same MDF chassis, available in Terracotta, Light Grey), and Charcoal Black, as the SC-CX700 Bluetooth speakers. The cast aluminum platter with mounted magnet rotates thanks to a direct drive motor with no ferrite in the core, while new feet help reduce vibration. The...
A few days ago, Verve Label Group and UMe announced the creation of "Verve Vault", a new series of affordable (just under €30) fully analogue vinyl reissues featuring iconic jazz albums and little-known gems from Verve's legendary catalogue. The series will...
Unveiled in Japan at the beginning of the year, the Luxman D-03R arrived in Europe in early September, equipped with a power supply adapted to 220 V. While the D-03x still used Texas Instrument DAC chips, the D-03R uses ROHM chips developed for Luxman, giving it a...
Based on a new 50 mm diameter BioDyna diaphragm, powered by a neodymium magnet, the new Fostex closed-back TH910 and open-back TH919 models improve sound amplitude and reduce feedback. The frequency response is advertised as covering a wide range from 12.5 Hz to 40...
In its quest to produce the world's best phono cartridges, Hana adds a new benchmark to its Umami series with the Black. A creator of moving coil (MC) cartridges only, the Japanese brand Hana added an Umami range in 2020 with the Red model (test VU#36). Since then,...
Muse Records was one of the most sought-after American jazz labels among collectors. Founded by Joe Fields in the early 1970s, this label was as prolific as it was diverse, releasing more than 200 albums in that decade alone, ranging from soul jazz and hard bop to...
A streamer with full-fledged headphone amplification, the new HiFi Rose RS451 compact network player can be used as a source for a system via its analog RCA or XLR terminals, but also with headphones thanks to its unbalanced 6.35 mm or balanced 4.4 mm and 4-pin XLR...
Tested in our VU Meter #1, the IDA-8 is being replaced 10 years later by the IDA-9. Featuring a modernized chassis but with similar dimensions of 235 × 55 × 281 mm, the IDA-9 weighs in at no less than 4 kg. The main reason for this increase in weight is that the GaN...
Well-identified for its portable music players and headphones, Shanling also has a whole Desktop range, in which CD players and transporters feature prominently at prices that are often contained, except for the unreasonable T35 (at $16 999). Recently, the Zenith...
