Many of you still held them in high regard—or even owned them. Yet Sonus Faber’s Olympica Nova (version 2) models were beginning to show their age, which is why, at the start of summer, right after Fashion Week, the Italian manufacturer unveiled its brand-new Olympica...
To complement the Z10 DAC in its product lineup, the Shenzhen-based manufacturer unveiled a T10 network transport and a C10 external clock in Vienna. Having unveiled no fewer than six new products at the High End show in May (download our free special edition here),...
When you visit the website www.dual.de, you can see that the German brand clearly offers a choice between automatic and manual models for its turntables. In reality, even the manufacturer’s “manual” models are semi-automatic—that is, if you leave this function...
The Vienna show was an opportunity for Acoustic Signature to celebrate its 30th anniversary with two new models. The first of these is a new entry-level turntable, the Merlin NEO, the only one in the lineup to be sold exclusively as a bundle with the TA-500 NEO...
Following its all-in-one living room systems, the German company Sonoro is entering the connected speaker market with the VIBES. Designed exclusively for Bluetooth to simplify use, the VIBES features the latest-generation Qualcomm aptX™ HD 5.4 chip, as well as the...
With audiophile subwoofers gaining popularity in both home cinema and hi-fi, they have been developing in recent years and are now featured in the catalogues of speaker brands such as the Swiss benchmark Stenheim. Whilst North American manufacturers have never been...
It didn’t take long for Gryphon to complement its new Helios with a heroic power amplifier called the Hyperion. Between the Apex and its 1,040,000 μF of capacitive load from its capacitor bank (including the zinc-foil capacitors used for decoupling the local power...
Yamaha is entering the smart hi-fi speaker market with the NX-70A; a product unveiled at a launch event in Vienna, marking the arrival of this promising new addition to the Japanese manufacturer’s range. Already established in the connected desktop speaker segment...
Demonstrated alongside Kora electronics, Diptyque unveiled a new DP170 soundbar at this year’s High End Vienna show. Standing 10 cm taller than the DP160 MkII – at 170 cm – this new model is in fact much more of a ‘small’ Reference Mk2 than a ‘large’ DP160 MkII, as...
