The long awaited Int One Mk. II and its update have finally been approved for full production and the first units are already in production! We have multiple units on order and we will be sending our demos out for audition as soon as we receive them. Completion of this design was a lot more…
New Alluxity Arrivals – Pre Two and Power Two Incoming: within the past few weeks we’ve taken delivery of the Pre Two and Power Two from Alluxity. The Pre Two is a balanced, solid-state preamplifier with a built-in DAC section. Available hardwired digital inputs include Toslink, S/PDIF, AES3, USB, and Ethernet for UPnP network streaming. Apple’s AirPlay is also…
Franc Audio Accessories We’re back to normal after the holiday season and we have a new vendor that you may have seen coming: Franc Audio Accessories. Franc is the parent company of Ultra Carbon (maker of our record clamp, platform, and isolation foot products) and manufactures some of the most beautiful racks and amp stands available on the market today.…
Ultra Carbon has recently developed and released two new products: machined aluminum isolation feet and beautifully made wood and carbon fiber component platforms. The feet will be familiar to those of you that are already dealers for UC’s turntable clamps, except that they’re made from precision-machined aluminum instead of stainless steel (those will come later). Each…
Alluxity has been very busy during the pandemic and has a new power amplifier that has just begun to ship. The Power Two is a compact, 200WPC stereo amp based loosely on the power output stage of the Int One integrated amp, with fully-discrete gain stages designed in-house by Alluxity, a chassis machined from a…
Next up for new products is a line that you may be somewhat familiar with: Siltech. Siltech was founded in 1983 with a foundation in electrical engineering and metallurgy, using silver conductors and silver/gold alloys to increase the conductivity and wire durability for higher fidelity. Siltech has since added more affordable copper cables in their Explorer line…
About 4 months ago we began discussions to have a few custom accessories manufactured for Monarch that we could bring to market. The first is what you see here, the Ultra-Carbon RC-40, a 40mm tall, precision machined, stainless steel and carbon fiber record clamp. Ultra-Carbon is a European company that manufactures audio accessories (record clamps, footers)…