Rumors and new releases thread

Mr_Makua · June 16, 2021, 2:40am

Looks like Linsoul has it up now: BLON BL-A8 Prometheus HiFi In-ear Earphones with 10mm Dynamic Driver – Linsoul Audio

hit_the_right_note · June 18, 2021, 3:01am

Let‘s see

jmwant · June 18, 2021, 10:49pm

Kinera released it’s latest multi-ba iems, Kinera Skuld.

fabiokelm · June 21, 2021, 7:32pm

Some people had already made a post about it, but just to post in the new release thread: New offers from campfire audio, the Honeydew, and Satsuma.
https://campfireaudio.com/shop/honeydew/
https://campfireaudio.com/shop/satsuma/
It’s interesting the commitment to shape from CA with different materials in both the IEM and the case.

Mr_Makua · June 21, 2021, 8:03pm

Yeah these are interesting to me. Mainly the Honeydew. Everything about these (naming, colors, tuning) all seem to be very different than most of the IEM market. Good on Campfire for putting out something different.

voja · June 24, 2021, 2:46pm

Philips is working on a new (~$300) open-back headphone.

So far, there hasn’t been any details revealed to the public.

Source: Improof Research revealed it on Head-Fi

jmwant · June 25, 2021, 4:08am

A Pure Berylliium dynamic driver IEM at $200! How much was KBear Believe?

bruh.wav · June 25, 2021, 9:11am

Ifi just announced Zen Stream.

I wonder if someone has all of the Zen products, making a Zen tower lol.

Marzipan · June 25, 2021, 2:23pm

isn’t this what the Zen Blue does?

fabiokelm · June 25, 2021, 2:33pm

GR Research came out with a new bookshelf kit, $199 for a “desktop speaker”. For anyone wanting to go DIY speakers, it seems a good entry point. Although I would like to see some other people do reviews of the assembled speaker, especially compared to the likes of RB42s.

The Zen Blue is just for Bluetooth, isn’t it? It’s not a streamer per se.

Marzipan · June 25, 2021, 2:41pm

ah yes…using WiFi instead of Bt…got it. danke

Pokrog · June 27, 2021, 8:46pm

smsl just dropped the sd-9 streamer. not an awful price for what it seems to be capable of. especially considering the zen stream is the same price and this is obviously worlds better.

BadgerRivFan · June 27, 2021, 9:37pm

Thanks for posting.

No Roon, no AirPlay 2 = no sale

rmsanger · June 27, 2021, 10:05pm

i2s!!! Jfc first streamer I’ve found under $2k with that. I must email Tim at Kitsune to see if this will work with the Holo Spring.

Souldriver · June 27, 2021, 10:09pm

With the different i2s standards is there a way streamers set it up so you can cycle through different pin assignments?

jmwant · June 28, 2021, 8:42am

Gizaudio reviewed Kinera Skuld. Sounds like it’s the lite version of Nanna with less subbass.

hit_the_right_note · June 28, 2021, 5:10pm

Hmm,

Pokrog · June 28, 2021, 5:36pm

New musician r2r dac. I’m super curious about this for some reason. Looks like the Pegasus after they updated it and crammed into a smaller chassis.
http://www.musician-audio.com/en/col.jsp?id=137

LeDechaine · June 28, 2021, 11:51pm

I had the same thought lol. Would be more or less like a Jenga tower by now. As far as I know there’s…

the Zen dac (dac+amp)
the Zen dac signature (dac only)
the Zen can (headphone amp only)
the Zen can signature (6xx headphone amp)
the Zen phono preamp
the Zen blue bluetooth sender (and/or) receiver
the Zen stream.

yup, Jenga tower!

mochimashu · June 28, 2021, 11:53pm

I know some buy the micro line and iFi even has a iRack for it