09.02.2025 06:14 | ~2 minutes read
Moondrop has unveiled its flagship Moondrop Psyche in-ear headphones, a very expensive new product with handcrafted faceplates featuring the MITSUKIYUKI character. The Moondrop Psyche headphones are equipped with a hybrid assembly of ten drivers and emitters, including two dynamic 10-mm drivers, four balanced armature emitters, and four planar magnetic emitters! The system are controlled by a three-way crossover. The faceplates were made using Chinese Bronze Age technology with inlaid gold and silver elements; rose gold and yellow gold are hand-inlaid with a fluted silver side panel.
Drivers installed in each earphone form HODDUS (horizontally opposed dual dynamic driver module) - this design focuses the magnetic field in the gap between the two dynamic drivers, which helps to achieve excellent bass response. Four balanced armature drivers are responsible for the midrange frequencies. The high frequency section uses four microplanar drivers - the headphones belong to a hybrid circuit.
Moondrop Psyche is equipped with a cable made of single-crystal copper, coated with pure silver, in a litz wire braid. The cable is equipped with 2-pin 0.78 mm connectors for connecting headphones and a balanced Pentaconn 4.4 mm plug. The headphones is also equipped with a USB-C DAC with a headphone amplifier capable of processing PCM digital streams with parameters up to 32 bit / 384 kHz. The DAC is controlled by the proprietary Moondrop Link application. The Moondrop Psyche in-ear hybrid headphones are available now with a suggested retail price of $1,999.
Canor Audio has introduced the hybrid integrated amplifier Canor Virtus A3. The model uses the "dual mono" topology, a vacuum tube preamplifier on a pair of E88CC tubes, is equipped with a built-in digital-to-analog converter, a phono preamplifier and has a 1.3-inch touch LCD screen.
The new Nagaoka MP-700 cartridge tops the Moving Permalloy (MP) series and will be available in the standard MP-700 and premium MP-700H versions. Compared to conventional moving magnet (MM) cartridges, the Moving Permalloy (MP) variant features a lighter permalloy magnet attached to the cantilever.
Sennheiser has introduced the Sennheiser ACCENTUM Open TWS headphones – the model, designed in a stylish compact design, promises, according to the manufacturer, exceptional comfort during use and a secure fit.
The Ranieri Audio Labs Varieta preamplifier has been released – the model uses directly heated triodes and allows for a wide range of tubes (300B, 2A3/6A3, 12A/201A, 26, 30, 31, 45, 50, 71A, 801A/10Y, 275A/252A, 245 and 842/VT52 will do). Simply ideal for those wishing to experiment with tube rolling.
Accuphase has introduced the Accuphase C-57 phono preamplifier, based on a fully balanced circuit design from output to input with dual mono topology. The Accuphase C-57 also uses a two-stage solution: the first stage is the output stage to ensure matching with MM and MC cartridges, the second stage is the correction amplifier itself.