All items tagged with high end audio (213)
Alta Audio Debuts Adam Three-Way Floorstanding Speaker
April 14, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

Alta Audio Debuts Adam Three-Way Floorstanding Speaker

Just before its presentation at AXPONA 2022, Alta Audio confirmed that it will soon ship Adam, a new floor standing three-way speaker that continues the company’s tradition of creating products with high impact sound reproduction. Alta Audio, is a NY-state company that since 2013 designs home audio loudspeakers using its own advanced technologies, the creation of industry veteran Michael Levy, its president and CEO.
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Stay on Top of Loudspeaker Industry Developments with Voice Coil April 2022
March 29, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

Stay on Top of Loudspeaker Industry Developments with Voice Coil April 2022

Voice Coil April 2022 is now available and brings an interesting overview of the latest updates to Loudsoft's FINE Suspension Nonlinear FEA Spider and Surround Design software. Mike Klasco discusses Cables, Lead Wires, and Connector/Terminal Technology, and there's an updated directory of vendors and manufacturers in those product segments. Then, Vance Dickason characterizes the AMT 23CM1.1-C Air Motion Transformer from Mundorf, and the Beyma CD1ND 1" Polyimide Diaphragm Compression Driver and TD-194 compact horn.
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Steinway Lyngdorf Introduces Steinway & Sons Model A Full-Range Speakers
March 4, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

Steinway Lyngdorf Introduces Steinway & Sons Model A Full-Range Speakers

The new Steinway & Sons Model A is a full-range loudspeaker that was designed by Steinway Lyngdorf to provide the best in sound performance in a room-friendly placement against a wall. This makes the Model A the ultimate luxury audio choice when the room interior demands a more space-saving setup, from living rooms and media rooms to apartments, penthouses, or yachts, and even dedicated home cinemas without the space for separate woofers.
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ROHM Announces New 32bit D/A Converter IC for High-End Audio Products
March 2, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

ROHM Announces New 32bit D/A Converter IC for High-End Audio Products

ROHM Semiconductor announced that it has developed the new BD34352EKV digital-to-analog converter IC (DAC) and corresponding evaluation board (BD34352EKV-EVK-001), supporting playback of high-resolution audio sources in high-fidelity audio equipment. Complementing its latest MUS-IC BD34301EKV flagship DAC, the new product was designed to maximally extract and convert high resolution digital audio data to analog audio signals in new product designs.
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KEF Launches Updated Blade Meta and The Reference Meta Loudspeakers
February 18, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

KEF Launches Updated Blade Meta and The Reference Meta Loudspeakers

Capitalizing on successful research and significant improvements demonstrated by the KEF LS50 Meta speakers, the British hifi brand has officially launched the latest updates to their high-end loudspeaker offerings – Blade and The Reference. The two ranges have been updated with KEF’s latest acoustic innovations, including a new, high-end 12th Generation Uni-Q with Metamaterial Absorption Technology (MAT). The Blade Meta and Reference Meta loudspeakers are now available.
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Pro Audio Design to Showcase TAD Evolution-Two Speakers at Florida Audio Expo 2022
February 14, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

Pro Audio Design to Showcase TAD Evolution-Two Speakers at Florida Audio Expo 2022

The forthcoming Florida Audio Expo, happening at the Embassy Suites by Hilton, in Tampa, from February 18–20, will be a unique opportunity to listen to the new TAD Evolution Series E-2 floor-standing speakers. Following the recent announcement that Pro Audio Design was appointed the official US and Canda distributor for Technical Audio Devices Laboratories (TAD), the company will have a dedicated demonstration suite showcasing the impressive new Evolution Series of hi-fi audio components.
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McIntosh Announces Upgraded Versions of MA9500 and MA8950 Integrated Amplifiers
February 9, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

McIntosh Announces Upgraded Versions of MA9500 and MA8950 Integrated Amplifiers

McIntosh Laboratory continues to design new products. The company unveiled its MA9500 and MA8950 Integrated Amplifiers, which replace the existing MA9000 and MA8900 models, adding upgraded power supplies and performance enhancements to these already outstanding products. The updated circuits now deliver increased dynamic headroom, while the updated DA2 Digital Audio Module adds improved D/A conversion and connectivity.
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Ferrum Audio Introduces ERCO High End Headphone Amplifier and DAC
February 7, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

Ferrum Audio Introduces ERCO High End Headphone Amplifier and DAC

Ferrum Audio just unveiled its latest product, the third to be launched from the new brand created in 2021 by HEM, the electronics manufacturing company from Warsaw, Poland. The Ferrum ERCO is a high end USB-C DAC with balanced headphone and line level outputs, using a ESS Sabre ES9028PRO converter with support for PCM up to 32-bit/384kHz and DSD256. The name ERCO (not pronounced airco but ˈert͡so) is Esperanto for ore and was intended "to forge musical gems from its components," as the company states.
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Purifi Audio Unveils New Aluminum Cone 6.5" Extended Excursion Woofer
February 3, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

Purifi Audio Unveils New Aluminum Cone 6.5" Extended Excursion Woofer

Danish audio powerhouse Purifi Audio is not showing any intention of slowing down its efforts to push innovation further in both audio amplification and speaker transducers. Adding to the original formula - featuring proprietary fiber paper cones - used in the successful PTT4.0X and PTT6.5X midbass drivers, Purifi now announced a new aluminum-cone version of the PTT6.5X, delivering extended frequency range with ultra low distortion for superior midrange performance.
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Charcroft Launches ClarityCap Purity High-End Audio Capacitors
January 24, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

Charcroft Launches ClarityCap Purity High-End Audio Capacitors

Charcroft Electronics, the specialist distributor and manufacturer of electronic components, has launched the Purity range of ClarityCap audio capacitors to deliver a significantly lower noise floor, with more ‘dark space’ around the audio signal, and an improved dynamic range. These features enable greater clarity for audio reproduction as well as improved spatial separation for the individual instruments and vocals. The new capacitors use the multi-strand Van den Hul cable specified by high-end loudspeaker manufacturers.
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