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Noble Audio has announced the release of the extremely expensive Noble Audio Kronos reference in-ear headphones – a limited edition of the model will hit the market this month at a price of $4,500.

The Segno Maya MC cartridge for vinyl is presented — the model uses a rare-earth samarium-cobalt magnetic system and four hand-wound 5N (99.999%) silver coils mounted on a square permalloy core.

Shanling has released the second version of the famous CD80 CD player. The new Shanling CD80 II CD player is equipped with an updated digital-to-analog converter, a Bluetooth module and a powerful headphone amplifier.

AVID has released the AVID Evo Two floorstanding speakers, which continue the series started by the AVID Evo Three, but provide deeper bass and scale, thanks to the 3.5-way configuration.

The ONIX brand has released a new top-of-the-line digital-to-analog converter ONIX Zenith XDA20. The model will soon go on retail sale at a price of 2,399 US dollars.

Systemdek is returning to the audio market of precision audio equipment and announces the release of a new vinyl turntable Systemdek Revolution. The model will be available in autumn 2025 at a price of £4,950 (excluding tonearm) and will be the first new development of the brand in recent years.

Pro-Ject has released a new balanced tube phono preamplifier Pro-Ject Tube Box S3 B. Despite its modest dimensions, the model is equipped with both RCA and mini-XLR inputs, as well as XLR and RCA outputs – so integration into a balanced path will be ideal.

So, we choose the newest and most modern digital-to-analog converters. The rating of the seven most interesting models for "digital", as usual, is sorted in order of increasing cost, so that everyone can find a DAC to their taste and wallet.

PS Audio has started selling the previously announced precision preamplifier PS Audio PMG Signature Preamplifier – the frequency response of the model is within 5 – 500000 Hz (-3dB), the noise floor does not exceed -145 dB, THD+N is declared less than 0.0003%, IMD is 0.0005%, and Crosstalk is -135 dB!

Fosi Audio has launched a pre-order campaign for the new Fosi Audio Luna3 turntable on Kickstarter, with the model costing $349.99. The turntable is designed in the concept of minimalism and simplicity and offers a number of very interesting engineering solutions.

At the BIAV 2025 show in Bangkok, Kaliber technology presented the impressive Ultra High-End speakers Kaliber technology Ulysse X5 – the world's first acoustics, designed in magnesium enclosures.

Onkyo has announced the release of a new CD player Onkyo Icon C-30. The model is part of the well-known line of audio components Icon Series and offers audiophiles with CD collections to enjoy high-quality playback of this format.

MSB Technology has introduced the highest level of evolution of its own digital-to-analog converters – the three-block Sentinel DAC Ultra High-End class. The development of the Sentinel DAC took more than three decades – and the result is extraordinary.

Cary Audio has introduced a new streaming integrated amplifier Cary Audio DMS-300A – the model develops a power of 2 x 75 W into speakers with an impedance of 8 ohms, uses MOSFET transistor amplification of class A/B and achieves 100 dB signal-to-noise ratio with 0.5% distortion.

The new Pass Labs HPA-1c headphone amplifier is introduced. As you can see from the model index, the new product is based on the previously released HPA-1 - and offers accurate volume control, wide bandwidth and a direct coupled MOSFET output stage.

QUAD has launched serial production of the QUAD ESL 2812X and QUAD ESL 2912X acoustic systems – the sixth generation of branded speakers replaces the ESL 2812 and ESL 2912, released in 2012.

The summer season of 2025 pleased us with a sufficient number of new audio equipment – especially in the turntable market. So, the editors have prepared for you a rating of the seven most interesting models for playing records

Musical Fidelity has launched serial production of the new integrated amplifier Musical Fidelity B1xi – a development of the well-known Musical Fidelity B1 model from the 90s of the twentieth century.

VAF Research – has released the VAF DC 2S bookshelf loudspeakers – with a relatively affordable retail price of 1,699 Australian dollars, the model accumulates many years of experience of the company (founded in 1978) in audio and offers a sophisticated sound. Each pair of speakers is hand-assembled in Adelaide.

Pro-Ject Audio Systems has released another plug-n-play turntable – the Pro-Ject E1.2. The model comes with a factory-installed tonearm, MM cartridge and dust cover. In addition, the buyer can choose one of three (black, white walnut) finishes – and all this for 329 euros retail.