The Exsequor was Aries Cerat’s first ever commercial design ,and had it’s debut in Munich 2011. Now the Exsequor amplifier, finally got its facelift. It is second only to the brand’s statement Achilleas amplifier.
Audio Research has announced important updates to two products in its Reference series, the Reference 6SE line-stage preamplifier, and the Reference 750SE mono power amplifier.
70 years in the making, the new MC901 is the ‘ultimate solution’ for bi-amping loudspeakers: a 300-watt valve amplifier for midrange and treble, plus a 600-watt solid-state amp for bass, all in one chassis!
Over the past few months, Western Electric says that the Rossville Works team has made giant leaps towards the finish line of getting the 300B valve back into full production. With every major sub-assembly operation online, they expect to see the first tubes pass inspection for delivery by the end of the year.
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.
Silbatone say that the L-107 MKII is “a natural evolution over the MKI with higher quality half-silver input and output transformers, and the additional of an ultra high quality remotely operated volume control”.
The excitement at Hifi Pig Towers, as we prepared to head to Denver, Colorado for our first USA Hifi Show, had reached fever pitch. It was a bit of a step into the unknown, even though we know many of the exhibitors and brands very well from other international shows, it was thrilling to be venturing onto new ground and meeting the Americans on their own turf.
Eighteen years have passed since AirTight introduced the original ATM-211 SET Power Amplifier, in 2001, to celebrate the beginning of the new millennium. Since then, the Japanese tube amp brand has released the120W Triode Tube Push-Pull Power Amplifier, the ATM-3211.
Elite Audio have added another international Hifi brand to their UK distribution portfolio, Manley Laboratories, who are well known for their vacuum tube Hifi equipment and pro studio gear.
Cary Audio have launched a new version of their SLI-80 integrated amplifier. The new SLI-80HS (Heritage Series) maintains the integrity of its predecessor. Its circuit uses very little feedback which gives it, say Cary, “incredible transparency and detail in the music while providing bass texture and impact that belies its rated power output”.
Encore Seven, a Polish manufacturer of valve amplifiers known under the brand EGG-SHELL officially presented their new models during the Audio Video Show exhibition in Warsaw in November 2018.
Visitors to Bristol will be able to hear the Ming da Piccolo MM, an integrated amplifer, but with the addition of built in Valve Phonostage, for the first time.
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Synthesis, the Italian Hifi brand who specialise in valve electronics, will be exhibiting at the National Stadium in Skyboxes 122 and 125.
The excitement at Hifi Pig Towers, as we prepared to head to Denver, Colorado for our first USA Hifi Show, had reached fever pitch. It was a bit of a step into the unknown, even though we know many of the exhibitors and brands very well from other international shows, it was thrilling to be venturing onto new ground and meeting the Americans on their own turf.
