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Bryston Introduces BP17 High Performance Preamplifier (Hi-Fi+)
|Peterborough, Ontario December 11th, 2012— Bryston LTD (www.bryston.com), builders of the world’s finest audio electronics and celebrating 50 years in 2012, has announced the introduction of the BP17, a state-of-the-art analog/digital stereo preamplifier derived from ...read more -
NuForce Launches HP-800 Monitor-Class Over-the-Ear Headphones (Hi-Fi+)
|NuForce HP-800 headphones are perfect for the music professional studio or audio enthusiast who demands accuracy and musicality Deurne, The Netherlands. – December 11 2012 – NuForce, a leader in professional and consumer audio solutions, ...read more -
Linn Records partners with Universal Music to offer Studio Master downloads
|From the Linn Records press release: Linn Records and Universal Music Group have announced a landmark partnership to sell Universal’s rich catalogue as 24-bit Studio Master downloads. Albums from classic artists including Tom Petty and ...read more -
French Devialet D-Premier Integrated Amp/DAC Coming to the U.S.
|(Editor’s Note: The French Devialet D-Premier integrated amplifier/DAC has been making waves among European audiophiles, and now Devialet is coming to the U.S. under the auspices of Audio Plus Services. A big part of the ...read more -
Magnepan Announces the new Magneplanar 3.7—"Big Brother" to the 1.7
|In recent conversations with Magnepan’s Marketing Manager Wendell Diller, AVguide has learned more about the impending release of the new Magneplanar 3.7 loudspeaker, which will be the successor to the firm’s iconic model 3.6—long regarded ...read more -
Westone 4: World's First Four-Driver Universal-Fit In-Ear Headphone
|(Editorial Note: Playback magazine recently reviewed Westone’s superb ES5 custom-fit in-ear monitor and was very favorably impressed. Next week at CES, the Colorado Springs-based firm will debut the Westone 4—a new flagship universal fit in-ear ...read more -
Playback Launches FREE Guide to Earphones & Custom-Fit In-Ear Monitors
|Playback Launches Guide to Earphones & Custom-Fit In-Ear Monitors Online Buyer’s Guide Available for FREE Download from AVguide.com Austin, Texas—(March 24, 2011)—Playback, a digital magazine that serves the interests of performance-oriented personal and desktop audio ...read more -
CES Shows Big Attendance Increase
|As some of our reporters have observed, CES attendance appears to be up significantly from last year (which seemed better than in 2009). The Consumer Electronics Association has confirmed that observation. Attendance at CES this ...read more -
Verizon to Announce iPhone Availability
|Confirming one of the worst kept secrets in the communications business, the move of the iPhone to a second mobile carrier, Verizon Wireless will announce next Tuesday that the iPhone will be available on the ...read more -
Android Moves Into Second Place in Smartphone Race
|After a year of impressive growth, Google’s Android operating system has surpassed the iPhone Os (iOS) in overall share among smartphone subscribers, based on comScore research. In the three-month period ending in November 2010, Android ...read more -
Anthem’s MRX 500 & 700 A/V Receivers Now Shipping
|(Editorial note: The AVguide staff has learned the Anthem’s eagerly anticipated A/V receivers—the first every offered by the Canadian firm—have now started to ship to dealers worldwide. Below, we present the text of the Anthem ...read more -
Anthony Gallo Acoustics Debuts Classico-Series “Wooden Box” Speakers
|(Editorial note: As many AVguide readers already know, Anthony Gallo Acoustics has traditionally been famous for building great-sounding but decidedly futuristic-looking loudspeakers whose high-tech enclosure systems often feature spherical housings that help explain why the ...read more -
Wisdom Audio to Demonstrate New Wisdom-Series Speakers at CES
|(Editorial Note: In recent years, Wisdom Audio has earned a solid reputation as the builder of one the—if not the—highest performance in-wall/on-wall loudspeaker systems currently available. By tradition, the firm’s loudspeaker products have leveraged the ...read more -
Bel Canto Design Unveils C5i Integrated DAC/Amplifier at CES
|(Editorial Note: The AVguide staff recently received word that Bel Canto Design will introduce its hyper-versatile new C5i Integrated/DAC Amplifier at CES. We won’t try to summarize the many different functions the C5i supports, but ...read more -
NAD Announces New MDC-Equipped A/V Components & Next-Gen MDC Modules
|(Editorial Note: The AVguide news desk received word of two related CES product announcements from NAD. First, the firm will release three new upgrade modules as part of NAD’s Modular Design Construction (MDC) program. As ...read more