Particularly rich in analogue reissues, 2025 saw the launch of the new Verve Vault and Muse Master Edition series, reissues from the Strata East catalogue, and the excellent Rhino High Fidelity and Rhino Reserve series. No doubt motivated by the success of the...
Going even further than the Osiris integrated amplifier, British manufacturer Rega has added the Solis power amplifier and Mercury preamplifier to its Reference series. MERCURY A modern preamplifier, the Mercury not only has a significant number of analogue inputs (1...
Unveiled in September, the Hegel H150 is now available throughout Europe. Positioned between the H120 and the H190v, it features the triangular angle seen on the front panels of the Viking CD player (VU57 FR review) and the D50 DAC (VU60 FR review). However, while it...
Revised last year in a new SE version, with a Master Sound Discrete DAC redesigned from scratch based on two FPGA chips implemented in dual mono, the K-01XD SE & K-03XD SE CD/SACD players are appearing at the end of this year in a “Black Edition” version limited...
The director of Thrax acknowledged to us during a meeting that, when faced with certain difficult MC cartridges, he was impressed by the low noise level of the Accuphase C-47 phono preamplifier. Today, he is able to offer more silence with his new Cotys, named after...
To celebrate four decades of existence, the famous Danish brand is offering an exclusive series of its Diablo 333, called The Gryphon 40. Limited to 40 units, this integrated amplifier features most of the components of the Gryphon 333 (see our review), with a...
Tested in our issue 60, the Grado Signature HP100SE and S950 are the latest additions to Grado's headphone catalog. They are now joined by the more affordable S750. The first to feature the new 50 mm (2 inches) diameter S2 transducers, the S750 combines a composite...
Previewed at the Tokyo show, the Phasemation EA-1500 sits between the EA-1200 and EA-2000, with an added touch of modernity. A fan of half-width chassis, Phasemation has developed its best phono preamps by adding boxes. On the EA-1200, each channel is separated into...
Going even further than the Orfeo Grande, French manufacturer Jean-Marie Reynaud presents a new floorstanding speaker. Auralis takes its name from a Greek combination of aura, ear (auris) and elevation (alis), with a more modern appearance than the manufacturer's...
