PRESS RELEASE: DS Audio’s multi-award winning Grand Master optical phono cartridge has been described as being among the world’s best, possibly even the best, ever heard. Now, DS Audio has created an even higher-performance option, the Grand Master Extreme, which combines a stylus and cantilever crafted from a single diamond.
Continue reading Optical cartridge pioneer DS Audio releases new top-of-range Grand Master Extreme
PRESS RELEASE: Hot on the heels of Furutech’s flagship Project V1 power cable comes the new top-of-range, Project V1-T tonearm cable – a high-performance, hybrid silver OCC design with detachable shield.
Continue reading New Project V1-T top-of-range tonearm cable from Furutech
“The hush was akin to match point at Wimbledon,” writes Mark Craven in the magazine’s July issue. Exposure’s monoblock is “imperiously quiet”, allowing the music to “rise out of an invisible background.”
Continue reading “An absolute beauty”: Hi-Fi News reviews Exposure’s 3510 monoblock
Computer Audio Design’s (CAD) Scott Berry believes that dealing with high frequency noise on the signal ground plane is critical to allowing sound systems to reach their performance potential. The sonic difference made by CAD’s GC1.1 Ground Control unit clearly proves Berry’s point, as Chris Baillie reports in The Ear. Continue reading “Less noise, more music”: The Ear reviews CAD’s GC1.1 Ground Control
PRESS RELEASE: The eighth edition of The North West Audio Show will take place on the 17th and 18th June 2023 at the fabulous De Vere Estate, Cranage in Cheshire.
Sound Fowndations, exclusive UK distributor of selected world-class, high-end audio brands and products, will be at the event to exhibit DS Audio’s pioneering optical phono cartridges, Clearaudio’s superb analogue components, and Furutech’s high-performance cables and accessories.
Computer Audio Design’s USB Control is a small device that works on both redundant USB inputs and service ports. It’s “about the size of (and could easily be mistaken for) a USB dongle” and is “about as discrete as an audio tweak can get,” writes Gregory. “But don’t let its diminutive dimensions or understated appearance fool you. This thing is kryptonite for the spurious noise generated by USB circuitry.”
Continue reading “Kryptonite for noise”: Roy Gregory discovers the sonic powers of CAD’s USB Control
Japanese high-end cable and accessories experts Furutech invariably find themselves with multiple ‘gongs’ in any worldwide ‘best ofs’, and The Absolute Sound’s Editors’ Choice Awards 2023 are no exception.
Continue reading Furutech cables & accessories in The Absolute Sound’s Editors’ Choice Awards 2023
Is there an award that DS Audio’s incredible-sounding and totally unique optical cartridges haven’t won? Three models have earned a trio of further awards from US magazine The Absolute Sound, alongside the ION-001 Ionizer. Continue reading Four TAS Editors’ Choice Awards for DS Audio’s optical cartridges and innovative accessories
PRESS RELEASE: Already a well-known name in professional audio circles, Kerr Acoustic has spent the past few years bringing its high-resolution loudspeakers to the home audiophile market as well as the pro studio. Now, the company announces its long-awaited K200 model, designed to deliver ‘compromise free’ performance in a compact design.
Continue reading Pro-level performance for home spaces: Kerr Acoustic announces new K200 loudspeaker
Californian valve / tube electronics experts Aesthetix are no strangers to The Absolute Sound’s annual awards. In 2023, seven of their superbly-crafted hi-fi components feature in the Editors’ Choice selections (again!). Continue reading 7 Editors’ Choice Awards 2023 from The Absolute Sound for Aesthetix high-performance electronics
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