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MartinLogan Announces New Ethos Hybrid Electrostatic Loudspeaker
|(Editorial Note: Many members of the three AVguide.com communities—The Absolute Sound, The Perfect Vision, and Playback—are fans of electrostatic transducers (whether we are speaking about loudspeakers or headphones), so that we are eager to hear ...read more -
Asgard & Valhalla Headphone Amps from Sumo/Theta Veterans
|(Editorial Note: The AVguide.com news desk received word that Jason Stoddard, who describes himself as the "designer of Sumo products in the 90’s that included Andromeda III, Polaris II, Diana, Artemis, Theorem and Axiom," had ...read more -
Bryston Announces BDP-1 High Resolution Digital Music Player
|(Editorial Note: Earlier this week the AVguide news desk received a press release from the Canadian firm Bryston LTD, announcing the release of its new BDP-1 High Resolution Digital Music Player. The BDP-1 could be ...read more -
Turtle Beach Ear Force DSS Enables 7.1-Channel Sound from Headphones
|(AVguide.com and The Perfect Vision are always on the lookout for innovative new ways to enjoy surround sound, and so our curiosity was piqued by a recent Turtle Beach press release announcing the firm’s Ear ...read more -
Harman Launches New Websites for High-Performance A/V Brands
|(The AVguide.com news desk recently received a Harman International press release announcing the launch of four new Websites representing Harman’s four premier A/V brands: Revel, Mark Levinson, Lexicon, and JBL Synthesis. We present the text ...read more -
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