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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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

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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“Goose bumps”: Hi-Fi Choice reaps the benefits of Furutech’s DAS-4.1 balanced interconnect cable

Furutech’s DAS-4.1 top-of-range bulk balanced interconnect cable, alongside the brand’s DPS-4.1 power and DSS-4.1 speaker cables, offers a high-performance option for ‘DIY’ audiophiles seeking to create their own bespoke cable solutions.

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Optical cartridges ‘go mainstream”: What Hi-Fi reviews the DS Audio DS-003

The message that optical phono cartridge technology can offer clear advantages over moving magnet and moving coil designs is finally ‘crossing the border’ from high-end hi-fi to more mainstream audio media, as What Hi-Fi discovers the superb performance of DS Audio’s DS-003.

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CAD’s USB Control is ‘on a completely different level’ when it comes to tackling digital noise, says The Audiophile Man

Can your digital hi-fi chain do with some noise reduction?’ asks Paul Rigby, aka The Audiophile Man. Whether you realise it not, the answer is almost certainly yes, and CAD’s USB Control is a solution that’s unobtrusively small, effortlessly simple and incredibly effective. 

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