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Daily Audio News — June 28, 2026

Highlights: Chord Alto review: a ‘studio’ amplifier for your headphones; One of our favourite premium phono stages has been updated to deliver "razor-sharp" spatial imaging and "lifelike" voices; Dooleys HiFi Returns To NWAS 2026; Vertere PHONO-1 LX World Premiere At North West Audio Show 2026; These are the nine best Prime Day hi-fi and home cinema deals still available

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Dooleys HiFi Returns To NWAS 2026

Topic: Turntables

DOOLEYS HIFI AT NWAS 2026 TO DEBUT MUSICAL FIDELITY NUVISTA 800.2 AND NEW BURSON PRODUCTS Dooleys HiFi has confirmed that it will once again exhibit in Room 101 at North West Audio Show 2026, where it will be demonstrating two separate systems featuring vinyl, CD and streaming playback. Visitors to Cranage 2026 will be able […]

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Chord Alto review: a ‘studio’ amplifier for your headphones

Brand: Chord Electronics

Topic: Amplifiers

It’s been an interesting month for ‘new’ old music. Placebo ‘Re-Created’ its 1996 indie-rock debut to mark the album’s 30th anniversary: a remix (plus overdubs) pushes its guitar sound closer to early U2 and further from The Wedding Present. Fluke gave a clutch of its 90s techy chuggers a fresh […]

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One of our favourite premium phono stages has been updated to deliver "razor-sharp" spatial imaging and "lifelike" voices

Vertere's Phono-1LX has been refined to sound "better than ever"

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Tubular Belles: Part 1 (Pro-Ject CD Box RS2 Tube video review)

🎥 Camera: John Darko / Olaf von Voss 🎬 Editor: John Darko 🌈 Colour: Olaf von Voss 🕺🏻 Motion GFX: John Darko 💰 Ad segment: Jana Dagdagan 🎵 Song IDs? Playlists of all music heard in this video – and other videos – can be found on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/johndarko 0:00 […]

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PSB spins up the iQ Series w/ BluOS, HDMI eARC, MM phono

PSB first showed the Alpha iQ – a streaming active loudspeaker built around the BluOS platform – back in 2023. The Canadian company has now spun that single product into two new streaming active models. The iQ1 and iQ2 both sit on the same acoustic platform as the original Alpha […]

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