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Daily Audio News — May 21, 2026

Highlights: “The tiniest difference in a component can significantly change the sound” – hi-fi engineers discuss the subtle art of turntable design; Watching the World Cup in a bright room? This five-star Samsung TV is for you; TCL Q6C (65Q6C-UK); AVID Ingenium SE Turntable; If you have the budget, this £2,649 Cyrus 40 ST music streamer is a must-buy

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ThivanLabs Ultimate 300 Preamp And Grandhorn Gamma Loudspeakers To Debut At High End Vienna 2026

Topic: Preamps

THIVANLABS ULTIMATE 300 PREAMP MAKES FIRST APPEARANCE AT HIGH END VIENNA 2026 Vietnamese HiFi brand ThivanLabs will use High End Vienna 2026 to introduce its new Ultimate 300 preamplifier and Grandhorn Gamma loudspeakers, alongside products from sister brand Mavis Lab. THIVANLABS ULTIMATE 300 PREAMP ThivanLabs says the Ultimate 300 is a 300B single-ended tube preamp […]
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dCS MCD 16 Multichannel DAC To Debut At High End Vienna 2026

Topic: DACs

dCS MCD 16 MARKS COMPANY’S MOVE INTO MULTICHANNEL AUDIO dCS will use High End Vienna 2026 to introduce the new dCS MCD 16, the company’s first multichannel digital-to-analogue converter. Developed around eight of dCS’s Ring DAC circuits, the MCD 16 provides 16 channels of audio conversion and is designed for immersive music playback systems. DCS […]
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So, Plex wants $750 now

A Patreon supporter gifted me a Lifetime Plex Pass back in 2019. At the time, Plexamp, the dedicated music player smartphone app that connects to your personal Plex media server, sat entirely behind a paywall. No Plex Pass, no access. My patron paid around US$120 for the privilege on my […]
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Orchard Audio Valencia Headphone Amplifier

ORCHARD AUDIO VALENCIA HEADPHONE AMPLIFIER REVIEW Oscar Stewart takes a listen to the Orchard Audio Valencia Headphone Amplifier. Orchard Audio was founded in 2017, and is a quite small company that designs and makes a range of different audio devices. They do have a bit more of an objective-first philosophy and believe that good measurements […]
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DACs

Does your dongle dangle?

A dongle DAC is a DAC with a built-in headphone amplifier. Easy to forget because the marketing leans hard into the DAC part (especially the chips), as if the amplification stage were incidental. It isn’t. The conversion from digital to analogue is only half the job; the other half is […]
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Turntables

AVID Ingenium SE Turntable

AVID INGENIUM SE TURNTABLE BUILDS ON THE ORIGINAL PLUG&PLAY DESIGN UK HiFi brand AVID has announced the new AVID Ingenium SE turntable, replacing the long-running Ingenium Plug&Play model with a revised design that introduces updates to the motor system, power supply and tonearm. The changes are intended to improve speed stability and reduce noise during […]
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Speakers

Cambridge Audio At High End Vienna 2026

CAMBRIDGE AUDIO L/R SERIES SET FOR HIGH END VIENNA 2026 Cambridge has confirmed its presence at High End Vienna 2026 this June, where the company will showcase its L/R Series active loudspeakers alongside two new product launches. CAMBRIDGE AUDIO L/R SERIES DEMONSTRATIONS The focus of the presentation will be the Cambridge Audio L/R Series active […]
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