All items tagged with high end audio (213)

Yamaha Expands Premium Hi-Fi Family of Audio Components with New A-S Series Integrated Amplifiers

May 22, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Yamaha Expands Premium Hi-Fi Family of Audio Components with New A-S Series Integrated Amplifiers

With home audio sales showing promising growth, as consumers globally rethink their priorities and spend more time at home, Yamaha is reinforcing its classic premium Hi-Fi catalog for high-end audio reproduction with the introduction of a reengineered series of integrated amplifiers. The new models — A-S1200, A-S2200 and A-S3200 integrated amplifiers — join the recently introduced 5000 Series of speakers, amps, pre-amps and turntable, offering music enthusiasts a complete family of premium Hi-Fi audio components.

PureAudioProject Announces New Duet15 Prelude Modular Open Baffle Speakers

May 13, 2020 by Joao Martins

PureAudioProject Announces New Duet15 Prelude Modular Open Baffle Speakers

PureAudioProject is a different kind of high-end speaker company taking a modular, semi–DIY approach to open-baffle loudspeakers. Already with a solid reputation after touring high-end audio shows globally, the company offers four basic modular configurations, from which everyone can create their own, personalized system. PureAudioProject speakers are priced very reasonably, but now the company has launched a smaller Duet15 Prelude model, offering an introduction to this fascinating concept.

AXPONA 2020 is Cancelled. Show Not Taking Place in 2020

May 1, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

AXPONA 2020 is Cancelled. Show Not Taking Place in 2020

AXPONA (Audio Expo North America) was originally scheduled to take place in April 17-19, and ended up being rescheduled to August 7-9, 2020 out of concern for the health and safety of all participants due to the growing coronavirus situation. The event would still take place at the Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel & Convention Center. But now, under pressure from concerned exhibitors, the promoters announced the show cancellation for 2020.

CMA Audio Acquires Lake People and Plans Future Catalog Expansion

April 16, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

CMA Audio Acquires Lake People and Plans Future Catalog Expansion

CMA Audio acquired audio manufacturer Lake People Electronic. For 2020, CMA Audio plans to invest in the extension of research and development in the company's headquarters in Constance, in the South of Germany, to overhaul the entire product catalog, which includes Lake People, Violectric and Niimbus brands, and to establish a new cable manufacture operation in cooperation with Japanese manufacturer Mogami. Target markets continues to be professional audio, hi-fi and high end audio enthusiasts.

Test Bench: Motus Audio UH25CT1 Dome Tweeter

March 18, 2020 by Vance Dickason

Test Bench: Motus Audio UH25CT1 Dome Tweeter

The Motus UH25CTi 1" dome tweeter, from Motus Audio, a U.S. high-end driver OEM distributed by Solen.ca, was reviewed in Voice Coil December 2012 and the review appeared also in audioXpress February 2013. Motus Audio was founded in 2010 by Trevor Ryan, who also started Ryan Acoustics, a finished product speaker manufacturer from Riverside, California. "With his extensive experience in Asian sourcing and assembly of high-performance speakers, Ryan brings the high-end-manufacturing-in-China perspective to the OEM raw driver market," Vance Dickason wrote about the company.

Show Report: Audio Expo North America (AXPONA) 2019

March 16, 2020 by Oliver A.Masciarotte

Show Report: Audio Expo North America (AXPONA) 2019

AXPONA (Audio Expo North America) 2019 took place April 12-14 at The Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center and Hotel. In this report for audioXpress, Masciarotte spent three days traversing multiple hotel floors packed with listening rooms, which this year included 50 new exhibitors, and writes about all the product highlights in most categories, from speakers to headphones, electronics and the traditional oddities. This article was originally published in audioXpress, August 2019.

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Scan-Speak Expands Product Catalog with New Revelator Dome Tweeter and Classic Midwoofer

February 7, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Scan-Speak Expands Product Catalog with New Revelator Dome Tweeter and Classic Midwoofer

Scan-Speak announced two new drivers, each one strategically filling a gap in one of the brand's driver families. On the higher frequency range, Scans-Speak launched the Revelator 19 mm Dome Tweeter, D2104/712000, featuring the company's patented Symmetrical Drive (SD-2) motor, with a neodymium ring magnet system with double vent and coated textile diaphragm. The other driver is a brand new 15 cm midwoofer, the 15W/8534T00, expanding the established Classic line.

Schiit Audio Announces Unison USB Upgrades Now Available on All Schiit Upgradable DACs

January 30, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Schiit Audio Announces Unison USB Upgrades Now Available on All Schiit Upgradable DACs

Schiit Audio announced the immediate availability of its Unison USB input for all of its upgradable DACs (Bifrost, Gungnir, and Yggdrasil.) Unison USB is Schiit's unique, proprietary USB input that is the result of 2 person-years of development, running on a general-purpose Microchip microprocessor. According to Schiit, the new Unison USB board provides superior performance at very low current draw from the host, as well as complete electromagnetic and electrostatic isolation.

High End 2020 Show in Munich is Once Again Booked Solid

January 30, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

High End 2020 Show in Munich is Once Again Booked Solid

The High End Munich show, promoted by the High End Society Service GmbH, returns from May 14 to 17, 2020. During four days, the entire world of audio experts and professionals gather in Munich, with hundreds of exhibitors from more than 40 different countries showcasing their latest innovations in the halls and atriums of the MOC event center. The High End show promoters confirmed that the show is once again booked solid for 2020.

Test Bench: Trueanalog TAFE28 Silk Dome Tweeter

December 26, 2019 by Vance Dickason

Test Bench: Trueanalog TAFE28 Silk Dome Tweeter

For this edition of Test Bench, Vance Dickason characterizes the TAFE28, a 28 mm silk dome tweeter from Trueanalog. This is the first time Test Bench has characterized any product from Trueanalog, and the company sent Voice Coil its new 28 mm diameter silk dome tweeter, intended for high end hi-fi and recording studio applications. This article was originally published in Voice Coil, October 2019.

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