Underwood Hi-Fi acquires Core Power Technologies, LLC
Some news on the mergers & acquisitions front — Underwood Hi-Fi has acquired the assets to Core Power Technologies. New CPT devices will be available starting next [...]
Announcements
McIntosh Announces RS200 Wireless Loudspeaker System
McIntosh Labs has a new “desktop” option for those of us looking for a sexy audio-system alternative: the RS200. What’s interesting about this (well, one of [...]
Qobuz is My Funny Valentine
Times up, waits over, let the queuing begin! Qobuz (website), the European music streaming service, is finally here and is set to challenge Tidal on its home turf — [...]
Sonos Architectural by Sonance push into custom install
At CEDIA 2018, Sonos made a push for the custom install market. They announced the re-designed Sonos AMP. as well as a partnership with Sonance to deliver in-wall speakers [...]
Roon 1.6 arrives with Qobuz support and tasty updates
The train never stops over at Roon and today’s release of Roon 1.6 brings a host of welcome updates and a fresh look. Most notability official support for Qobuz. At [...]
dCS Releases Rossini 2.0 software and provides more Roon love…
The train of updates at dCS seems to never stop and as they deliver us a New Years present with the release of the dCS Rossini 2.0 software. We enjoyed listening to the dCS [...]
The Occasional 2018 Buyer’s Guide
The Editors have voted, weighed in, argued, smashed cups to the ground and called for more; they have bitten thumbs, quarreled, sallied forth; they have met the enemy and [...]
Parasound’s New Zphono XRM is a Big Step Up from Entry-level Zphono
Our good friend, Gordon Sell of GSPR, alerted us to some genuinely exciting news from Parasound. The wildly popular Zphono phono preamplifier from Parasound’s [...]
GoldenEar Triton One.R Now Shipping
Got some news from my friend Sandy Gross at GoldenEar (website) about a new speaker that has a lot of the characteristics of the Triton Reference. SPOILER ALERT: The [...]
McIntosh XRT1.1K Loudspeaker Launched | Announcement
I’ve heard the McIntosh line array loudspeakers in a variety of scenarios, and the only thing I can say is that they’re impressive as all hell. The new offering [...]