Vertere Calon phono stage Vertere have launched Calon, the first Vertere high-end dual-mono phono preamplifier. Calon will be available in July and sell for £15,500; €18.998; $19,995. Calon is available in either silver or black. Calon has been designed to ensure that all the performance gains enabled by recent improvements in Vertere Record players, especially […]
Q Acoustics 3000c loudspeaker range British audio specialist, Q Acoustics, introduces the affordable and high performance 3000c loudspeaker series. Building on the formidable legacy of the 3000i – Q Acoustics’ most popular and decorated speaker series – this new range continues the company’s unwavering track record of delivering a sonic performance and high-quality design and […]
Computer Audio Design 1543 Mk III DAC Computer Audio Design (CAD) is delighted to announce a new Mk III edition of its multi-award winning 1543 digital-to-analogue converter (DAC), combining the essence of the original design with additional technologies emerging from the company’s ground-breaking advances in tackling high-frequency noise in digital audio. Key to the 1543’s […]
Dutch & Dutch 8c active DSP loudspeakers I first encountered Dutch & Dutch when they were still in development mode and visited their Rotterdam factory early in 2017 to see what this dynamic company were up to ahead of their monitor loudspeaker launch a year later. The work was certainly breaking new ground in cardioid […]
It was novel to be back in Heathrow for a hi-fi show, it must be at least a decade since the Chester Group put on a show in what was then the Park Inn and twice that since anything happened at the Ramada across the road. The London Audio Show in the Radisson Red hotel […]
Trevor Butler visits International Noise Day at the Vienna Institute Noise is around us pretty much all the time, at different levels and across different frequencies. But how much is good for us? And should we take more care of our hearing. These are questions addressed every year on International Noise Day at the Vienna […]
Audio-Technica explain the vinyl replay cartridge Senior Technical Product Specialist at Audio-Technica, Darcy Archer, answers questions on the role of the cartridge in a record player. For those new to vinyl playback, could you explain what a turntable cartridge is and its role in the overall sound quality? The cartridge is where our vinyl experience […]
S-Duo stylus pressure gauge and cleaner There is a certain amount of controversy about stylus cleaning – what are the best methods to keep the tip clean, or clean it if it gets crud on it – and how to look after our precious vinyl resource. Enter the Humminguru S-Duo. The Ear’s readers will hopefully […]
The blurb that accompanied this release does not mention the essence of this album, it should say: ‘achingly beautiful’. Two protagonists are involved, Tokyo-native violinist Meg Okura and American jazz pianist Kevin Hays.Hearing the first notes you might assume that they are celebrating modern classical music, but you’d be very, very wrong.. Lingering contains nods to Aaron Copland and Franz […]