All items tagged with high end audio (203)
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.
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Pro-Ject Phono Box RS2 Fully Balanced Phono Preamp Now Available
February 2, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Pro-Ject Phono Box RS2 Fully Balanced Phono Preamp Now Available

Following availability in the European market, Pro-Ject has confirmed the launch in the North-American market of a series of new phono products and accessories. Topping the list is the new Phono Box RS2, a fully balanced, fully discrete, reference class phono preamp with an MSRP of $1999. This new MM & MC capable true dual mono design offers a unique continuously variable input impedance loading and channel balance control to match every cartridge to 100% (adjustment even while playing).
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Focal Presents New Celestee Affordable Luxury Headphones
January 28, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Focal Presents New Celestee Affordable Luxury Headphones

Those who think $549 is too expensive for a pair of headphones, should think again. French high-end audio market specialist Focal has been present on the headphones market since 2012, gradually developing a successful collection. Following the launch of Stellia in 2019 (price starting at $3000), Focal now presents Celestee. Obviously targeting uncompromising audio quality, these new closed-back headphones take the 2018 Elegia design further, and feature a brand new blue finish, which Focal says showcases the brand’s "savoir-faire".
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SEAS Announces New Excel Nextel W12CY006 Midrange
January 21, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

SEAS Announces New Excel Nextel W12CY006 Midrange

The new W12CY006 (E0091-08) is the second product recently launched into SEAS' updated Nextel Excel series, which brings the newly updated linear low-distortion magnet system design with titanium voice coil former into this series. The new driver is a successor to the famous W12CY003 (E0044-08S) and continues the brand's high-end paper cone heritage with the 2-layer Nextel coating technology and - as a special feature - adding a new edge coating. With the resulting smooth frequency response, it is suitable as a dedicated midrange in a 3-way design.
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Test Bench: Omega Audio ODT29 Cloth Dome Tweeter
January 7, 2021 by Vance Dickason

Test Bench: Omega Audio ODT29 Cloth Dome Tweeter

On this Test Bench, Vance Dickason offers a characterization of the ODT29 fabric dome tweeter from Omega Audio, an OEM transducer manufacturer new to the pages of Voice Coil. The company, headquartered in Holon, Israel, was founded in 1978 when the founder of Omega Audio, Levi Mordechai left Morel. All of Omega Audio’s ODT line of tweeters, dome midranges are handmade in the company's facility, from dome coating to coil winding and motor assembly. This article was originally published in Voice Coil, October 2020.
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Test Bench: Scan-Speak 21WE/4542T00 Ellipticor Midwoofer
December 30, 2020 by Vance Dickason

Test Bench: Scan-Speak 21WE/4542T00 Ellipticor Midwoofer

This Test Bench article focuses on the Scan-Speak Ellipticor 21WE/4542T00 midrange woofer, an impressive looking driver. The motor design for the Ellipticor 21WE/4542T00 is again an AirCirc multi-magnet and patented SD design, using an elliptical two-layer voice coil wound with round copper wire on a titanium former. Motor parts include polished front and back plates for the neodymium magnets that incorporates a 12 mm diameter rear vent for additional cooling. This article was originally published in Voice Coil, October 2020.
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PureAudioProject Introduces New Trio15 Coax10 Open Baffle Speakers
December 29, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

PureAudioProject Introduces New Trio15 Coax10 Open Baffle Speakers

PureAudioProject just confirmed that its latest Trio15 configuration is now available for pre-order. As Ze'ev (Wolf) Schlik, the founder of the modular speaker company explains, the Trio15 Coax10 project is a step closer to the realization of its original vision. "For a long time we were aiming for a three-way Open Baffle Speaker made right; and with 2020 coming to end we are excited to announce the addition of Trio15 Coax10 to our Trio15 line."
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Sonosax Confirms New SX-DD2 Preamplifier and Converter to Be Launched in 2021
December 28, 2020 by Joao Martins

Sonosax Confirms New SX-DD2 Preamplifier and Converter to Be Launched in 2021

A perfect companion for your hifi system at home or in your studio was the way Sonosax introduced the idea for the new SX-DD2. Unveiled almost 3 years ago as an "upcoming project," when Sonosax celebrated its 40th anniversary, the SX-DD2 is a universal, mains powered, studio-quality preamplifier, capable of processing virtually any audio signal, digital or analog, even the output of a turntable. Now, Jacques Sax confirms the new design will start shipping in Spring 2021.
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Scan-Speak Unveils New Ellipticor D2404/552000 1" Dome Tweeter
December 21, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Scan-Speak Unveils New Ellipticor D2404/552000 1" Dome Tweeter

Scan-Speak has saved some last minutes surprises to end the year of the company's 50th anniversary in full force. The Danish engineering team just unveiled a new Ellipticor driver, expanding the rapidly growing family with the new Ellipticor D2404/552000 dome tweeter. This latest addition offers an impressive set of specifications according to the released datasheet, and should strongly motivate many speaker designers targeting high-end designs.
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SEAS Unveils New W18NX003 Excel Nextel Woofer
December 18, 2020 by Joao Martins

SEAS Unveils New W18NX003 Excel Nextel Woofer

SEAS had a busy 2020, signaling the company's 70th Anniversary and fulfilling on its anticipated plan of updating the existing product line with new improved models, as well as refreshing old industry favorites carefully crafted by its Norwegian engineering team. The new W18NX003 (E0096-08) continues SEAS' high-end paper cone heritage with the 2-layer Nextel coating technology, combined with an improved magnet system design and titanium voice coil formers.
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