All items tagged with home audio (346)
Armour Home Electronics Appoints Paul Hilditch as Director of New Product Development
July 18, 2025 by audioXpress Staff

Armour Home Electronics Appoints Paul Hilditch as Director of New Product Development

Armour Home Electronics Ltd., the UK-based manufacturer and distributor of multiple audio brands, appointed Paul Hilditch as the new Director of New Product Development. A house name since the days of Grahams Hifi were he started as Project Manager, Paul Hilditch will be responsible for leading innovation and implementing product strategy across Armour Home's core audio brands: Q Acoustics, QED, and Goldring.
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Cambridge Audio Rebranding and New Evo 150 SE Enhanced Streaming Amplifier
July 1, 2025 by Joao Martins

Cambridge Audio Rebranding and New Evo 150 SE Enhanced Streaming Amplifier

Cambridge Audio, the British brand that has been synonymous with high-performance audio for over five decades, announced a rebranding that is intended to reinforce the connection with people and the power of music. The choice was to drop the "Audio" in the new logo, which will be introduced in the latest 2025 products. The first product to feature the single word is the Evo 150 SE, an enhanced special edition of the company's latest streaming amplifier.
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Cirrus Logic Expands Pro Audio Portfolio with New Range of ADCs and DACs
June 24, 2025 by Joao Martins

Cirrus Logic Expands Pro Audio Portfolio with New Range of ADCs and DACs

Cirrus Logic announced the launch of its latest additions to the Pro Audio product family: two analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) and two digital-to-analog converters (DACs) that are designed to deliver exceptional audio performance at a cost-effective price point. Highlighting affordability without compromising audio quality, these new devices are tailored for hifi playback, installed audio systems, professional audio setups, musical instruments, and USB audio interfaces.
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Cambridge Audio Launches MXW70 Hypex NCORE-Driven Power Amp
June 13, 2025 by audioXpress Staff

Cambridge Audio Launches MXW70 Hypex NCORE-Driven Power Amp

Cambridge Audio announced the launch of a compact Class-D stereo power amplifier that extends its half-width MX Series and is an ideal companion to the MXN10 music streamer with digital pre-amp mode. The new NCORE-driven MXW70 delivers an impressive 70 Watts (at 8 Ohms) per channel, and features RCA and XLR inputs for versatile connectivity. Users can also turn the amplifier from stereo to mono mode with a simple switch, unlocking 250 Watts of bridgeable power.
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The Latest Advanced Loudspeaker Designs Are Measured in Voice Coil June 2025
May 29, 2025 by audioXpress Staff

The Latest Advanced Loudspeaker Designs Are Measured in Voice Coil June 2025

Voice Coil June 2025 offers the latest news from Klippel and Dayton Audio, and includes a complete listing of Headphone Test & Measurement Equipment, with updates on all the companies active in that space. For this issue's Test Bench, Vance Dickason prepared two extended characterizations of the TSQ2145 21" Pro Sound Subwoofer from Celestion's 10 Squared line-up, and the C16NX001/X, an advanced 5.25" metamodal TPCD coaxial driver from SEAS.
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CEDIA Expo 2025 Returns to Denver, September 4-6
April 25, 2025 by audioXpress Staff

CEDIA Expo 2025 Returns to Denver, September 4-6

CEDIA Expo, the residential technology integration trade show, takes place September 4-6, 2024, at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, CO. CEDIA Expo is the platform where residential technology integration, designers, and construction professionals connect, learn, and engage. Once again, CEDIA Expo will be expanded with the Commercial Integrator Expo. Over four days, attendees will have the opportunity to network and explore innovative products, technologies, and solutions.
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Schiit Audio Introduces Mimir Affordable DAC and Digital Preamp
April 25, 2025 by audioXpress Staff

Schiit Audio Introduces Mimir Affordable DAC and Digital Preamp

Schiit Audio recently surprised with the introduction of its Forkbeard wireless control and monitoring solution, which the manufacturer is now expanding to more products. The latest example is the Mimir, a new affordable USB DAC that debuts a Forkbeard-controlled preamp functionality and is also the company’s first to feature what they call a Mesh filter, implemented on a standard ESS Sabre chip.
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Rotel Expands Personal Audio Series with DX-5 Stereo Integrated Amplifier
April 10, 2025 by audioXpress Staff

Rotel Expands Personal Audio Series with DX-5 Stereo Integrated Amplifier

Rotel announced availability of its DX-5 Stereo Integrated Amplifier, a compact Class AB powerhouse delivering 33 watts per channel into 4 ohms (25W/channel at 8 ohms) in its new modern style, compact chassis. Powered by an in-house toroidal transformer and high-current transistors, it also incorporates a 768kHz-capable ESS ES9039Q2M Sabre DAC, with specifications promising ultra-low noise (100 dB SNR) and superior reproduction characteristics - as typical of products from the Japanese brand.
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Victrola Now Owns Legendary Audio Brand KLH Audio
April 7, 2025 by Joao Martins

Victrola Now Owns Legendary Audio Brand KLH Audio

Victrola, a leading brand in audio since 1906, and the original manufacturer of the first in-home record player in the US, is now connected to another legendary American brand: KLH Audio. A revered name in high-fidelity loudspeakers, KLH was the company established in 1957 by audio pioneers Henry Kloss, Malcolm S. Low, and Josef Anton Hofmann. Today, Victrola is actually Innovative Technology Electronics, LLC, a Denver-based company that carries on the venerable legacy of the brand in modern turntables, and which now intends to do the same with KLH.
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Schiit Announces Two New Digitally Controlled Phono Preamps
March 25, 2025 by Joao Martins

Schiit Announces Two New Digitally Controlled Phono Preamps

Schiit Audio continues to expand on its vision to design sensible hifi with innovative features. That includes expanding its Forkbeard complete control products with the announcement of the Stjarna and Skoll F phono preamps. Stjarna is an all-out, limited-production, all-tube design that offers top-of-class performance, while Skoll F adds Forkbeard to the company’s existing all-discrete, zero-feedback, high-voltage-rail phono preamp.
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