Chord Electronics’ Gofigure configuration app for the company’s portable streamer/servers, Poly and 2go, has been updated to include new features and benefits for better music streaming, performance and playback.
Our friends at Chord Electronics wanted to assure you all that despite what you may have heard, as the result of someone’s April Fools hoax, they are perfectly fine and still making great Hifi for you, whilst maintaining strict safety measures for their staff, dealers and customers.
Burson have released their new additions to the Performance Series, Conductor 3 and 3X Performance desktop headphone/pre amps and DACs.
Acclaimed British sound engineer/producer Dom Morley who has worked with artists such as Adele, Sting, Jeff Beck, The Police, Amy Winehouse, Mark Ronson, Grinderman, Jet, The Verve, Live8, Morrissey and Underworld, has chosen Hugo 2 as his go-to DAC and headphone amp for his professional audio engineering work, stating it, “sounds as good as everything that I have in my studio”.
The Andover Audio PM-50 Planar Magnetic headphones use Planar Magnetic drivers distributing the driving force across the entire surface of the diaphragm, eliminating cone breakup.
The Bristol Hifi Show is, without doubt, one of the highlights of the Hifi calendar and is VERY popular with industry folk as well as visitors, with a long line of people queuing to get in when we arrived around twenty minutes before doors opening on the Friday. It’s a difficult show for us to get to and involves a couple of long drives and an overnight ferry but to miss the show would be somewhat remiss of us. The organisation of the show is second to none with the press being very well catered for as well as visitors. The excellent and free show guide has brief information about all exhibitors and several very useful floorplans to allow you to easily navigate the many rooms of the show. Facilities at the Marriot are good too with a good bar area where we met brands and readers alike, a restaurant and several areas where refreshments were available. More »
Rupert Neve Designs, one of the world’s most famous names in the recording studio, introduced Fidelice, a new product range for the high-fidelity audio market, last year.
Chord Electronics has announced 2go, a high-performance streamer/server designed to transform Hugo 2 into a fully featured Wi-Fi- and Ethernet-enabled device, bringing the proven sound quality benefits of the company’s proprietary DAC technology to network audio; 2go will make its world debut at CanJam New York (15/16th Feb.), followed by its European debut at The Bristol Hi-Fi Show (21st-23rd Feb.).
HIFIMAN has announced the new DEVA, a high-fidelity open-back planar magnetic headphone that is available with a Bluetooth/USB dongle for wirelessly streaming true high-res audio.
Following on from Meze’s 5 driver Rai Penta IEM, Meze have now released the aptly named single driver Rai Solo IEM. The Rai Solo introduces some new and innovative design features, including Unified Pistonic Motion Technology (UPM).
San Diego-based Dan Clark Audio, who recently changed their name from Mr Speakers, launched its newly enhanced Aeon 2 headphone late last year.
iFi has added to its range of portable DAC/headphone amps with an all-new design, the hip-dac.
Combining over 40 years of electroacoustic heritage with modern design, T+A has announced its first ever headphone products, the Solitaire P planar-magnetostatic headphones and Solitaire HA 200 headphone amplifier.
Bang & Olufsen has announced its next-generation Beoplay E8 true wireless earphones.
Klipsch will showcase a host of new products at CES 2020 next week, including a new lineup of true wireless and over-ear headphones with active noise cancelling (ANC) technology, three new sound bars, plus Rookie of the Year and McLaren F1 Driver Lando Norris will be on site at the Klipsch booth to commemorate the partnership and collaboration of Klipsch and McLaren Racing.
To mark the end of its 30th-anniversary year and celebrate the company’s 1989 debut into the pro audio world, Chord Electronics has teamed up with fellow pro audio (and 30-year-strong) in-ear monitor brand, Empire Ears, to offer new customers the chance to win a pair of ESR universal IEMs worth £750.
In the world of portable music players, it’s all about strict minimalist design on one side and opulent technical extravagance on the other. Shanling Audio is setting a new trend with their new Q1. More »
iFi Audio has announced the appointment of Armour Home as its official distribution partner for consumer retail in the UK.
Clearaudio Launch Concept Active Edition Turntable & Smart Power 12V Battery DC Power Supply Upgrade
Clearaudio’s Concept plug-and-play turntable is released as a new Concept Active version which features an integrated headphone amplifier so that the turntable and a pair of headphones are all you need to start playing your vinyl.
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To celebrate its 40th anniversary, Focal, the French manufacturer, has developed a collection of some special products. The final ‘wonder’ of this special and limited collection is the Symphonie 40th, which is a luxury case that comes complete with the high-end Made in France Utopia and Stellia headphones.
Klipsch has become the official headphone and portable audio partner of the McLaren Formula 1 Team.
Fresh out of Florence, Gold Note’s new Streamer/DAC aims to bring versatility and sophistication to your digital setup. John Scott sets out to see if it succeeds in this, the first English language review of this product. More »
