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 »
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 »
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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 »
Cleer, a headphone manufacturer based in San Diego, has added to its line-up of headphones by launching FLOW II to sit alongside the first FLOW model. FLOW II offers wireless hybrid noise-canceling as well as a Google Assistant voice interface.
Hifi Pig’s very own Millennial Scribbler, Harry Smith, gives us a younger view of the Audio Video Show Warsaw 2019.
Astell&Kern has introduced a new portable hi-res player inspired by the company’s AK120 from 2013.
The audio company previously known as MrSpeakers is now called Dan Clark Audio.
The new Burson Conductor 3X Reference is fully balanced with one DAC chip per channel. Top-quality components are used throughout including Neutrik XLR connectors.
Shipibo.audio modify headphones and manufacture custom headphones, headphone parts and accessories (mainly for Grado Labs headphones).
oBravo has announced that it has released a new earphone, which they say is their “ultimate value proposition”; the ‘Cupid’ Basic.
Feliks Audio, the Polish boutique tube amps manufacturer, will showcase their full headphone amplifiers line up at next week’s show, including the latest flagship model, the 20th Anniversary edition Euforia.
