty is in the ear of the beholder
German audio company Acapella Audio Arts is a household name amongst serious audiophiles and renowned for its dangerously high quality audio products, and in particular its Violon loudspeakers. Well, audiophiles, prepare to clasp the nearest ring binder to your waists and shuffle cautiously towards the gents; Acapella has just unveiled its latest Violon set – the Violon & High Violon MKIV.
Sonus Faber intros Cremona Auditor Elipsa compact, stylish, expensive speakers
Italian luxury loudspeaker manufacturer Sonus Faber has introduced its Cremona Auditor Elipsa compact speaker aimed at the discerning (rich) audiophile.
Designed to be wall mountable, but equally at home on the floor or bookshelf, the Cremona Auditor Elipsa — as its name suggests — has an elliptical shape, and features a two-way driver configuration with a 25mm ring-radiator tweeter and 150mm wood fibre cone mid/bass driver, plus a Symmetric Drive Motor System…
Wanna save on speaker cables? Use a few coat hangers instead
A member of the online Audioholics forum claims that, in a blindfold test between a Monster Cable speaker cable, and four coat hangers, twisted together to make two impromptu speaker wires, no-one could tell the difference:
“Keeping us blind folded, my brother switched out the Belden wire (are you ready for this) with simple coat hanger wire! Unknown to me and our 12 audiophile buddies, prior to the ABX blind test, he took apart four coat hangers, reconnected them, and twisted them into a pair of speaker cables…
Denon intros AH-C751 upgraded high-end earphones
Denon continues to push the high-end audio market, with the news that they’ve refined their best in-ear earphones, replacing the current AH-C700 model with the new AH-C751.
The earphones feature an all metal construction (dubbed “metal bullet”), using rigid machined aluminium for their canal-type design that brings sound directly into the ear.
Mystère launches ia11 and ia21 valve amps
Mystère, a sister brand to Prima Luna, has launched two valve amplifiers aimed at the hi-fi enthusiast who's hooked on the warmth of valve amplifiers but who also wants a bit more "punch" to their music, at a decent…
Review: inMotion iMV712 from Altec Lansing
Video iPods are all well and good, until you actually try to watch a video on them, I find. Then, you dice with losing your eye site, headaches and other fun things, as you try to squint. As much as I bemoan the lack of feature films on the UK version of iTunes, I really couldn’t sit through a whole one.
Arcam launches Solo Movie 5.1 – a one-stop solution for your home cinema needs
The trouble with most home cinema systems is that in order to construct anything with the kind of quality most audiophiles and videophiles demand, you’re going to have to dedicate four feet of cabinet space to fitting in all…
