AURALIC In the storms that have been raging in the world of hi-fi for many years, bad winds alternate with promising new breezes. Take Auralic, founded in 2009 by Xuanqian Wang, whose announcement of his departure at the beginning of this year was not a good sign,...
The latest addition to the Goldmund electronics range, the Telos 670 is more compact and affordable than the Telos 690, without compromising on the quality of its components or its musical performance. With 215 watts per channel into 8 ohms in class AB, this little...
Long faithful to the “shoebox” format, Hungarian manufacturer Heed is now revamping its Obelisk range of electronics by switching to conventional formats. Now, only the Asterisk and Elixir ranges are still in half-size format, as the two new Obelisk I (Integrated) and...
Like the Px7, which recently moved to S3, the Bowers & Wilkins Px8 has been redesigned three years after its launch to improve its sound quality, comfort, and practical features. The Px8 S2 has inherited the 8 better-positioned microphones from the new Px7 S3,...
To ensure the utmost temporal precision in its new digital-to-analog converter, Mutec combines a DAC with its proprietary 1G-Clock technology, known for its use in the MC3+ series. With its clock and REVIVE resynchronization algorithm system, to which an external...
Just a few weeks after unveiling the TH910 and TH919, Fostex's new dynamic headphones, the Japanese brand has revamped its planar dynamic equivalents to launch the TH1000RPmk2 and TH1100RPmk2. As with the 900 series, an open-back headphone accompanies a closed-back...
Unveiled at the Munich Show in May 2025, The Pledge joins the Heritage family from French manufacturer Davis Acoustics. More conventional in its column shape, The Pledge retains the inclined demarcation introduced on The Wall speaker and continued on the more...
Released 10 years ago in 2015, the Devialet Phantom was followed by a smaller version. These two models, which differ in size and sound intensity (98 dB and 108 dB), have now been upgraded to Ultimate versions. Without breaking with the previous generation, the design...
Discovered at the last Munich show, the new Jadis Aria integrated amplifier has a new design with a chrome front panel and lacquered wood sides. Despite this new format, it remains faithful to the core values of the Languedoc-based company, with point-to-point wiring...
