“While we’ve grown used to a parade of game-changers in digital audio, analog is a different story,” writes Jonathan Valin in the April issue of US audio magazine The Absolute Sound. “There haven’t been many radical developments in the world of vinyl”… until, that is, DS Audio’s reinvention, and ongoing envelope-pushing, of the optical cartridge. The DS-W3 is the latest such example. Continue reading “A revelation”: The Absolute Sound reviews DS Audio’s DS-W3 optical phono cartridge
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Aesthetix’ high-performance electronics win another 7 Editors’ Choice Awards from The Absolute Sound
Californian Aesthetix’ valve / tube zero-feedback electronics are “designed to impress you and built to outlast you.” In 2024, seven of their superbly-crafted hi-fi components feature in the Editors’ Choice selections (again!). Continue reading Aesthetix’ high-performance electronics win another 7 Editors’ Choice Awards from The Absolute Sound
Furutech’s “system redefining” cables & accessories in The Absolute Sound’s Editors’ Choice Awards 2024
Japanese high-end cable and accessories experts Furutech are no strangers to US audio magazine The Absolute Sound’s annual ‘best ofs’, and the Editors’ Choice Awards 2024 are no exception. Continue reading Furutech’s “system redefining” cables & accessories in The Absolute Sound’s Editors’ Choice Awards 2024
DS Audio’s innovative optical cartridges and accessories earn Five Editors’ Choice Awards 2024 from The Absolute Sound
“Name another recent technological advance that has changed the audio scene as much as DS Audio’s optical cartridges have. If you can’t, that’s because there is none,” says US hi-fi magazine The Absolute Sound. Moreover, the company just keeps on innovating, enhancing its offerings with technology trickled down from its top-of-range masterpieces. Continue reading DS Audio’s innovative optical cartridges and accessories earn Five Editors’ Choice Awards 2024 from The Absolute Sound
Clearaudio’s turntables, cartridges and accessories earn another 14 Editors’ Choice Awards from The Absolute Sound
US audio magazine The Absolute Sound’s annual Editors’ Choice Awards highlight a selection of the world’s best-sounding hi-fi. German analogue pioneers Clearaudio feature strongly again in 2024, with some long-standing favourites and some newly upgraded classics.
MBL collects another 12 Editor’s Choice Awards from The Absolute Sound in 2024
US magazine The Absolute Sound’s annual Editors’ Choice Awards single out those audio components that the magazine’s editors and expert reviewers deem as “most worthy of your consideration.” So much so, in fact, that “these are components that we ourselves would buy.” Continue reading MBL collects another 12 Editor’s Choice Awards from The Absolute Sound in 2024
Exposure adds new CD player to multi award-winning 3510 series
PRESS RELEASE: To celebrate 50 years of creating ‘real hi-fi for real music lovers’, Exposure Electronics is proud to announce the new 3510 CD player, the final piece in the British brand’s much-lauded 3510 series of hi-fi components.
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Computer Audio Design launches new Ethernet Control
PRESS RELEASE: Computer Audio Design (CAD) firmly believes that reducing unwanted high frequency noise in a hi-fi system audibly improves the system’s sound quality. To that end, the company has pioneered a portfolio of highly effective solutions to the problem, and now adds the new Ethernet Control, designed to enable a significant advancement of the musical performance of streaming-based and file-replay systems.
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Clearaudio upgrades ‘Concept’ turntable package with new Concept Signature
PRESS RELEASE: How do you top a best-selling, multi-award winning turntable package that combines smart design, high-end performance, plug-and-play simplicity and affordability? Meet the Concept Signature, the newly upgraded edition of Clearaudio’s unbeatable Concept series.
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Exposure Electronics launches 360 turntable
PRESS RELEASE: Music lovers looking for the perfect deck to partner with their much-loved Exposure Electronics hi-fi components need look no further: the new Exposure 360 turntable has arrived.
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