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Rotel has updated its line of top-of-the-line Michi components with the Series 2 suffix in their model names, which includes the Michi X3 Series 2 and Michi X5 Series 2 integrated amplifiers, as well as the Michi P5 Series 2 preamplifier . The three new Series 2 models feature 8-channel ESS Saber ES9028PRO DAC chips capable of processing 32-bit/768kHz digital streams. The power supplies, analog and digital […] More
The British company Origin Live has introduced a new model of the Swift Mk5 passive turntable , which received an updated platter. The turntable is equipped with a Multi Layer Platter (MLP) platter , first used in Voyager ‘s flagship model . In addition to the use of several layers of acrylic and composite material, the surface of the disk has many transverse notches, […] More
The Japanese company DS Audio has begun selling the extreme version of its top-end optical pickup head Grand Master , which received the Extreme suffix in the title. The main “feature” of the novelty was the combination of the stylus and the cantilever – this node in the Grand Master Extreme is made from a single diamond blank. The absence of articulations […] More
The well-known Italian manufacturer of tube audio equipment Unison Research has presented a new Unison Research Simply 845 integrated amplifier at the Axpona 2023 exhibition now in the USA . The output stages of the amplifier are implemented on 845 direct-heated triodes and operate in pure class A. Thus, we can say that we have a real classic of tube amplification, capable of giving […] More
The new Topping EHA5 headphone amplifier promises to unlock the potential of even the most demanding electrostatic headphones on the market. The amplifier provides both balanced and unbalanced connection to the signal source, as well as a bypass function when the power is off. The output voltage is 700 V with a signal-to-noise ratio of 146 dB , two gain levels are […] More
The Roma 117DC preamplifier is produced by the Italian Hi-Fi brand Synthesis Art in Music, located in Morrovalle, in the center of Italy. The preamp uses a selection of carefully selected tubes: 4 x 6922 miniature double triodes, 6DJ8 miniature double triode/ECC88 double triode. Inputs – one balanced XLR and 4 unbalanced (RCA). The declared frequency response […] More
For the domestic market, the Japanese company Luxman announced a new flagship player Luxman PD-191A at the very end of last summer. However, outside of Japan, the turntable has just gone on sale, at the same time details became known. Luxman America President Jeff Sigmund said, “Many music lovers have told me how much they […] More
SMSL has released a new compact digital-to-analog converter SU -1 designed for desktop audio systems. It provides optical and coaxial digital inputs, as well as a USB-C port, incoming signals are processed by the XMOS XU316 processor . 32bit / 768kHz PCM stream is supported as well as native DSD512 plus MQA file decoding . The DAC block in the model is made on the latest AK4493S chip from Asahi Kasei , […] More
MQA Ltd. , behind the MQA (Master Quality Authenticated) digital audio format widely used in the TIDAL Masters library of the TIDAL streaming audio service , is coming under external control. Apparently, the future of the MQA format hangs in the balance, as the main financial backer of MQA Ltd. expressed his intention to leave the project. Latest financial reports of MQA Ltd. show a loss […] More
The new Tanchjim Space Lite portable digital-to-analog converter is based on the high-quality CS43131 chip from Cirrus Logic . The body elements of the device are machined from a single billet of aluminum, which has a positive effect on the resistance to electromagnetic and radio frequency interference. A single unbalanced 3.5 mm jack is provided for connecting headphones . The output power of […] More
Astell & Kern has released a new A&Norma SR35 hi-res player built on a quad-core processor and capable of working with 32bit/384kHz signals and DSD256 stream. This is how MQA file decoding is declared . The digital-to-analog converter in the player is based on four CS43198 chips from Cirrus Logic , two per channel. This improves the signal-to-noise ratio and reduces the level of non-linear distortion. All major functions are controlled […] More
The Ferrum brand , owned by the Polish company HEM , introduced the flagship external DAC Ferrum WANDLA DAC , which combines a high-quality external DAC, preamplifier and headphone amplifier in one package. The novelty is based on the Serce platform patented by the Ferrum brand based on a dual-core ARM processor. Using the original Ferrum software, Serce processes all incoming digital data streams. The developers […] More