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Sony NW-WM1ZM3 Walkman on a black marble table with headphones
Sony NW-WM1AM3 and NW-WM1ZM3: the WM1 Walkman goes copper, and Android 16
Sony's third-generation WM1 Walkmans rebuild the chassis, power supply and platform: the NW-WM1AM3 (€2,499) adds a gold-plated copper rear, and the Signature Series NW-WM1ZM3 (€4,999) goes solid copper. Pre-order at... Lire plus...
sE Electronics KLS 150 on a mixing console
sE Electronics KLS 150: a closed-back monitor with a bass knob in each earcup
sE Electronics' first headphones put an acoustic Bass Control inside a closed-back, road-ready monitor for mixing, tracking and live sound. Available at Soundium for €179. Lire plus...
IK Multimedia ARC Studio+ on a studio desk
IK Multimedia ARC Studio+: Room Correction That Calibrates Itself, Sub Included
IK Multimedia ARC Studio+ (€469) calibrates monitors and subwoofer from the front panel, adds USB-C and optical I/O and three Scenes. Pre-order now at Soundium. Lire plus...
DJ performing with AlphaTheta HDJ-F9 headphones
AlphaTheta HDJ-F9: SonicLink wireless cueing in a lighter on-ear pair
AlphaTheta HDJ-F9 brings SonicLink wireless at around 9 ms latency, Bluetooth 5.3 and a wired fallback into a 285 g on-ear DJ headphone. Pre-order at Soundium for €379. Lire plus...
Rega Replay turntable under its clear dust cover
Rega Replay : la porte d'entrée la plus abordable vers une platine Rega
La nouvelle Replay de Rega est une platine à courroie prête à jouer avec bras RB110 et cellule Carbon préinstallée, placée sous la Planar 1. Dès maintenant chez Soundium à... Lire plus...
Cambridge Audio Spira turntable in Orange next to an orange L/R speaker on a stand
Cambridge Audio Spira : une platine à 349 € prête à jouer
La nouvelle Spira de Cambridge Audio est une platine à courroie à 349 € avec cellule Audio-Technica préinstallée, préampli phono intégré et Bluetooth, en cinq coloris. Disponible chez Soundium. Lire plus...
Adam Audio Sub10 PRO and Sub8 PRO studio subwoofers side by side
Adam Audio Sub8 PRO and Sub10 PRO: studio subs that join your calibration chain
ADAM Audio's Sub8 PRO and Sub10 PRO bring Ethernet control, AES3 and Sonarworks SoundID Reference filters into the subwoofer itself. Pre-order at Soundium for €999 and €1,299. Lire plus...
Eversolo AMP-F8 power amplifier on a concrete shelf in soft daylight
L’AMP-F8 d’Eversolo, l’amplificateur de puissance qui manquait au DMP-A8 Gen 2
L’Eversolo AMP-F8 est un amplificateur de puissance Class AB de 180 W par canal, 500 W en mode ponté, avec deux VU-mètres. 1 799 € chez Soundium. Lire plus...
Essentials TT Weight Heavy on an Argon Audio turntable
Essentials TT Vinyl Kit 100, 200 and 300: record care in three clear steps
Essentials replaces its old vinyl kits with three boxed sets: Kit 100 for everyday cleaning (€39), Kit 200 with a stylus gauge and protractor (€69), and Kit 300 with a... Lire plus...
sE Electronics V8 dynamic vocal microphone close-up
sE Electronics V8 : le V7 passe à la vitesse supérieure, avec des capsules sans fil pour Shure et Sennheiser
sE Electronics donne une suite au V7 avec le V8 : un micro chant dynamique main doté de la nouvelle capsule DMCV8, d’une captation supercardioïde plus serrée et d’une suspension... Lire plus...
Novation FLpad and FLpad Mini side by side on a studio desk, RGB pads lit
Novation FLpad et FLpad Mini : le contrôleur à grille qui manquait à FL Studio
Les FLpad (199 €) et FLpad Mini (109 €) de Novation sont des contrôleurs à grille 8x8 conçus avec Image-Line pour FL Studio. Pads pleine taille avec aftertouch ou grille... Lire plus...
Man wearing Cambridge Audio Melomania A100 SE earbuds outdoors
Cambridge Audio Melomania A100 SE: Dolby Audio and a new blue for the €149 hi-fi earbuds
Cambridge's Melomania A100 SE adds Dolby Audio, revised tuning and a new Blue finish to its Class A/B, aptX Lossless earbuds. Pre-order at Soundium for €149. Lire plus...
Singer recording vocals with the Austrian Audio OC616
Austrian Audio OC616: the flagship CKR12 capsule in a five-pattern workhorse
Austrian Audio's OC616 puts the OC818's handmade CKR12 capsule, five polar patterns, three filters and two pads into a direct, mix-ready studio condenser. Pre-order the Studio Set at Soundium for... Lire plus...
