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Universal Audio Volt 4P Max in a band rehearsal room
Universal Audio Volt Gen 2 and Volt Max: The Whole Volt Range, Rebuilt
Six new Universal Audio Volt interfaces: Volt Gen 2 (€139 to €279) with Tone Shaping preamps and Smart Display, and Volt Max (€299 to €499) with onboard 1176 / LA-2A... Read more...
Shure MV6 Gen 2 White on a gaming desk in front of a PC and monitor
Shure MV6 Gen 2: The Same Easy Mic, Now You Get the Controls
Shure's MV6 Gen 2 (€179, black or new all-white) keeps the plug-and-play dynamic USB-C sound and adds adjustable Auto Level, Denoiser and a 5-band EQ. Pre-order at Soundium. Read more...
Technics EAH-A1000 in Platinum Greige worn on a train
Technics EAH-A1000: magnetic fluid drivers come to Technics' flagship over-ears
Technics' new flagship EAH-A1000 bring the Magnetic Fluid Driver from the award-winning EAH-AZ100 into an over-ear with Adaptive ANC, LDAC, lossless USB Audio and 45 h battery. Pre-order at Soundium... Read more...
Rode LPA1 holding a broadcast microphone on a desk streaming setup
RØDE LPA1: a low-profile studio arm that keeps your mic close and out of the shot
RØDE's LPA1 is a low-profile studio arm that sits below the camera line: 750 mm reach, 2 kg payload, silent movement. In stock at Soundium for €149. Read more...
Argon Audio Quiet Storm Black worn around the neck outdoors
Argon Audio Quiet Storm, Soul3, Stream 2 MK3 and Phono1 land at Soundium
Four Argon Audio models join Soundium: Quiet Storm ANC headphones (169 €), Soul3 wireless over-ears (119 €), the Stream 2 MK3 Spotify and radio streamer (229 €) and the Phono1... Read more...
Insta360 Mic Pro transmitters clipped on two people filming a selfie video
Insta360 Mic Pro: a wireless mic with a screen you design, and a 32-bit float backup inside
Insta360's Mic Pro puts a custom colour E-ink face on every transmitter, adds 32-bit float internal recording and four pickup patterns. Kits from €209 at Soundium. Read more...
OWC Thunderbolt 5 Dock with Dual HDMI in a video editing workstation
OWC Thunderbolt 5 Dock with Dual HDMI: two HDMI screens, no dongles, one cable
OWC's Thunderbolt 5 Dock with Dual HDMI puts two native HDMI 2.1 ports, 140 W charging, 2.5GbE and UHS-II card slots behind one cable. €499 at Soundium, plus how it... Read more...
Hollyland Lark M3 transmitters worn by three friends filming a selfie video outdoors
Hollyland Lark M3: A Wireless Mic Kit That Grows to Four Voices and Four Receivers
Hollyland's Lark M3 scales from two mics on a phone to four transmitters and four receivers, with 32-bit float output and AI noise cancellation. Four kits from €99 at Soundium. Read more...
iFi Audio UP Play Max on an iFi iDSD GR 2 next to Sennheiser headphones
iFi UP Play and UP Play Max: the iPhone finally gets LDAC and aptX Lossless
iFi's UP Play and UP Play Max are 3 g USB-C dongles that take over your phone's Bluetooth, sending LDAC, aptX Adaptive and, on the Max, aptX Lossless to your... Read more...
FiiO DP11 CD player in black on a living-room sideboard
FiiO DP11: a desktop CD player that's also a transport, a USB DAC and a ripper
FiiO's DP11 is a compact CD player with AES/EBU, coaxial and optical outputs, a CS43198 DAC with pre-amp function, USB DAC input and CD ripping to WAV. Silver or black,... Read more...
Animal Factory Amplification Asura, hand adjusting a knob with cables patched in
Animal Factory Amplification Asura: A Wavetable Polysynth With a Fuzz Pedal Inside
Asura (€499) is the first standalone synth from Mumbai's Animal Factory Amplification: six voices of hybrid wavetable synthesis, a real analog fuzz and a granular delay. Pre-order now at Soundium. Read more...
White AIAIAI UNIT-4 MKII speaker carried in the front basket of a moving bicycle
AIAIAI UNIT-4 MKII: the transmitter grew a battery, and the speakers charge over USB-C
AIAIAI has moved the UNIT-4 to MKII, and the change is entirely in the things around the speaker. USB-C replaces the 20 V power bricks, the W+ Link transmitter becomes... Read more...
Onkyo GX-AiO 100 pair in black on a wooden desk, flanking a monitor
Onkyo Creator GX-AiO: a subwoofer in the box, in three sizes
Onkyo takes the Creator Series off the desk. The GX-AiO 50, 100 and 150 put two main drivers and a dedicated powered subwoofer in one cabinet, with HDMI ARC, USB-C,... Read more...
