NEWS: Yes, laugh if you will, you computer audio types, but here comes a CD player that promises to lay to waste everything digital that challenges its raison d’être… well, you get the point…
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Lyric by Cyrus
NEWS: Quite smart, naming a music centre Lyric, but just how ready is the audiophile world to tackle such a thing from a traditional hi-fi manufacturer. Well, we know we’re always good for any such gizmo.
Cambridge Audio’s sexy Minx Xi
NEWS: You don’t need much gear these days to access a great amount and variety of music… this little Minx from Cambridge will open the doors to boundless virtual worlds.
Aries Cerat Incito preamp… for tube-heads
NEWS: If you have a yen for some exotic high-end hi-fi gear built around the glow of glass, cast your eyes on Cyprus, home of Aries Cerat… yeah, who would have thought it!
More curvy ATC speakers
NEWS: What’s it with the curves and all? ATC, so traditional thus far, has been lending a more feminine demeanor to its models of late. Ah well, so long as they don’t lose sight of the… er, sound…
Magico adds S3 floorstander to range
NEWS: Some things, most of us can only drool over in photographs. Like these tasty-looking pair of towers from Magico, known the world over by now for its somewhat esoteric loudspeaker offerings.
Cambridge DacMagic XS is tinier than a matchbox
NEWS: Good sound is getting to be impressively more affordable… and portable. Cambridge Audio’s latest digital offering lets you extract maximum sonic performance from the machine while on the move.
Chord QuteEX offers 384 PCM, DSD128 decoding
NEWS: “Bejewelled” hi-fi products are a rarity, with Chord Electronics seemingly having cornered the market these days with its extensive Chordette line. Here’s one more to up the tally… and it is cutting edge
What is Cyrus planning?
NEWS: Now, what exactly does Cyrus have up its red satin sleeves? We’ll find out next week… meanwhile, here’s a teaser.
Antelope’s Zodiac Platinum DAC offers DSD upsampling
NEWS: DSD is the “it” factor in the digital realm these days, and Antelope Audio shows how it is done. Get ready to lighten your wallet, then…
Monitor Audio updates Silver line
NEWS: As the saying goes in the hi-fi realm, if it ain’t broke, make it better. Thus, an acclaimed line of speakers from a UK stalwart gets updated and expanded… with a bit of a price bump.
McIntosh’s new MA8000 – an amp of the times
NEWS: There’s something special about the blue glow of analogue meters in a darkened room. It tells people you’ve got both money and tastes… why else would you own a McIntosh… ?
Linn… Exakt-ly as recorded digitally
NEWS: Let’s get all the pesky analogue stuff out of the way and go directly to the speaker, digitally. Linn says it has just ushered in a new era in high-resolution playback with its Exakt loudspeaker.
Burson’s SL headamp/DAC, Timekeeper amp for desktop denizens
NEWS: Fire up the PC, bring out the cans, clear the clutter off the desktop… here’s some stuff to make that music coming out of your digital library sound halfway decent…
Ray Dolby, 1933-2013
NEWS: The man behind one of audio’s most enduring technologies is no more. Ray Dolby’s name is synonymous with surround sound and the company he founded set standards for the movie and home theatre industries.
Sony’s new high-res audio players
NEWS: Sony Electronics would like to inform you that the company is launching a fresh foray into the challenging audiophile market. And this time, it is armed with every potent weapon of the day…
Magico’s QSubs – bass like you’ve never heard
NEWS: They may be cosmetically subtle, but Magico’s first ever subwoofers, the QSubs, are heavyweights in every which way. Make sure your floors can take ’em! And lock up the kids!
‘Nude’ Elemental is Pro-Ject’s new entry-level turntab...
NEWS: How low can you go? Pro-Ject Audio shows just how much with its simplest turntable yet. The Elemental vinyl spinner is ready for action right out of the box and sports no excess body mass. Lean and mean is the fashion…
Say hello to Bryston’s BUC-1 USB converter
NEWS: The battle for supremacy in the computer audio arena has no clear winner in sight… and Bryston has just upped the ante with its new high-resolution weapon. It’s all about USB, it is…
ATC updates SCM7, SCM11 speakers
NEWS: A fresh set of clothes for a couple of stalwarts in the ATC range that were getting somewhat long in the teeth. Still, curved cabinets? What’s the hi-fi world coming to these days?