Sonus faber Concertino G4 Speaker Introduces Innovative Unibody Cork Enclosure

Sonus faber launched its new Concertino G4 speaker during the Tokyo Audio Show 2024. The fourth edition of the brand’s iconic Concertino speaker expands on the its heritage of high-quality sound and Italian craftsmanship, with the innovation of a unique single structure cabinet made with recycled cork. The design maintains the iconic trapezoidal Concertino shape, with an exterior enhanced by trademark Sonus faber materials, such as leather, aluminum, brass, and walnut wood side panels.

High end headphones can be a very rewarding category for a few very focused manufacturers, and it's always refreshing to see a completely new closed back design that actually involves a serious R&D effort and advances headphone technology further. The new Stealth planar magnetic headphones by Dan Clark Audio (US $3999) are based on a custom-designed planar driver, matched with superior materials and ergonomics.

Grado Labs, the headphone and phono cartridge manufacturing shop founded in 1953 - still family owned, and operating out of the same Brooklyn building where they started - just recently announced a major renovation of its headphone range with the updated Prestige Series. All the five models in that series are now marked with an X, to signal the presence of the 4th generation of Grado headphone drivers, named "X Drivers." And each of the new Prestige Series headphones is also built with a new cable and new headband.