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| On Review: I30
integrated amplifier from Dared |
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A mid-priced integrated
amplifier featuring a two EL34 push pull output stage, one useful
USB port to playback your music files through your pc and good
aesthetics too. Well balanced tube sound for anyone who looks for an
amplifier tailored to a small scale system. (Greek
text) |
| Arion Audio MK
1000 Class D monoblocks |
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Arion Audio is not a very well
known company, at least not yet. But, given these excellent
500Wrms/8ohm monoblocks with a noise figure under -110dBs they will
be, probably soon enough. Apart from their quite annoying secrecy,
since everything is covered under a green material, they -obviously-
know what they are doing and doing it well... (Greek
text) |
| Audio&VideoNews |
| Â.Á.Ô. Unveiled the Rex power
amplifier |
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The REX replaces the company’s
VK-75SE/VK-150SE models and employs customized oil-filled capacitors
in important areas of the power supply. An interesting choice, also,
is the elimination of the typical power supply rail fuses.
(13/07/2010)
info: http://www.balanced.com/ |
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Variable bass trap from
Vicoustic
Vari Bass is
designed for use in any professional recording space, home studio,
or hi-fi room. Made from wood and high-density acoustic foam, the
bass trap can be tuned between 50Hz and 100Hz by simply rotating its
wooden top. (11/07/2010)
info: http://www.vicoustic.com/ |
JBL MS-8 to upgrade your in-car
sound experience
The
heart of the MS-8 is a powerful digital signal processor that
operates like a little computer. Intelligent custom programming
within the processor maximizes frequency response, bass performance,
dynamics, clarity, detail and stereo imaging. (15/06/2010)
info:
http://www.jbl.com/ |
Sony
unveiled interchangeable lens HD camcorder
The NEX-VG10E, available from September
2010, is the world’s first consumer HD camcorder with
interchangeable lenses. It’s also the first Handycam featuring an
extra-large Exmor APS HD CMOS sensor that allows the creation of
exquisitely cinematic background defocus effects.
(14/07/2010)
info: http://www.sony-europe.com/ |
| FAST NEWS: Kef to offer custom colours for
Reference Series - These high-gloss colours are finished with
multiple layers of lacquer, each one polished to a mirror finish by
hand before applying the next one. The result is a rich, deep, shine
that matches that of the very finest luxury cars. Kef is now
offering twelve more compelling reasons to buy a Reference Series
loudspeaker, each one based on this stunning finish. KEF has
introduced a dozen magnificent new ‘built to order’ colours for the
Reference range that take their lead from the world’s luxury car
marques. Anthem unveiled Audio/Video Master 50v
music pre-amplifier/home cinema processor - Following in the
footsteps of its big brother, the multi-award winning Statement D2v
benchmark design, the AVM 50v aims to offer the same
state-of-the-art technologies though for significantly less outlay.
With the AVM 50v, Anthem has delivered a fully featured 7.1-channel
audio and video processor with eight HDMI inputs, broadcast-quality
digital video processing, Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio,
XLRs, highest quality 1080p upscaling, Anthem Room Correction, and
two stereo zones. Naim Audio to offer SSD version of their
HDX audio server – The British company
abnnounced that the multi-award-winning Naim HDX is to be offered
with a 16GB Enterprise grade, Single Level Cell (SLC), Solid State
Drive (SSD). This totally silent drive will contain the operating
system and includes space for future upgrades. This and the
performance upgrades are an upgrade option for existing HDX owners.
HDX-SSD – designed for the music lover with a larger music
collection – has no local storage and is designed to save to Network
Attached Storage (NAS), giving almost infinite storage capability.
Research carried out by Naim indicates that there is an almost
exactly 50:50 split between HDX owners and potential owners that
would prefer to store all their music locally or on a NAS drive
somewhere convenient in their homes.
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| Pioneer unveiled new
products in Bratislava press event |
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Pioneer announced ten new
AVreceivers, two Blu-ray players, six home cinema packages and three
new iPhone/iPod docking stations during a press event held in
Bratislava. All products will be available soon, starting
June. |
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| Equipment Reviews |
| The dCS Debussy D/A
Converter |
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This is a very promising package
from dCS, featuring their Ring DAC and asynchronous USB tecnologies
along with a complete set of digital inputs, a digital volume
control and what it appears to be a carefully designed analogue
stage. Does Debussy deliver the goods? Well, the answer is “Yes!”...
(Greek text) |
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| TOP REVIEWS: J.C. Verdier La Platine
turntable, EMT Studiotechnik JSD
6, DAC 202 from
Weiss, 13 D/A Converters up to
3.000 euros, Lamm LL2.1/LP2, XTZ Class-AP 100, Advance Acoustic
AM/FM/DAB/WEB Tuner, Ayre's CX-7eMP, Geneva Lab Model L, North Star Transport 192
III/Extremo, Music Hall mmf 5.1 se, Sony NWZ-S544, Group Test: 10
Stand/Bookshelf Loudspeakers, Olive's Opus No.4, Audio Valve Eclipse/Avalon, Sonneteer's Morpheus, A mini system from
McIntosh!, Sony
NAS-SC500, ×ÔÆ Room Analyzer, Roister Status 8.2, Chord QBD76, Lamm L2 Reference/M2.2, YBA YS201 Encore, Parasound JC 2, Holfi Âatt2riaa, Clearaudio
Innovation/Universal, Puccini U-Clock, Weiss Minerva, Lyngdorf DPA-1, Magnum Dynalab's MD 109 |
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