Maxim Novik

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Kent-based Classic Audio Ltd, led by audio specialist Michael Fiedler, has introduced the SPARTAN 15 MKII — an enhanced version of its acclaimed SPARTAN 15 MM phono preamplifier. Building on the original model’s success, the MKII offers a series of thoughtful upgrades while staying true to the brand’s core principles of precision analog design and uncompromising sonic transparency. The standout upgrade in the SPARTAN 15 MKII is its expanded low-frequency crossfeed functionality.

Feb 18, 2025 | techweekmag.com | Maxim Novik

British acoustic brand Lowther has introduced Almira speakers, the first floorstanders in 30 years. For 90 years now, the company has been using the Voigt horn (Paul Voigt, one of the founders of the company). And it is named after his friend and co-founder, OP Lowther (OP Lowther)The Almira cabinet is a single folded quarter-wave Voigt horn, arranged in a completely designer outline and directed to the floor. And if you unfold this horn, you get a 2.3-meter acoustic waveguide.

Dec 31, 2023 | techweekmag.com | Maxim Novik |Maxim Novik

ROSE TECHNICS has started selling a new model of completely wireless Ceramics headphones , equipped with a high-quality dynamic emitter. Each earphone features a dynamic driver with a 10mm diamond-like carbon (DLC) diaphragm and an N52 neodymium magnet system . The model uses Bluetooth adapter version 5.3, which provides a signal delay of no higher than 60 ms in game mode . Two microphones in each earbud provide noise reduction during phone calls.

Dec 30, 2023 | techweekmag.com | Maxim Novik |Maxim Novik

The new HarmonicDyne Black Hole over-ear headphones are moderately priced, but at the same time have a very thoughtful and original design. They are equipped with proprietary dynamic drivers with a diameter of 50 mm with a two-layer carbon fiber diaphragm on a biocellulose substrate. The driver is loaded onto a semi-open acoustic volume with the proprietary name M-Type Pressure Relief Acoustic Cavity, which provides comfortable conditions for the diaphragm to operate.