Klipsch RP-500PM: Reference Premiere, With the Amp Inside
Klipsch RP-500PM: Reference Premiere, With the Amp Inside
Klipsch has put amplifiers inside a Reference Premiere bookshelf for the first time. The RP-500PM pairs a new flush mounted axial Tractrix horn with a 5.25 in Cerametallic woofer, and... Read more...
Argon Audio CD1 Black on an oak shelf next to a stack of CDs
Argon Audio CD1: a compact CD player with a real CD drive
Argon Audio's new 399 € CD1 is a slot-loading compact CD player built around a dedicated CD mechanism, an ESS ES9023 DAC and both analogue and digital outputs, sized to... Read more...
FiiO AIR AMP: a €269 streaming amp that skips HDMI and doubles down on hi-fi
FiiO AIR AMP: a €269 streaming amp that skips HDMI and doubles down on hi-fi
FiiO's AIR AMP puts a Roon Ready network player, an ESS ES9020Q DAC and 120 W per channel into a 207 mm box for €269. No HDMI ARC, no phono... Read more...
FiiO EA13 tube amplifier on a hi-fi rack in a record-lined listening room
FiiO EA13: Darko calls it an 18 kg room heater, and he means it as a compliment
FiiO's first full-size valve amplifier runs four EL34s and two Sylvania NOS PCF80s in a pure Class A push-pull circuit, with 4 and 8 ohm taps, mechanical VU meters and... Read more...
FiiO FT15: a 101 mm planar with a diamond-coated diaphragm, and a dongle can drive it
FiiO FT15: a 101 mm planar with a diamond-coated diaphragm, and a dongle can drive it
FiiO's new flagship open-back planar runs a 101 mm driver with an 800 nm diamond-coated diaphragm, walnut earcups and a 425 g carbon fibre build. €499, and 24 Ω means... Read more...
iFi Audio GO cable coiled beside a laptop with in-ear monitors
iFi GO cable: the dongle DAC disappears into the cable
iFi's GO cable builds an ESS Sabre DAC and headphone amp into a USB-C cable that ends in 0.78 mm 2-pin plugs, so your own IEMs get a hi-res signal... Read more...
iFi Audio iCAN Phantom 1.5 on a cabinet driving STAX electrostatic headphones
iFi iCAN Phantom 1.5: the same flagship, with the rough edges filed off
iFi's flagship headphone amp gets a 1.5 revision: 0/12/24 dB gain, deeper IEMatch, a new VU meter display and tube health monitoring in the Nexis app. Same €3,749. On backorder... Read more...
Audient Horizon 32 on a studio console in a mix room
Audient Horizon: 3 Thunderbolt Interfaces, No DSP Ecosystem
Audient's first Thunderbolt range lands as 3 models: Horizon 8P with 8 console preamps and ORBIT impedance control, Horizon 16 with 16x16 DB25 analogue I/O, and Horizon 32 with 32x32.... Read more...
RODE HDMI Adaptor mounted on a camera cage feeding an on-camera monitor
RØDE HDMI Adaptor: A Cage-Mounted Fix for the Weakest Port on Your Camera
RØDE's new HDMI Adaptor range moves the strain off your camera's HDMI port and onto the cage. 4K60 at 18 Gbps, three connector versions, €19 each at Soundium. Read more...
Elektron Outbox 8 patched on a studio desk beside an Elektron Digitakt II
Elektron Outbox 8: eight separate outs for machines that only ever had two
Elektron's Outbox 8 (€299) adds eight configurable 1/4″ audio and CV outputs to a Digitakt II, Digitone II, Syntakt or Analog Rytm over one USB-C cable, and doubles as an... Read more...
Arturia AudioFuse Studio on a studio desk with a hand on the monitor knob and a synthesizer behind it
Arturia AudioFuse Studio Rev2: the two complaints Arturia went back and fixed
Arturia's all-in-one studio interface returns as Rev2 with lower-distortion DiscretePRO preamps and a Bluetooth receiver that finally speaks aptX HD and aptX Low Latency. Same 18 in / 20 out... Read more...
Hegel H200 integrated amplifier on a walnut sideboard in a living room
Hegel H200 and H600: one box, two very different ceilings
Hegel's new EISA-winning H200 all-in-one and the reference H600 dual mono are both in the Soundium catalogue. What each one is for, and where each one stops. Read more...
Marantz MCR 60n DAB with bookshelf speakers on a walnut sideboard
Marantz MCR 60n DAB: CD, Vinyl, Streaming and DAB+ in One Small Box
Marantz's most capable compact system yet: CD, MM phono, HEOS streaming, DAB+ and HDMI eARC in one small chassis, with four amplifier channels for bi-amp or two-zone setups. Pre-order at... Read more...
