December 2020

Accuphase E-280 Integrated Amplifier

2020-12-282020-12-28 press release

Yokohama, Japan | 2020 – Integrated Amplifier with Scalability that Exceeds the Imagination! The AAVA volume control builds upon the knowledge of high-end equipment to control volume without loss of information. The power amplification section utilizes the instrumentation amplifier principle to create an ideal speaker driver. The low impedance design of the output circuitry brings out the full potential of every speaker. Two option boards can be added for improved expandability. The E-280 sound performance will defy the imagination. AAVA volume control AAVA is a revolutionary type of volume control…

UBSOUND FEEL AND VELVET SERIES 2021

2020-12-222020-12-21 press release

Milan, Italy | 2020 – After the national and international penetration in the high-endloudspeakers segment gained during the last year and, also, seriously considering the global situation of the new consumer purchasing trends, the Italian company UBSOUND – now present in more than 60countries worldwide with an high rating – launches the new FEEL and VELVET Series 2021 edition, with further technological features and an innovative commercial approach in favor of the end users. UBSOUND constantly works on research and development with the aim of perfecting its products togive the…

Auralic Altair G1

2020-12-212020-12-21 press release

Beijing, China | 2020 – The new ALTAIR G1 distills AURALiC’s proprietary technologies and features in to a high-performance DAC and streamer built to exacting standards within a substantial aluminum case. As an entry point to the AURALiC ecosystem, the ALTAIR G1 offers a comprehensive number of features and functions. Music can be sourced from virtually any source – locally stored files on your network, Internet radio, Airplay™, Bluetooth, USB drive, an optional integrated hard drive or a playlist of favorites from a subscription-based streaming service such as Qobuz or TIDAL. Control…

Pro-Ject Phono Box RS2

2020-12-142020-12-14 press release

Mistelbach, Austria | 2020 – Fully balanced, fully discrete phono preamp of the highest class! Reference class phono preamplifier with unique impedance control The Phono Box RS2 is the ultimate phono preamplifier of the highest class. It is fully balanced from the input to the output. Electronics are fully discrete, no op-amps are in use and it uses split passive RIAA and DECCA equalization. Discrete Circuitry A discrete circuit is composed of electronic components which are disparate, individual devices, also called discrete components. These can be “passive” components, like resistors, capacitors…

Cyrus CDI-XR CD-Player

2020-12-072020-12-07 press release

Huntingdon, United Kingdom| 2020 – The CDi XR is designed as a reference integrated CD player, building on the legacy of the CDi and incorporating many novel technologies developed in-house at Cyrus over recent years. Housed within our iconic half-width chassis, The CDi-XR sits alongside above the existing CDi and CDt models, offering a substantive performance upgrade. Transport / Servo Several years ago, Cyrus invested heavily in developing our own in-house CD ‘Servo’ mechanism, our ‘Servo Evolution’. The design principle is to read as much information as possible from the…