All items tagged with headphone preamp (9)

Mytek Audio Introduces Brooklyn Bridge II Roon Core Streamer, DAC, and Preamplifier

March 20, 2023 by Joao Martins

Mytek Audio Introduces Brooklyn Bridge II Roon Core Streamer, DAC, and Preamplifier

Mytek Audio is now shipping its new Brooklyn Bridge II Roon Core. The new design combines a Roon Core server, high-end streamer, DAC, preamplifier with phono MM/MC input, and headphone amplifier in a single unit. This all-in-one system allows users to explore the Roon music player system without the need to set up a complex network or use multiple devices.

LG New UltraGear Gaming Speaker Offers Headset-Free Sound Experiences

September 3, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

LG New UltraGear Gaming Speaker Offers Headset-Free Sound Experiences

LG Electronics (LG) unveiled a new speaker solution specifically for gaming, which may signal the onset of a new headset-free design, with large potential for all home office applications. The new LG UltraGear Gaming Speaker (model GP9) was designed to be a companion to LG’s premium UltraGear gaming monitors, with game-optimized sound. But the technical specs reveal a whole lot more, making it a very interesting speaker/sound system.

Treat Your Headphones With a McIntosh MHA200 Tube Headphone Amplifier

February 5, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Treat Your Headphones With a McIntosh MHA200 Tube Headphone Amplifier

McIntosh knows there are a lot of people out there who would like to have a McIntosh tube system, are spending serious money on high end headphones, and could consider a dedicated desktop preamp device that would match their passion - and that's who they designed the MHA200 Vacuum Tube Headphone Amplifier for. A product that is still big enough to proudly show to others, but is actually designed to throw the warmth of tubes when sitting close enough, enjoying long listening sessions.

Khadas Tone2 Pro ESS-Based USB-C Audio DAC and Headphone Preamp Now Available

December 14, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Khadas Tone2 Pro ESS-Based USB-C Audio DAC and Headphone Preamp Now Available

Khadas, a company focused on high performance single board computers for makers and developers, achieved significant success in audio-focused products, particularly with high-resolution capable ESS-based audio DACs. Following earlier success with the Tone range of add-on boards, Khadas embarked on a more ambitious project with the Tone2 Pro, which is the company's first finished product, mandatory to support MQA hardware decoding. Khadas still intends to launch a Tone2 (non-Pro) version as a DIY Kit in the future, without MQA support.

Chord Electronics Introduces New 2go and 2yu Hi-Res Music Streaming Devices

February 24, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Chord Electronics Introduces New 2go and 2yu Hi-Res Music Streaming Devices

Chord Electronics introduced five new products at The Bristol Hi-Fi Show 2020, including the new ULTIMA PRE 2 preamp, ULTIMA 5 and ULTIMA 6 stereo power amps, plus the new 2go streamer/server and 2yu digital interface. Making its European debut, the new 2go streamer/server adds both Ethernet and wireless streaming, plus 4 TB of microSD card storage to Chord's Hugo 2 DAC/pre/headphone amp. The 2yu digital interface turns the 2go device into a standalone streamer.

IK Multimedia Announces New iRig Mic HD 2 Handheld 24/96 Recording Microphone

August 15, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

IK Multimedia Announces New iRig Mic HD 2 Handheld 24/96 Recording Microphone

IK Multimedia announced iRig Mic HD 2, a handheld, high-resolution USB digital microphone for iPhone, iPad, Mac and PC. Ideal for recording vocals, interviews, podcasts, instruments and more, the new iRig Mic HD 2 combines an improved condenser capsule in a handheld microphone with integrated headphone output and a USB interface, supporting high resolution audio recording with improved 24-bit/96kHz converters.

Shure Introduces KSE1500 Sound Isolating Electrostatic Earphones and Amplifier System

November 2, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

Shure Introduces KSE1500 Sound Isolating Electrostatic Earphones and Amplifier System

The Shure booth at the 139th International AES Convention in New York was constantly surrounded with visitors and press waiting for a chance to try out the new and intriguing KSE1500 Electrostatic Earphones, which are complemented with an extremely well design portable headphone preamp, made available separately as the SHA900, also able to power other headphones and earphones.

CanJam Europe 2015 Visitors Vote for Best of Show

October 9, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

CanJam Europe 2015 Visitors Vote for Best of Show

The 2015 edition of CanJam Europe, in Germany, strengthened the show’s position as Europe’s largest dedicated headphones and personal audio event. Record visitor and exhibitor numbers as well as additional exhibition floor attest the ongoing interest in the market segment. This year, for the first time, CanJam Europe 2015 had visitors vote for their favorite products of the show.

Get audioXpress November 2015 While It’s Hot!

October 7, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

Get audioXpress November 2015 While It’s Hot!

Do you want to know how good audio from smartphones actually is? Would you like to know which sound measurement apps are available for smartphones? Or would you prefer to build The PhaseBuster, a unique way to manipulate the phase between stereo channels? Or would you prefer to build a headphone hybrid amplifier? All that and much more can be found in audioXpress November 2015, available online.