Universal Audio Volt 4P Max in a band rehearsal room
Universal Audio Volt Gen 2 et Volt Max : toute la gamme Volt repensée
Six nouvelles interfaces Universal Audio Volt : Volt Gen 2 (de 139 € à 279 €) avec préamplis Tone Shaping et Smart Display, et Volt Max (de 299 € à... Lire plus...
Shure MV6 Gen 2 White on a gaming desk in front of a PC and monitor
Shure MV6 Gen 2: The Same Easy Mic, Now You Get the Controls
Shure's MV6 Gen 2 (€179, black or new all-white) keeps the plug-and-play dynamic USB-C sound and adds adjustable Auto Level, Denoiser and a 5-band EQ. Pre-order at Soundium. Lire plus...
Technics EAH-A1000 in Platinum Greige worn on a train
Technics EAH-A1000 : le Magnetic Fluid Driver débarque sur le casque phare de Technics
Le nouveau casque phare Technics EAH-A1000 reprend le Magnetic Fluid Driver des écouteurs primés EAH-AZ100, avec ANC adaptative, LDAC, USB Audio sans perte et 45 h d'autonomie. En précommande chez... Lire plus...
Rode LPA1 holding a broadcast microphone on a desk streaming setup
RØDE LPA1: a low-profile studio arm that keeps your mic close and out of the shot
RØDE's LPA1 is a low-profile studio arm that sits below the camera line: 750 mm reach, 2 kg payload, silent movement. In stock at Soundium for €149. Lire plus...
Argon Audio Quiet Storm Black worn around the neck outdoors
Argon Audio Quiet Storm, Soul3, Stream 2 MK3 and Phono1 land at Soundium
Four Argon Audio models join Soundium: Quiet Storm ANC headphones (169 €), Soul3 wireless over-ears (119 €), the Stream 2 MK3 Spotify and radio streamer (229 €) and the Phono1... Lire plus...
SmallRig S70 Multi-Device Kit and Outra 25: one mic kit for phone and camera, one bag for the whole shoot
SmallRig S70 Multi-Device Kit and Outra 25: one mic kit for phone and camera, one bag for the whole shoot
SmallRig S70 Multi-Device Kit pairs two tiny transmitters with both a USB-C phone receiver and a 3.5 mm camera receiver (109 €). Outra 25 is a 25 L camera backpack... Lire plus...
Hollyland Pyro Ultra, Pyro 5 4K and Astra P1: 4K wireless video, a monitor that transmits, and a camera that films itself
Hollyland Pyro Ultra, Pyro 5 4K and Astra P1: 4K wireless video, a monitor that transmits, and a camera that films itself
Hollyland Pyro Ultra brings 4K60 wireless video with about 20 ms Focus Mode (from 1319 €), Pyro 5 4K is a 1500-nit monitor that transmits and receives (499 €), and... Lire plus...
Insta360 Mic Pro transmitters clipped on two people filming a selfie video
Insta360 Mic Pro: a wireless mic with a screen you design, and a 32-bit float backup inside
Insta360's Mic Pro puts a custom colour E-ink face on every transmitter, adds 32-bit float internal recording and four pickup patterns. Kits from €209 at Soundium. Lire plus...
OWC Thunderbolt 5 Dock with Dual HDMI in a video editing workstation
OWC Thunderbolt 5 Dock with Dual HDMI: two HDMI screens, no dongles, one cable
OWC's Thunderbolt 5 Dock with Dual HDMI puts two native HDMI 2.1 ports, 140 W charging, 2.5GbE and UHS-II card slots behind one cable. €499 at Soundium, plus how it... Lire plus...
Hollyland Lark M3 transmitters worn by three friends filming a selfie video outdoors
Hollyland Lark M3: A Wireless Mic Kit That Grows to Four Voices and Four Receivers
Hollyland's Lark M3 scales from two mics on a phone to four transmitters and four receivers, with 32-bit float output and AI noise cancellation. Four kits from €99 at Soundium. Lire plus...
iFi Audio UP Play Max on an iFi iDSD GR 2 next to Sennheiser headphones
iFi UP Play and UP Play Max: the iPhone finally gets LDAC and aptX Lossless
iFi's UP Play and UP Play Max are 3 g USB-C dongles that take over your phone's Bluetooth, sending LDAC, aptX Adaptive and, on the Max, aptX Lossless to your... Lire plus...
FiiO DP11 CD player in black on a living-room sideboard
FiiO DP11: a desktop CD player that's also a transport, a USB DAC and a ripper
FiiO's DP11 is a compact CD player with AES/EBU, coaxial and optical outputs, a CS43198 DAC with pre-amp function, USB DAC input and CD ripping to WAV. Silver or black,... Lire plus...
