Category Archives: Sound Fowndations

New Project V1-L top-of-range RCA and XLR interconnect cables from Furutech

PRESS RELEASE: Furutech, Japanese manufacturer of ultra-refined audio and video cable and accessories, introduces their flagship Project V1-L high performance interconnect cable, in RCA and XLR editions. Joining the Project V1 power cord and Project V1-T tonearm cable, the V1-L interconnect promises an immersive and lifelike audio performance for dedicated audiophiles and professional sound engineers alike.

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Furutech extends Clear Line range with new NCF Clear Line-USB & -LAN passive line optimisers

PRESS RELEASE: Furutech, manufacturer of ultra-refined audio and video cable and accessories, announces the release of the NCF Clear Line USB and NCF Clear Line LAN, two audio-grade passive optimisers designed to enhance the playback performance of digital and network music source components and preamplifiers.

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“Deck of delights”: Hi-Fi News reviews Clearaudio’s new Concept Signature entry-level turntable

Clearaudio’s entry-level, plug-and-play Concept turntable package has been a multi-award winner and bestseller for more than a decade. Now, the Concept’s whole concept has been given a ‘Signature’ makeover. “Clearaudio has played a blinder,” says Hi-Fi News.

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Stereophile reviews DS Audio’s DS-W3 optical cartridge system and applauds the company’s contribution to the industry

Michael Trei of US hi-fi magazine Stereophile figures that over the past 50 years, he must have installed “well over 1,000 phono cartridges” so it’s safe to say he knows a good thing when he hears it – and he hears it in DS Audio’s DS-W3! Equally impressed by the ethos of the company as he is by the performance of its products, Trei opts to dig a little ‘behind the scenes’ to discover more about the genesis of DS Audio’s pioneering optical cartridge system and its vision for the future.

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“A revelation”: The Absolute Sound reviews DS Audio’s DS-W3 optical phono cartridge

“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

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.

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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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