Metronome Upgrades DSC1
Metronome’s ‘Digital Sharing Converter’ the first device released in the French company’s DS (Design Series) range, has been upgraded.
New versions of the DSC1 are Roon Ready and can read MQA, plus they now come with support for Deezer and Spotify. Metronome says it’s also offering the upgrade to existing Metronome DSC1 owners. It appears the upgrade is software only, because the new models still use the same dual-mono AK4497 DACs.
You can read our story on the release of the Metronome DSC1 HERE.… Read the full article
KEF Announces New Completely Revamped R Series Loudspeakers
The following is a press release issued by KEF. Maidstone, Kent, UK | September 18, 2018 – Globally-renowned audio pioneer, KEF, has announced the launch of its brand-new R Series, a complete, top-to-bottom transformation of what was already one of the world’s most acclaimed loudspeaker ranges. Boasting a hefty raft of technological innovations and design improvements, the new R Series draws on acoustic developments originally achieved in KEF’s flagship Reference Series, bringing authentically high-end design features and resulting high performance levels into this category for the first time.… Read the full article
Technics 2018 Turntable Preview Event at the PNW Audio Society
The following is a press release issued by Technics. September 18, 2018 – J-Corder is sponsoring a gathering to showcase the new Reference Series 2018 products from Technics. Please join us at the Pacific Northwest Audio Society event to see and hear the new SP-10R & SL-1000R Reference Class Turntables. Technics US Business Development Manager, Bill Voss, will be presenting the entire Reference Series system by Technics including the new turntables. We are honored to have Alan Taffel, Senior Writer at The Absolute Sound, joining the discussion.… Read the full article
Schiit Audio Mani Phonostage
Young people are into vinyl. I know that’s a weird sentence, or at least it used to be. I think everyone’s aware by now that vinyl’s a viable format again. We’re all sick of hearing about it, but bear with me. Streaming is the big player in the audio space, but young people are realizing that streaming means they miss the album art, the liner notes, the physical thing in your hands. There’s something innately important about objects, especially a nice tip-on album jacket, and you can’t get that with Spotify.… Read the full article
KIH #61 – Let’s get physical
RIP. Rest in peace. That’s what many have said or thought about CD already years ago. My recent encounter with the Jay’s Audio CDT2 MkII looked at this reality in perspective; another RIP. Yes, sales of physical CD are down; way down. But the Redbook standard behind them which etched those well-known 16-bit/44.1kHz values in stone remains in place for 99.9999% of all available music. Not only is CD resolution very much alive, it is the de facto status quo.… Read the full article
A short film about the Meze 99 Classics
Sunday, Sunday here again, tidy attire. You read the colour supplement, the TV guide.
Music on, hi-fi world off. With six and a half days of the week devoted to hi-fi reviewing – couriers, packing/unpacking, setups/configurations, listening, note-taking, write-ups, photo/video shoots and associated editing – Sunday morning calls timeout on the day job: a chance to lazily read a few chapters of a book, to sip on a (very long) black coffee – until it goes cold – and to sink into music behind headphones.… Read the full article
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