Animal Factory Amplification Asura, hand adjusting a knob with cables patched in
Animal Factory Amplification Asura: A Wavetable Polysynth With a Fuzz Pedal Inside
Asura (€499) is the first standalone synth from Mumbai's Animal Factory Amplification: six voices of hybrid wavetable synthesis, a real analog fuzz and a granular delay. Pre-order now at Soundium. Lire plus...
White AIAIAI UNIT-4 MKII speaker carried in the front basket of a moving bicycle
AIAIAI UNIT-4 MKII: the transmitter grew a battery, and the speakers charge over USB-C
AIAIAI has moved the UNIT-4 to MKII, and the change is entirely in the things around the speaker. USB-C replaces the 20 V power bricks, the W+ Link transmitter becomes... Lire plus...
Onkyo GX-AiO 100 pair in black on a wooden desk, flanking a monitor
Onkyo Creator GX-AiO: a subwoofer in the box, in three sizes
Onkyo takes the Creator Series off the desk. The GX-AiO 50, 100 and 150 put two main drivers and a dedicated powered subwoofer in one cabinet, with HDMI ARC, USB-C,... Lire plus...
Klipsch RP-500PM: Reference Premiere, With the Amp Inside
Klipsch RP-500PM: Reference Premiere, With the Amp Inside
Klipsch has put amplifiers inside a Reference Premiere bookshelf for the first time. The RP-500PM pairs a new flush mounted axial Tractrix horn with a 5.25 in Cerametallic woofer, and... Lire plus...
Argon Audio CD1 Black on an oak shelf next to a stack of CDs
Argon Audio CD1: a compact CD player with a real CD drive
Argon Audio's new 399 € CD1 is a slot-loading compact CD player built around a dedicated CD mechanism, an ESS ES9023 DAC and both analogue and digital outputs, sized to... Lire plus...
FiiO AIR AMP: a €269 streaming amp that skips HDMI and doubles down on hi-fi
FiiO AIR AMP: a €269 streaming amp that skips HDMI and doubles down on hi-fi
FiiO's AIR AMP puts a Roon Ready network player, an ESS ES9020Q DAC and 120 W per channel into a 207 mm box for €269. No HDMI ARC, no phono... Lire plus...
FiiO EA13 tube amplifier on a hi-fi rack in a record-lined listening room
FiiO EA13: Darko calls it an 18 kg room heater, and he means it as a compliment
FiiO's first full-size valve amplifier runs four EL34s and two Sylvania NOS PCF80s in a pure Class A push-pull circuit, with 4 and 8 ohm taps, mechanical VU meters and... Lire plus...
FiiO FT15: a 101 mm planar with a diamond-coated diaphragm, and a dongle can drive it
FiiO FT15: a 101 mm planar with a diamond-coated diaphragm, and a dongle can drive it
FiiO's new flagship open-back planar runs a 101 mm driver with an 800 nm diamond-coated diaphragm, walnut earcups and a 425 g carbon fibre build. €499, and 24 Ω means... Lire plus...
iFi Audio GO cable coiled beside a laptop with in-ear monitors
iFi GO cable: the dongle DAC disappears into the cable
iFi's GO cable builds an ESS Sabre DAC and headphone amp into a USB-C cable that ends in 0.78 mm 2-pin plugs, so your own IEMs get a hi-res signal... Lire plus...
iFi Audio iCAN Phantom 1.5 on a cabinet driving STAX electrostatic headphones
iFi iCAN Phantom 1.5 : le même vaisseau amiral, les angles vifs poncés
L'amplificateur casque phare d'iFi passe en version 1.5 : gain 0/12/24 dB, IEMatch plus profond, nouvel affichage VU-mètre et suivi de l'état des lampes dans l'application Nexis. Prix inchangé, 3... Lire plus...
Audient Horizon 32 on a studio console in a mix room
Audient Horizon : 3 interfaces Thunderbolt, sans écosystème DSP
La première gamme Thunderbolt d’Audient arrive en 3 modèles : Horizon 8P avec 8 préamplis de console et contrôle d’impédance ORBIT, Horizon 16 avec 16x16 E/S analogiques en DB25, et... Lire plus...
RODE HDMI Adaptor mounted on a camera cage feeding an on-camera monitor
RØDE HDMI Adaptor: A Cage-Mounted Fix for the Weakest Port on Your Camera
RØDE's new HDMI Adaptor range moves the strain off your camera's HDMI port and onto the cage. 4K60 at 18 Gbps, three connector versions, €19 each at Soundium. Lire plus...
Elektron Outbox 8 patched on a studio desk beside an Elektron Digitakt II
Elektron Outbox 8: eight separate outs for machines that only ever had two
Elektron's Outbox 8 (€299) adds eight configurable 1/4″ audio and CV outputs to a Digitakt II, Digitone II, Syntakt or Analog Rytm over one USB-C cable, and doubles as an... Lire plus...