Vestlyd M8C Active and M6C Active in Black on a shelf above a record collection
Vestlyd M6C and M8C Active: Power Monitors With the Amplifier Already Inside
Vestlyd puts the amplifier inside the cabinet: the M6C Active and M8C Active bring 4 x 75 W of Class D, coaxial Power Monitor drivers, HDMI eARC and a phono... Read more...
Kanto Audio TUK Grand in Matte White on stands either side of a fireplace
Kanto TUK G2 and TUK Grand: hand-built cabinets, and a 6-inch woofer that reaches 40 Hz
Kanto rebuilt the TUK and added a bigger sibling. TUK G2 keeps the 28 x 35 mm AMT tweeter with a new 5.25-inch aluminum woofer and 130 W RMS, in... Read more...
Beyerdynamic Aventho Y in Soft Jade worn on a tram
Beyerdynamic Aventho Y: 90 Hours of Battery, and a Cell You Can Replace Yourself
Beyerdynamic's Aventho Y (€149) pairs 45 mm drivers and Bluetooth 6.0 with more than 90 hours of battery, and a user-replaceable cell, magnetic ear pads and metal hinges. Four finishes.... Read more...
DALI Basik Sub in Golden Yellow beside a matching bookshelf speaker in a living room
DALI BASIK SUB: a 32 cm cube that finishes a pair of standmounts
DALI's BASIK SUB puts an 8-inch down-firing woofer and 170 W of Class D power into a cabinet barely 32 cm on a side, in five finishes matched to KUPID... Read more...
DJ playing a club set on the Denon DJ Prime 4 G2 in front of a crowd
Denon DJ Prime 4 G2: four decks, live Stems and a DMX universe, no laptop
Denon's Prime 4 G2 renders Stems on the hardware, reads 3D pressure across 16 MPCe pads and drives a full DMX universe from the back panel. Pre-order at Soundium for... Read more...
Mackie Thrash15v2 and Thrash12v2 powered PA speakers standing side by side in a rehearsal room with a drum kit behind them
Mackie Thrashv2: the entry PA gets voicing modes and Bluetooth, and loses an input
Mackie has put the Thump v4's DSP set, four voicing modes, Feedback Eliminator and Bluetooth linking into its cheapest powered PA cabinet. The Thrash12v2 is €349 and the Thrash15v2 is... Read more...
Streamer wearing the Audio-Technica ATH-M20xSTS at a laptop
Audio-Technica ATH-M20xSTS: a studio monitor with a broadcast mic attached, for €99
Audio-Technica's ATH-M20xSTS pairs the ATH-M20x studio monitor with a 20 Series cardioid condenser boom mic in a 236 g headset, with USB-C, USB-A and 3.5 mm all covered. Pre-order at... Read more...
Woman wearing the Meze Audio Alba S in-ear monitors outdoors
Meze Audio Alba S: the same Alba, minus the dongle you already own
The Alba S keeps the 10.8 mm dynamic driver, the zinc-alloy shells and the detachable silver-plated cable, and drops the USB-C DAC adapter most buyers already have twice. Pre-order at... Read more...
Machined aluminium body and volume wheel of the Astell&Kern PD5
Astell&Kern PD5: eight DACs, and you choose how many of them run
The successor to the A&norma SR35 carries 8 Cirrus Logic CS43198 DACs with switchable Quad and Octa modes, up to 28 hours of battery, full Android and both 3.5 mm... Read more...
Teenage Engineering EP-2350 FX MIC connected to an EP-133 K.O. II sampler
Teenage Engineering EP-2350 FX MIC: four effects and four samples in the hand holding the mic
Teenage Engineering's EP-2350 FX MIC is a handheld mic with 4 vocal effects, 4 replaceable sample slots and a spring-loaded handle that sets the effect depth as you squeeze it.... Read more...
Eversolo DMP-A8 Gen 2 on a dark wood sideboard with the VU meter display lit
Eversolo DMP-A8 Gen 2: streamer, DAC and analogue preamp in one chassis
Eversolo's DMP-A8 Gen 2 puts flagship AKM conversion, an R-2R analogue volume control, an 8.6-inch touchscreen and an SFP fibre network port into a single box that replaces a streamer,... Read more...
Argon Audio AURORA turntable in walnut in a living room with Argon speakers
Argon Audio AURORA and the BERLIN subs: a first direct drive and an EISA-winning bass platform
Argon Audio's first direct-drive turntable, the AURORA (€1,299), arrives with a built-in phono stage and an Ortofon Concorde Music Blue fitted, alongside the BERLIN SUB 12 (€1,099) and BERLIN SUB... Read more...
