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Award-winning Naim HDX Gets SLC Solid State Drive
|(Editorial note: Within the past year our British sister magazine Hi-Fi+ favorably reviewed the Naim HDX Hard Disk Player. Now, AVguide.com has learned that Naim plans to offer the HDX with an onboard Solid State ...read more -
Denon Announces Six New Headphones
|(Editorial Note: AVguide.com recently took part in a "webinar" introducing new Denon product offerings for 2010. A significant portion of the presentation focused on six new headphones, including three new over-the-ear models, one new noise-canceling ...read more -
Hegel Previews 1400-Watt Monoblock H30 Power Amp at Munich 2010
|(Editorial Note: Earlier this week, the AVguide news desk received word from the Norwegian high-end electronics manufacturer Hegel Music Systems that the firm would preview its new 1400-watt H30 power amp at Munich 2010. Below ...read more -
Musical Fidelity Announces M1 HPA Headphone Amp & M1 DAC
|(Editorial Note: Late last week, the AVguide news desk received word of two new products from the British high end audio company Musical Fidelity: the M1 HPA Class A Headphone Amp/Preamp and the M1 DAC. ...read more -
Naim Introduces UnitiServe Compact Hard Disk Digital Audio Player/Servers
|Editorial Note: Within the last year or so our sister publication Hi-Fi+ favorably reviewed the full-sized Naim HDX Hard Disk Player (click here to read the review) and this week we learned the HDX will ...read more -
Cary Audio Design Introduces New MS-1 Music Server
|Late last week, the AVguide.com news desk received word that the Apex, NC-based firm Cary Audio Design was announcing a new high-end music server with 1TB storage capacity. We present the complete text of the ...read more -
HDtracks Welcomes Verve Music Group In 96/24 Sound
|(Editorial Note: Late last week, AVguide received word that the HDtracks, the well-regarded high-res music download service, is now offering Verve Music Group offering in 96kHz/24-bit format. Below is the text of the HDtracks announcement, ...read more -
McIntosh Teams with Reprise Records, Neil Young to Promote MVP881 BR Blu-ray/Universal Player
|(Editor's Note: Staff members at AVguide and The Perfect Vision generally favor the concept of combination Blu-ray/universal disc players--in part because we think many enthusiasts will, over the long haul, choose to use their "home ...read more -
Phiaton's PS 210 "Half In-Ear" Headphone Wins Prestigious Design Award
|(Editor's Note: Earlier this year, Phiaton announced it's PS 210 Sound Isolating Earphones, which feature a distinctive (and somewhat unorthodox) "Half In-Ear" design that is said to combine "the excellent bass response of in-ear style ...read more -
HDtracks Expands Catalog with New Hi-Res Indie Rock Offerings
|HDtracks, an audiophile-oriented music download service that specializes in sales of high resolution (that is, CD-quality or better) music files, announced earlier this week that it is expanding its catalog of indie rock offerings through ...read more -
Ultrasone “Zino” Portable Headphone Feature Ultra Low Emission Technology
|The German headphone specialist Ultrasone today announced its new Zino portable headphone ($129), which incorporates S-Logic and ULE technologies previously introduced in the firm’s high-end on-ear and over-the-ear headphones. According to a company press release, ...read more -
Low-Cost Wireless Internet Radio for Your Stereo/Home Theater System
|As many music lovers/audiophiles have already learned, Internet Radio makes a great vehicle for discovering new music and/or expanding musical tastes and horizons. The only problem, however, is that it's not alway easy to add ...read more