UK distributor and retailer Elite Audio UK and Norwegian high-end audio manufacturer Electrocompaniet have announced a new partnership, making all of the brand’s products exclusively available for sale in the whole UK.
HARMAN’s Mark Levinson has introduced a new preamplifier and amplifier and showcased two recently launched source players in an expansion of the 5000 Series range.
Whole Note Distribution, based in Angus, Scotland specialise in bringing new brands to the UK. Their latest acquisitions are Lu Kang Audio. And Moonriver.
Following in the footsteps of McIntosh’s retro-styled MA252 and MA352 integrated amplifiers, (which themselves took design cues from the MC275 Vacuum Tube Amplifier), McIntosh has launched two more ‘open chassis’ amplifiers, the C8 Vacuum Tube Preamplifier and MC830 Solid State Amplifier.
Hailing from Norway the Electrocompaniet ECI 6 DX MKII is an integrated amplifier and streaming solution costing £5999 (a version without streaming capabilities is available at £4999), Alan McIntosh plugs it into his system for Hifi Pig
Technics has unveiled its first Reference Class integrated amplifier, the SU-R1000. The Reference Class products are developed in pursue of Technics’ desire to deliver ultimate sound quality to customers.
Rotel has revealed the launch of two special editions of the company’s A11 Integrated Amplifier & CD11 CD Player models, with each named as Tribute versions in celebration of the company’s partnership with the late audio legend Ken Ishiwata.
The Hegel H95 Amplifier is an upgrade from the company’s H90 amp but there has been no price hike from the £1500 asking price of the previous amp. Alan McIntosh takes a listen.
Thrax Audio, the high end Hifi brand from Sofia Bulgaria, has announced High End by Oz, based in Los Angeles, CA, as its official distributor for North America.
Naim Audio owners are now able to get a new range of Chord Company designed and built Burndy upgrade cables, the dedicated power supply interconnects (carrying signal and power) used in many of Naim’s high-end products.
Norma HS-IPA 1 is a modular (but in this case, fully loaded) integrated amplifier from Italy that includes a DAC, phono-stage, and headphone amplifier. The unit costs £3650 as tested and here Janine Elliot takes it for a whirl.
After years of developing and refining their technologies, Aries Cerat has introduced their TriodeFet technology and the Ianus Series of amplifiers that implement this technology.
The Starkrimson integrated amplifier combines Orchard Audio’s existing BOSC™ amplification and PecanPi® DAC technologies into a single enclosure. The inputs are either USB or S/PDIF.
Bryston 4B amplifiers have been around in the audiophile world for over forty years. Since the first one was built in 1978, tens of thousands have been purchased for recording studios, stereo systems, home cinemas etc.
Quad, the British audio brand, is launching a new version of the Artera Solus ‘just add speakers’ single-chassis hifi system, adding network streaming to the multi-tasking mix.
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The new Harman Kardon Citation Amp adds the power of HD streaming to home entertainment systems.
no price hike from the £1500 asking price of the previous amp. Alan McIntosh takes a listen.
