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AuthorIntegra DTR-30.5 AV Receiver with built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Integra, who designs products specifically for custom installers, has just introduced the DTR-30.5 home theater receiver with new home integration and performance features. Notably this is the company’s first receiver with built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth interfaces for modern media connectivity. It is also Integra’s first with 4K pass-through and up-scaling for Ultra HD high definition … Continue Reading
Creative Hitz Headphones / Headsets
Creative understands that smart phones are the centre hub of mobile entertainment and has just released a new series of fun and colorful Creative Hitz headsets. Each product in the new series offers an in-line microphone for calls. The Creative Hitz headsets also reflect the company’s incorporation of a fresh new design theme, with the … Continue Reading
Sony XBR 4K Ultra HD LED TVs – Canadian Pricing and Availability
Sony Canada has just revealed the prices and availability for its new 4K Ultra High Definition TV sets showed earlier this year at CES. The new XBR-55X900A (55-inch) and XBR-65X900A (65-inch) 4K Ultra HD LED TVs are priced at $5,499.99 and $7,699.99 respectively and are available now at store.sony.ca/4ktv and various retailers across the country.… Continue Reading
Klipsch Music Center KMC 3 Bluetooth Speaker
Klipsch has just launched the first product in the company’s new Klipsch Music Center series, called the KMC 3 Bluetooth Speaker. The Klipsch Music Center range of products commemorates the brand’s partnership with Live Nation Entertainment and its sponsorship of the Klipsch Music Center amphitheater in Indianapolis —one of the five most ticketed live music … Continue Reading
Devialet 110, 170 and 240 Amplifiers – Experience the Devialet Sound on a Smaller Budget
Devialet, the company behind the magnificent sounding D-Premier amplifier, has just announced the addition of three new amplifier/DAC models, two of which now allow music listeners with smaller budgets to experience the magical Devialet sound. The new models include the Devialet 110 ($6,495), the Devialet 170 ($9,495) and the Devialet 240 ($17,495). The Devialet 240 … Continue Reading
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Sonus Faber Olympica Loudspeakers
The new Olympica loudspeaker series from Sonus Faber has been created as a homage to master architect Andrea Palladio and his Teatro Olimpico, a monumental theater in Vicenza, Italy. This new range of speakers, designed completely from the ground up, consists of three models called the Olympica I, Olympica II and Olympica III. Characterized by … Continue Reading
Marshall Monitor Headphones
Marshall, the company recognized worldwide for its guitar amplifiers, has just added a new model to its stable of headphones called the Monitor Headphone. Its slim, over-ear construction is said to deliver superior noise isolation without the bulk. The Monitor is embossed with a white script logo and black vinyl leather, evoking the spirit of … Continue Reading
Swann Crimson Eye Helicopter – With Video and Audio Capability
Our friends over at Guydster – the guy’s guide to everything – just posted a review of the Swann Crimson Eye Helicopter, a mini RC copter that’s capable of shooting pictures and video (with audio) as it flies around. Given its audio video capabilities we thought readers of the CANADA HiFi might be interested. Check … Continue Reading
Denon 2013 IN-Command Series AV Receivers
Denon has just added four new models to its line of IN-Command Series AV receivers. The series includes the AVR-X1000 Network Home Theater Receiver ($499 US), the AVR-X2000 Network Home Theater Receiver ($699 US), the AVR-X3000 Network Home Theater Receiver ($999 US), and the AVR-X4000 Network Home Theater Receiver ($1299 US). Each new model features … Continue Reading
Marantz Marks 60th Anniversary with NA-11S1 Network Audio Player and Consolette
To celebrate its 60 year anniversary, Marantz has launched two new audio products – the Reference Class NA-11S1 Network Audio Player and DAC ($3,799) and the Consolette Wireless Streaming Speaker ($1,349). The NA-11S1 Network Audio Player and DAC is the company’s first player to realize the full potential of very high-resolution new media. It enables … Continue Reading
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THIEL Audio CS1.7 Loudspeaker
THIEL Audio’s latest product, the CS1.7 Coherent Source floorstanding loudspeaker, employs the company’s renowned phase and time coherent design using first order acoustic crossover networks and the latest technology for the woofer and tweeter engineered by THIEL specifically for the CS1.7 project. The CS1.7 follows the company’s long tradition of 2-way floorstanding speakers beginning with … Continue Reading
Sony FMP-X1 4K Media Player
The new Sony FMP-X1 4K Media Player will be hitting store shelves this summer, to complement the company’s latest 4K Ultra HD LED TVs that we introduced you to earlier this April HERE. This 4K media player currently presents the only to get 4K (3840 x 2160 resolution) content, since no broadcast 4K content is … Continue Reading
KEF M Series Headphones
Personal music devices are a very hot product category and like many other speaker makers, KEF has just released its first ever line of over-the-ear and in-ear headphones called the KEF M Series. The new M Series includes the introduction of the M500 over-ear headphones and the M200 in-ear buds.
KEF M500 Details
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AVID Acutus Black Turntable
During the last two decades the Acutus turntable has progressed to become renowned throughout the audio industry and owned by discerning music lovers the world over. Visually the turntable is a striking piece of engineering, its distinctive polished chrome finish having done much to set the fashion for open skeletal styling. Whilst stunning in a … Continue Reading
Win a Boomphones Phantom Headphone That Turns Into a Boombox!!
Our friends over at Guydster – the guy’s guide to everything – are giving away a pair of Boomphones Phantom headphones, an amazingly innovative headphone design that turns into a boombox. It’s super easy to put your name in for the draw and the chances of winning are high! Please check it out at www.guydster.com… Continue Reading
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AudioControl Rialto 400 Amplifier/DAC for Sonos and Wireless Audio Systems
Digital music systems are a hugely popular product category today, the trouble is that most are under-powered and hence unable to deliver high quality music playback. The AudioControl Rialto 400 is a compact, high-powered amplifier with a built-in audiophile-grade DAC designed to provide greater performance and higher sound quality for all analog and digital systems, … Continue Reading
XX by JVC Headphones
JVC has just launched a new headphones series called “XX by JVC” consisting of five models – featuring around-ear, on-ear and DJ-style models. These new models join JVC’s current XTREME XPLOSIVES line of in-ear models. The new headphones feature rugged styling, a high gloss finish and durable construction, plus heavy-duty Neodymium driver units and Extreme … Continue Reading
Sennheiser Adidas Sports Earphones Series
Sennheiser has teamed up with Adidas on the development of a new sports earphone series, just announced. The new series consist of five earphone models: the PX 685i, PMX 685i, MX 685, OCX 685i and CX 685. The new earphones promise top quality sound, optimal comfort and have been tested by professional athletes in … Continue Reading
Merlin Music TSM MMM Speakers Review
April 12th, 2013, In Reviews, Speakers and Subwoofers, by admin
I am amazed at the number of audiophiles I meet, who buy speakers based on the size, exotic designs or some unobtanium materials that some manufacturers claim, deliver superior performance. I am also surprized at how some audiophiles assume that just because a speaker carries a high price tag, it must deliver a high level … Continue Reading
Win a Kimber Kable Tonik or PBJ RCA Interconnect Cable!!
For a publication, social networking allows us to connect with readers in ways previously not possible. So to help raise awareness of the CANADA HiFi Facebook page, we’ve teamed up with Kimber Kable, who graciously provided three pairs of interconnect cables to be given away to three lucky readers. To submit your name for this … Continue Reading
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