All items tagged with high end audio (203)
T.H.E. Show Announces Cooperative Venture with Lone Star Audiofest for New Audio Show in Austin, TX
July 8, 2024 by Joao Martins

T.H.E. Show Announces Cooperative Venture with Lone Star Audiofest for New Audio Show in Austin, TX

The promoters of the Lone Star Audiofest and T.H.E. Show - two long-standing regional hifi audio shows - have announced a landmark cooperative venture to promote a new join-effort to take place in Austin, Texas. The new event would be (hopefully tentatively) called T.H.E. Lone Star Audiofest, sponsored by T.H.E. Enterprises, and take place in late spring 2025 (May 2-4), expanding its original scope from local companies and DIY, to attract manufacturers and more distributors.
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Test Bench: The Excel 29mm T29X001 Home Audio Tweeter from SEAS
May 15, 2024 by Vance Dickason

Test Bench: The Excel 29mm T29X001 Home Audio Tweeter from SEAS

The SEAS T29X001 tweeter, from the company's high-end Excel line of transducers, is a wide surround format type, like the original Vifa DX/XT tweeters, and combines the latest Composite Sound metamodal thin-ply carbon diaphragm (TPCD) technology with the seriously outstanding SEAS Excel radially charged Hexadym motor structure. This new tweeter makes the Norwegian manufacturer effectively the first company in the market to offer the latest metamodal TPCD diaphragm solution.
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RME Unveils New DPS-2 Power Supply and LNI-2 DC Filter and Stabilizer
April 24, 2024 by Joao Martins

RME Unveils New DPS-2 Power Supply and LNI-2 DC Filter and Stabilizer

German audio interface specialists RME Audio, announced two new solutions designed to improve the performance of its ADI-2 series of converters in critical applications. The RME DPS-2 is a super low noise linear audio power supply with a unique µfilter and sensor technology that adds a wide range of unique and highly useful features such as offering two differently filtered outputs. The second product is the LNI-2 DC, an active DC filter with galvanic isolation.
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Luxman Introduces First-Ever Audio Streaming Player
April 19, 2024 by audioXpress Staff

Luxman Introduces First-Ever Audio Streaming Player

Luxman was among the world’s first consumer electronics companies, founded at the dawn of the radio age in 1925, in Japan. Fast-forward to 2024, and Luxman has launched its first ever streaming audio source, which the company reminiscently calls a "network transport". But the new Luxman NT-07 is effectively a fully featured digital audio source for today, supporting streaming services, USB and network file playback via connection to outboard D/A converters.
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AXPONA 2024 Reports Record Attendance And Exhibitors
April 18, 2024 by Joao Martins

AXPONA 2024 Reports Record Attendance And Exhibitors

AXPONA (Audio Expo North America) welcomed 10,391 attendees, coming from 42 states and 31 countries, to the Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel & Convention Center, April 12-14, 2024. This was a 14% increase over 2023 and marked its biggest show yet. Over 600 audio brands from 50+ countries offered a vibrant showcase filling the largest number of rooms. AXPONA offered music lovers three jam-packed days of spectacular sound, technology, seminars, live music, and the very latest products in the industry.
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Alta Audio Premieres New Four-way Reference Speaker at AXPONA 2024
April 4, 2024 by audioXpress Staff

Alta Audio Premieres New Four-way Reference Speaker at AXPONA 2024

The creation of industry veteran Michael Levy, Alta Audio always offers very unique home audio loudspeakers. For AXPONA 2024, the company is bringing Aphrodite, a new four-way design inspired by the Goddess of Love. Chicago dealer Cinetec will promote a special pre-AXPONA event on April 9 to debut and demo the new reference model in the Alta Audio lineup, and Nexus Audio Technologies, the brand's North-American distributor, will have a dedicate room at AXPONA.
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Stratton Acoustics Launches the Element 12 Loudspeaker
March 22, 2024 by audioXpress Staff

Stratton Acoustics Launches the Element 12 Loudspeaker

Stratton Acoustics, the UK-based manufacturer of the extremely original high-end Elypsis 1512 loudspeaker, inspired in the iconic, main studio monitors that shaped recording in the 1970s and 1980s, has now launched the Element 12, a smaller 2-way, reflex-loaded design with integral stand. The Stratton Acoustics Element 12 is a passive design that employs advanced driver technologies, crossover techniques, and enclosure construction, polished with a touch of artisanal refinement.
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AXPONA 2024 Showcases The Very Best In High-End Audio Equipment
March 18, 2024 by Joao Martins

AXPONA 2024 Showcases The Very Best In High-End Audio Equipment

AXPONA, the largest consumer audio show in North America, returns to the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center and Hotel April 12-14. The show attracts nearly 300 exhibitors featuring 700 brands coming from 40 different countries including dozens of first-time exhibitors. For the 2024 edition, the promoters have confirmed over 200 listening rooms and the largest ever number of companies exhibiting. And Vance Dickason will be there to promote the 8th Edition of The Loudspeaker Design Cookbook!
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GGNTKT Launches New Model M3 Active Mastering Monitor With Cardioid Bass
March 13, 2024 by Joao Martins

GGNTKT Launches New Model M3 Active Mastering Monitor With Cardioid Bass

German loudspeaker design house GGNTKT Audio launched a freestanding 4-way active loudspeaker as the flagship model in its M family. The new Model M3 is described as an active mastering monitor with cardioid radiation behavior, directly reflecting the company's philosophy of designing systems that remain true in the studio, home theater or private listening environments, delivering authentic reproduction and the unforgettable "you-are-there" effect.
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Meze Audio Introduces Liric 2nd Generation Closed-Back Headphones
March 7, 2024 by Joao Martins

Meze Audio Introduces Liric 2nd Generation Closed-Back Headphones

Meze Audio introduced its latest Liric 2nd Generation headphones, an evolution of its acclaimed Liric closed-back design with performance enhancements that derived mostly from community feedback. For this second-generation, the Romanian company selected a stunning new striped ebony wood finish and added more modularity for easier upgrades and longer life. The Liric 2nd Generation's sound profile has also been tuned to deliver an even better listening experience.
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