AURALiC Aries Wireless Streaming Bridge on demo

The AURALiC Aries wireless streaming bridge is now on demo at Serious Music.

The Aries provides a streaming interface between you digital music files, stored on a computer, NAS or hard drive, and your DAC.  It also streams from high quality Internet music services such as Qobuz and Tidal.

The Aries is controlled via its remote control or using AURALiC’s Lightning DS App on an iPad.  It provides gigabit ethernet, dual-band high-speed WiFi and USB 2.0 inputs.  Its outputs are USB, AES/EBU, coaxial and TOSLINK.  It plays PCM files up to DXD (24/384), and DSD64 and DSD128, so you can enjoy any digital file, limited only by the capabilities of your DAC.

Contact Serious Music to arrange an demo and to discuss how you can add high resolution streaming to your audio system.  Ask also about our Aries bundles:

©Wayne Butcher

Hegel H160 integrated amp on demo

The new Hegel H160 integrated amp is on demonstration at Serious Music.

The H160 is the newest addition to Hegel's excellent line of integrated amplifiers.  It delivers the outstanding Hegel sonic purity, dynamics and musicality through a wide range of analog, digital and streaming connections.

Among the features of the H160 are:

  • Power output of 150W into 8Ω, 250W into 4Ω
  • Built-in 24/192 DLNA streamer
  • First amplifier with Apple AirPlay
  • Digital input up to 24/192 via 1 coaxial, 3 optical and 1 USB input. The USB input also accepts DSD, which is converted to PCM before D/A conversion.
  • 1 balanced and 2 RCA analog inputs
  • Headphone output

 

Contact us to arrange a demonstration.

© Wayne Butcher

Entreq grounding and vibration control products on demo

Entreq Silver Tellus and Silver Minimus Ground Boxes

Serious Music is now distributing Entreq products.  Entreq manufactures a range of audiophile grounding and vibration control products.

The Entreq grounding solutions are based on their selection of Ground Boxes which connect to unused input or output signal connectors on audio components, via Eartha cables.  These are signal ground connections, not to be confused with the electrical power ground connection, which is typically connected to the equipment chassis.  Proper signal grounding noticeably lowers the noise floor of the audio system, improving microdynamics, imaging and soundstaging and those subtleties which enhance the enjoyment of music.

Entreq also produces a range of other accessories, including Vibb eaters vibration absorbing products and cable lifters and a range of audio cables.

You can read this review of the Entreq Ground Boxes in The Audio Beat.

Contact Serious Music to discuss the Entreq products and to arrange a demonstration.

© Wayne Butcher

Serious Music Record Cleaning Service

Serious Music offers a record cleaning service, using the Vinyl Cleaner manufactured by Audiodesksysteme Gläss of Germany.

The Vinyl Cleaner is an automatic LP cleaning machine which used ultrasound waves and micro-fibre brushes to gently deep-clean your records.  As the many reviews testify, this is the most effective record cleaning machine available.

All cleaned records are also provided with a new, audiophile-quality, inner sleeve.

Contact Serious Music to arrange to have your LPs cleaned ... and truly hear them for the first time.

© Wayne Butcher

Hegel HD12 DAC on demo

The new Hegel HD12 DAC is on demonstration at Serious Music.

The HD12, the first of Hegel's new generation of DACs, provides native playback of DSD file and handles PCM files up to 24/192.  It has extremely low jitter levels and a noise floor of -145dB.  This means the HD12 brings out so much more of those tiny details that suck you in to the music.

 

Contact us to arrange a demonstration.

© Wayne Butcher

DALI Rubicon Series Premiered at High End 2014 in Munich

DALI will premiere its newest speaker range at High End 2014 in Munich.

The Rubicon series consists of five new speakers, all using mid-woofers with 6.5-inch wood fibre cones and employing DALI's patented soft magnetic compound (SMC), pioneered in the flagship Epicon series.  The range comprises three floor-standers and an on-wall speaker, all with DALI's unique hybrid tweeter module.  There's also a stand mounted speaker which uses a soft dome tweeter.

 

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M2Tech Young DSD on demo

The new M2Tech Young DSD DAC is on demonstration at Serious Music. The Young DSD is a very high resolution digital-to-analog converter with extremely high value-for-money, capable of handling PCM up to 384/32 and DSD up to x128. It features an USB Audio Device Class 2 interface to transfer high resolution audio from every computer and S/PDIF, AES/EBU and optical inputs, which handle both PCM (up to 192/24) and DSD64. The Young DSD is the successor to M2Tech's acclaimed Young DAC, adding DSD capability and volume control. Contact us to arrange a demonstration.

© Wayne Butcher

Serious Music at Jazz Artists on the Greens 2014

Serious Music at JAOTG 2014Serious Music hosted a demonstration and display at Jazz Artists on the Greens 2014 in St. Joseph, Trinidad.

As always the DALI KUBIK FREE impressed concert-goers with its quality, convenience and colour.  The Pro-Ject Stream Box DSA also excited interest among those exploring the benefits of streaming.

Jazz Artists on The Greens, is a festival-styled jazz concert event leaning toward the Caribbean Jazz idiom.  The concert seeks to delight young musicians, new patrons and regulars with evening of jazz, in the informal setting of picturesque St. Joseph, Trinidad.

JAOTG 2014

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Hegel H80 Integrated Amplifier now on demo!

The H80 integrated amplifier from Hegel Music Systems of Norway is on demonstration at Serious Music!

The H80 provides balanced and single-ended analog inputs, coaxial and optical digital inputs (up to 24/192), and a USB inputs (up to 24/96).

As the following reviews attest, the H80 is an outstanding amplifier, especially at it’s price point:

Contact Serious Music for more information and to arrange a demo.

© Wayne Butcher