All items tagged with home audio (292)
Schiit Audio Reimagines the DAC and Headphone Amp with Latest Asgard 3 and Bifrost 2
August 29, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Schiit Audio Reimagines the DAC and Headphone Amp with Latest Asgard 3 and Bifrost 2

Schiit Audio just released the Asgard 3 amp and modular DAC, and the Bifrost2, the company's latest DAC that features a leap forward in USB technology. As Jason Stoddard, the founder and lead designer of Schiit Audio, explains "what do you do when it’s time to replace both of the products that started it all? I mean literally — Asgard was our first product period, Bifrost was our first digital product, and both started out being built in a garage. Well, here’s what we do: rethink everything."
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Paradigm and Anthem to Showcase Persona Speaker, Persona Subwoofer, and STR Electronics at Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2019
August 29, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Paradigm and Anthem to Showcase Persona Speaker, Persona Subwoofer, and STR Electronics at Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2019

Paradigm and Anthem will offer demonstrations of its Persona Series loudspeakers and Anthem STR electronics during the 2019 Rocky Mountain Audio Fest (RMAF). Persona Series speakers and STR Series electronics have received a total of twelve prestigious Product of the Year awards from all the major hifi publications. Paradigm will demonstrate its latest flagship Persona 7F speakers and Persona SUB subwoofer alongside Anthem's critically acclaimed STR Preamplifier and STR Power Amplifier.
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Denon Introduces New PMA-600NE Integrated Amplifier with Bluetooth and DCD-600NE CD Player
August 26, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Denon Introduces New PMA-600NE Integrated Amplifier with Bluetooth and DCD-600NE CD Player

Denon announced two new hifi components, the PMA-600NE Integrated Amplifier and DCD-600NE CD Player, enabling music aficionados with new options that deliver higher fidelity and improved connectivity at an accessible price. With carefully chosen components and reflecting Denon's more than 100 years' experience in the design and engineering of premium hifi products, the latest 600 series integrated amplifier with Bluetooth built-in and CD player are great options to begin building a system.
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New Look MartinLogan Motion Series for Home Audio and Home Cinema
August 22, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

New Look MartinLogan Motion Series for Home Audio and Home Cinema

MartinLogan announced seven new Motion Series loudspeakers for music or home cinemas. Praised for performance and value since its introduction, when it came time to introduce a new generation of the Motion Series, MartinLogan decided not to mess with a good thing. The new line of modern, multi-application speakers utilizes the same benchmark-performance technology as previous generations of the Motion Series, updated with a modern and stylish new design. Available October 2019, the Motion Series features seven new models, including two floorstanding, two bookshelf, and two center channel speakers.
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McIntosh Announces Most Versatile Tube Preamp Ever with New DA2 Digital Module
August 16, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

McIntosh Announces Most Versatile Tube Preamp Ever with New DA2 Digital Module

McIntosh announced the C2700 Vacuum Tube Preamplifier, a highly versatile 16-input preamp which combines 70 years of tube expertise with the very latest high resolution digital audio technology, courtesy of the company’s new, upgradeable DA2 Digital Audio Module (DAC). A reference in home entertainment and high quality audio for 70 years, McIntosh designed a highly versatile, featured-packed tube preamp for today’s modern music lover.
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Fresh From the Bench: Kali Audio LP-6 Powered Studio Monitors
August 14, 2019 by Stuart Yaniger

Fresh From the Bench: Kali Audio LP-6 Powered Studio Monitors

The Kali Audio LP-6 Powered Studio Monitors are speakers with a plain, business-like appearance, that we would easily be misled to think are just another run-of-the-mill home studio affordable offering. If it wasn't for the fact that Kali Audio is a new California-based company formed by a group of (now former) JBL employees. The Kali LP-6s are serious contenders in the studio space, and can be also formidable affordable options on any other environment. This article was originally published in audioXpress, August 2019.
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Smart Speakers Continue to Play a Leading Role in the Home Audio Market
August 14, 2019 by Futuresource Consulting

Smart Speakers Continue to Play a Leading Role in the Home Audio Market

The worldwide home audio hardware market grew 20% last year to reach 154 million units, with a further 19% growth projected in 2019, according to a new market report from Futuresource Consulting. The sector, which includes wireless speakers, soundbars, A/V receivers, Hi-Fi systems and dedicated speaker docks, also witnessed 5% revenue growth last year, with trade values reaching $14.5 billion.
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Braun Returns to Audio with Engineering Support from Pure
July 18, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Braun Returns to Audio with Engineering Support from Pure

After nearly one hundred years of inspirational design across a range of sectors, Braun announced a long-awaited comeback to an esteemed category: audio. Responsible for the development and manufacture of Braun Audio, is British audio engineering firm Pure, working under license from Procter & Gamble. As its first project, Braun Audio returns with a reinvention of the timeless LE home speakers from 1959, one of the brand’s icons.
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New PMC fact Signature loudspeakers Introduced at High End 2019
May 10, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

New PMC fact Signature loudspeakers Introduced at High End 2019

The High End show in Munich, Germany, opened with a blast on a first day filled with press conferences and dealer events, where there was no shortage of great sounding speakers. First among many and no doubt among the best quality to be found at the show are the new PMC fact signature speakers. These are re-engineered versions of the renowned fact.8 and fact.12 loudspeakers, with innovations and technology developed for the recently launched fact fenestria flagship, introduced in 2018 precisely at the Munich show.
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Genelec Introduces Updated F Series Subwoofers at High End 2019
May 6, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Genelec Introduces Updated F Series Subwoofers at High End 2019

Genelec will attend the 2019 High End Munich show to unveil major updates to the connectivity, performance and feature set of their design-iconic F Series Home Audio subwoofers. The two new updated designs feature optical and coaxial digital inputs, higher SPL, updated remote capability, more comprehensive DIP switch features and improved power supply and amplifier design. One of the models features stereo analogue outputs on XLR to allow compatibility with Genelec professional series.
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