Vincent CD Player Offers Tube or Solid-State Sound

If you've ever wanted to listen to one album with a tube driven CD player and the next with pure solid-state, Vincent Audio's new C-60 CD player can switch between the two at the touch of a button. Designed to complement Vincent's V-60 vacuum tube integrated amplifier, the C-60 features fully balanced circuitry, a high quality Philips transport, and 24-bit/192-kHz PCN1792 DACs.

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Synergistic Research Galileo Universal Cells

Synergistic Research has followed up on their bank busting flagship Galileo interconnects and speaker cables with the release of the new Galileo Universal Cells. The Universal Cells are based on the same boxes that come with the megabuck Galileo cables, and use the same type of active electromagnetic conditioning as the Tesla Powercell line conditioner. The difference is they are designed to work with any brand of cables.

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Cnet Ranks Their Favorite Desktop Speakers

If you're in the market for a new set of stereo desktop speakers, check out Cnet's list of their favorite 2.0 and 2.1 models. Of their picks, the M-Audio Studiophile AV40 stands out as a worthwhile choice for audiophiles. Some of their other choices like the Altec Lansing Expressionist Bass and Logitech Z-5 - not so much.

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Asus Launches World’s Smallest Surround Bar

Asus has released a new surround bar designed for use on the desktop called the Cine5. According to Asus, the Cine5 is the world's smallest sound bar to cram in a full 5 channels. The elegantly named "EmbracingSound Theatre HD" technology provides the faux surround effect from the single enclosure.

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Onkyo Says Have Some THX with Your 3D

Onkyo is hot on Pioneer's heels with its own 2010 HDMI 1.4 equipped, 3D ready receivers. Leading the charge is the TX-SR608, which features new 192-kHz/24-bit Burr-Brown PCM1690 DACs, a new GUI, Audyssey DSX dimensional sound processing, and a new power amplifier section that uses a three-stage inverted Darlington output topology to increase power to 100 watts per channel. Thanks to the newfound grunt, the TX-SR608 qualifies for the THX Select2 stamp of approval.

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