A mere two years after launching into the Scandinavian marketplace, British company Kerr Acoustic has won its third Product of the Year Award from Norwegian audio magazine Stereo Pluss. Following last year’s Awards for the K300 and K320 models, this year it’s the turn of the new K200 standmount.
“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.
Hi-Fi Choice is “entirely engrossed” in the performance Exposure’s 3510 preamplifier
British brand Exposure Electronics’ 3510 series of components shares many design elements with the company’s top-of-range 5010 series. Behind the series’ minimalist design lies a sonic performance that’s easy to get drawn into, with no fear of fatigue, as Hi-Fi Choice discovers in a recent group test of selected preamps.
Computer Audio Design (CAD) announces new MkIII edition of its multi-award winning 1543 DAC
PRESS RELEASE: Computer Audio Design (CAD) is delighted to announce a new MkIII edition of its multi-award winning 1543 Digital-to-Analogue Converter (DAC), combining the essence of the original design with additional technologies emerging from the company’s ground-breaking advances in tackling high-frequency noise in digital audio.
Computer Audio Design (CAD) releases newly-enhanced Ground Control Cable – and guarantees you will hear the difference
PRESS RELEASE: Computer Audio Design’s (CAD) superb Ground Control units are crafted to tackle high frequency noise at the level of the signal ground plane, delivering remarkable sonic results in your hi-fi system. To further enhance their multi-award winning performance, the company has released an improved edition of its Ground Control Cable.
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.
“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
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
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