Pro-Ject E1.2 BT in walnut playing a record on a console above a row of vinyl
Pro-Ject E1.2 BT: the plug-and-play deck goes wireless
Pro-Ject's E1.2 BT adds a Qualcomm Bluetooth 5.4 transmitter with aptX HD and aptX Adaptive to its plug-and-play entry turntable, in seven finishes. Pre-order at Soundium from €399, shipping September... Read more...
Person wearing a Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 5 earbud, adjusting it in the ear in evening light
Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 5: flagship earbuds with a battery you can replace
Sennheiser's Momentum True Wireless 5 (€299, five finishes) brings a 7 mm TrueResponse driver, adaptive hybrid ANC, aptX Lossless over Bluetooth 6.0 and Dolby Atmos head tracking, plus batteries you... Read more...
Kanto Audio OBI3 Gen 2 turntable in black, in a living-room hi-fi setup with speaker and vinyl
Kanto OBI3 Gen 2: The Budget Turntable Grows Up
Kanto's OBI3 Gen 2 (€199.99, five finishes) adds a platter speed sensor, auto-stop and a heavier 5.5 kg body to the budget-turntable formula. Pre-order now at Soundium, shipping September 2026. Read more...
Analog Cases Trakpack Roll being test-fitted in an airline carry-on sizer at the airport
Analog Cases lands at Soundium: the Trakpack Roll, plus shells for the Launch Control 3 and MPC Sample
Three Analog Cases arrivals: the Trakpack Roll (€279), a carry-on sized rolling bag that converts to a backpack, and custom-fit hard cases for the Novation Launch Control 3 (€44) and... Read more...
Two Reloop RP-2000 MK4 turntables set up in battle position with a mixer
Reloop RP-2000 MK4: a plug-and-play direct drive with the Ortofon already fitted
Reloop's entry direct drive gets a fourth revision: a stiffer chassis, a centre-click ±8% pitch fader and a genuine Ortofon OM Black cartridge mounted and aligned at the factory. Pre-order... Read more...
Marantz CINEMA 50 Series 2 on a dark reflective surface under warm light
Marantz CINEMA Series 2: three new AV receivers, one new converter
Marantz rebuilds the CINEMA line around a new 32-bit, 8-channel DAC. The CINEMA 50, CINEMA 60 DAB and CINEMA 70s Series 2 arrive at Soundium between September and October 2026,... Read more...
KEF LS Luxe in Dusk Titanium on a living room shelf
KEF LS Luxe: the LS line stops hiding
KEF's new €3.999 flagship wireless pair, designed with Ross Lovegrove, brings patent-pending Velocity Control Technology and 380 W of current-drive amplification to a cabinet built to be looked at. Five... Read more...
beyerdynamic DT 275 PRO on-ear monitoring headphones on a DJ mixer
beyerdynamic DT 275 PRO: Compact On-Ear Monitoring, Built to Be Repaired
beyerdynamic's new DT 275 PRO is a compact, closed-back on-ear monitor with about 22 dBA of isolation, a 195 g frame, a locking either-side cable, and fully replaceable parts. Now... Read more...
Novation Launchkey 88 MK4 on a producer desk in a studio, completing the MK4 range
Novation's Launchkey MK4 range is complete: how to pick between all 7 keyboards
Novation's Launchkey MK4 line is complete: seven controllers from the €125 Mini 25 to the new 88-key flagship at €449. Same pads, same DAW integration, different keybeds. Here's how to... Read more...
A DJ mixing on the AlphaTheta XDJ-AN in a home setup
AlphaTheta XDJ-AN: the standalone that ditches the USB stick for a home-to-club bridge
AlphaTheta's XDJ-AN replaces the XDJ-RR with a 2-channel all-in-one that drops USB-A and CD for a single USB-C slot, Wi-Fi streaming and cloud sync. A bridge deck for home, bar... Read more...
Numark Mixtrack Go tucked into a jacket pocket, showing its ultra-portable size
Numark Party Mix III and Mixtrack Go: Stems Control Comes to Entry-Level DJ Gear
Numark brings Stems control and Fade FX to two new entry-level 2-deck controllers: the Party Mix III (€139) and the pocket-sized Mixtrack Go (€89). Both pre-order at Soundium. Read more...
AlphaTheta CDJ-1500X compact DJ media player in a bar booth setup
AlphaTheta CDJ-1500X: flagship cloud workflow in a player that fits a bar booth
AlphaTheta's CDJ-1500X brings the flagship CDJ-3000X's cloud-ready rekordbox workflow, streaming and a 10.1″ touchscreen into a compact player for bars, boutique clubs and home rigs. Pre-order at Soundium for €1,699. Read more...