Parasound New Halo Integrated Amplifier and DAC Now Shipping!

As Richard Schram, the president and founder of Parasound explains, “several years ago we challenged ourselves to create a no-compromise integrated amp that would match the performance of our Halo separates in every respect. We call it the Halo Integrated Amplifier.” Parasound’s new 2.1-channel integrated amplifier/DAC with 160-watts per channel of John Curl designed amplifier topology is now shipping.

Apogee usually targets the Winter NAMM Show for major product announcements but this year the California company was relatively quiet. Instead of launching new recording or studio solutions, Apogee opted to preview its forthcoming portable USB DAC and headphone amp, named Groove, at the 2015 NAMM Show.

Like many technology companies in Silicon Valley, OPPO Digital is continuously working on bringing new ideas and new products to customers. Over the past 8 years, OPPO has developed and released a series of award-winning universal DVD and Blu-ray players. But just as video has entered the Ultra HD era, OPPO Digital acknowledges audio is evolving with the rise of high-resolution music and a renewed interest in personal audio. Aiming at demanding customers in the personal audio space OPPO has announced the new PM-1 Planar Magnetic Headphone and HA-1 Headphone Amplifier. The PM-1's became available middle April and the HA-1 one month later.