Arturia AudioFuse Studio on a studio desk with a hand on the monitor knob and a synthesizer behind it
Arturia AudioFuse Studio Rev2 : les deux reproches qu'Arturia est allé corriger
L'interface de studio tout-en-un d'Arturia revient en Rev2 avec des préamplis DiscretePRO à plus faible distorsion et un récepteur Bluetooth qui parle enfin aptX HD et aptX Low Latency. Même... Lire plus...
Hegel H200 integrated amplifier on a walnut sideboard in a living room
Hegel H200 and H600: one box, two very different ceilings
Hegel's new EISA-winning H200 all-in-one and the reference H600 dual mono are both in the Soundium catalogue. What each one is for, and where each one stops. Lire plus...
Marantz MCR 60n DAB with bookshelf speakers on a walnut sideboard
Marantz MCR 60n DAB: CD, Vinyl, Streaming and DAB+ in One Small Box
Marantz's most capable compact system yet: CD, MM phono, HEOS streaming, DAB+ and HDMI eARC in one small chassis, with four amplifier channels for bi-amp or two-zone setups. Pre-order at... Lire plus...
Vestlyd M8C Active and M6C Active in Black on a shelf above a record collection
Vestlyd M6C and M8C Active: Power Monitors With the Amplifier Already Inside
Vestlyd puts the amplifier inside the cabinet: the M6C Active and M8C Active bring 4 x 75 W of Class D, coaxial Power Monitor drivers, HDMI eARC and a phono... Lire plus...
Kanto Audio TUK Grand in Matte White on stands either side of a fireplace
Kanto TUK G2 et TUK Grand : des coffrets faits main et un boomer de 6 pouces qui descend à 40 Hz
Kanto a repensé la TUK et lui a ajouté une grande sœur. La TUK G2 conserve le tweeter AMT 28 × 35 mm, reçoit un nouveau boomer aluminium de 5,25"... Lire plus...
Beyerdynamic Aventho Y in Soft Jade worn on a tram
Beyerdynamic Aventho Y : 90 heures d'autonomie et une batterie que vous remplacez vous-même
Le Beyerdynamic Aventho Y (149 €) associe des transducteurs de 45 mm et le Bluetooth 6.0 à plus de 90 heures d'autonomie, une batterie remplaçable par l'utilisateur, des coussinets aimantés... Lire plus...
DALI Basik Sub in Golden Yellow beside a matching bookshelf speaker in a living room
DALI BASIK SUB : un cube de 32 cm qui complète une paire d'enceintes compactes
Le BASIK SUB de DALI loge un haut-parleur de 8 pouces orienté vers le sol et 170 W en classe D dans un coffret d'à peine 32 cm de côté,... Lire plus...
DJ playing a club set on the Denon DJ Prime 4 G2 in front of a crowd
Denon DJ Prime 4 G2 : quatre platines, stems en direct et un univers DMX, sans ordinateur
Le Prime 4 G2 de Denon calcule les stems sur la machine, lit la pression 3D sur 16 pads MPCe et pilote un univers DMX complet depuis la face arrière.... Lire plus...
Mackie Thrash15v2 and Thrash12v2 powered PA speakers standing side by side in a rehearsal room with a drum kit behind them
Mackie Thrashv2 : la sono d'entrée de gamme gagne des modes de voicing et le Bluetooth, et perd une entrée
Mackie a placé le jeu de DSP des Thump v4, quatre modes de voicing, le Feedback Eliminator et le couplage Bluetooth dans son enceinte amplifiée la moins chère. La Thrash12v2... Lire plus...
Streamer wearing the Audio-Technica ATH-M20xSTS at a laptop
Audio-Technica ATH-M20xSTS : un moniteur de studio avec un micro broadcast intégré, pour 99 €
L'ATH-M20xSTS d'Audio-Technica associe le moniteur de studio ATH-M20x à un micro-tige à condensateur cardioïde issu de la 20 Series dans un casque de 236 g, avec USB-C, USB-A et 3,5... Lire plus...
Woman wearing the Meze Audio Alba S in-ear monitors outdoors
Meze Audio Alba S : le même Alba, sans le dongle que vous possédez déjà
L'Alba S conserve le transducteur dynamique de 10,8 mm, les coques en zinc moulé et le câble argenté détachable, et abandonne l'adaptateur DAC USB-C que la plupart des acheteurs possèdent... Lire plus...
Machined aluminium body and volume wheel of the Astell&Kern PD5
Astell&Kern PD5 : huit DAC, et vous choisissez combien fonctionnent
Le successeur de l'A&norma SR35 embarque 8 DAC Cirrus Logic CS43198 avec modes Quad et Octa commutables, jusqu'à 28 heures d'autonomie, Android complet et des sorties 3,5 mm et 4,4... Lire plus...