You've been fyned – So sez Fyne Audio's new F701SP [€7'699/pr], a monitor with a new 'Special Production' suffix. That's about trickle down from the premium F1 range. The dual-concentric driver is an 8" mid/woofer with a 25mm magnesium dome compression tweeter in its throat. Upgrades over the standard F701 which remains current include superior filter parts like ClarityCaps and a deep cryo treatment in Fyne's own Glasgow facility. Hookup wiring now is Neotech, binding posts are WBT. Finish options are piano-gloss black, white or walnut plus a new satin walnut.

Don't be böse, Bose now own McIntosh & Sonus faber – It reads like click bait but the press release and its sender look legit. "Today Bose Corp. announced the acquisition of McIntosh Group, the parent company of renowned high-performance and luxury audio brands McIntosh and Sonus faber." Bose acquired McIntosh Group from Highlander Partners, a private investment firm based in Dallas. And so the world of corporate divestments and acquisitions turns. Will Sonos be next buying B&W from Sound United?

sennasound – It's Serbia's newest brand by Nemanja Cokic, son of Trafomatic Audio's Sasa Cokic. With a phono stage, preamplifier and power amp in its portfolio, senna would seem to focus on solid-state circuits though the published specs actually don't divulge the output devices. That would differentiate them from tube-based Trafomatic kit. Cosmetics and the red colour option meanwhile mirror it to give away the connection even if the website makes no mention. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree? Tubes or transistors? Check out the site and see whether you can answer that question. For the Onyx stereo amp shown, published facts are 45/75wpc 8/4Ω power, -1dB bandwidth of 5Hz – 250kHz, class AB operation and 6.5kg of weight. Bandwidth and weight suggest solid state, low-ish power for a transistor amp could mean tubes instead though output transformers should add more mass. Which way do you lean?

7th moon with six satellites? – Nope. It's Clearaudio's Terra [€990], an external grounding box to disrupt loops and electromagnetic disturbances. The 9cm Ø device can ground three components or speakers directly, three more with a difference potential aka 'ground lift'.

Nutube on the go – You can have that with Cayin's new C9ii DAP [€2'298 intro price] which embeds their 5th-gen version. User adjustments include zero/high feedback and hi/lo bias. The gain circuit is fully balanced and operation modes span class A, class A/B and 'Hyper'. Four batteries pack 3'400mAh capacitance and internal graphene heatsinks guarantee cool temps even with intensive use.

Haven't I seen ya before? – The new Titan [€165K] from Barcelona's Audionostrum sure look like a Lorenzo Audio Labs model from Granada. Without any behind-the-scenes insights, I only offer this visual connection for hifi sleuths who need a rainy-day project. Let us know. The Titan is a 15" 3-way with 1.75" horn-loaded Alnico super tweeter and 2" horn-loaded Alnico Beryllium. With an external Duelund/Mundorf crossover, 160kg each and 97dB sensitivity, this is clearly a no-holds-barred effort that also looks at owners of lower-power amplifiers. Whether those will exert ideal control over that big double-ported woofer is a good question. On the other matter, did Audionostrum's Josep María Gallart Moreno contribute to Miguel Castro's Lorenzo brand?

Flounder.com – Lyngdorf's FR-2 floorstander [€3'900/pr] is unusually shallow to go right up against the wall and not take up much floorspace. For more decorator appeal, it's available in different colours. The basic concept is that of a 2-way design with paralleled 6.5" mid/woofers and 28mm soft-dome tweeter. The bass-reflex port fires down to fix the floor gap and disappear from view. Basic specs are 92dB sensitivity, 45-20'000Hz bandwidth and nominal 4Ω impedance.

Hey fella – It's new Brit brand Fell Audio with "budget-priced hifi made entirely in Britain" that's helmed by UK hifi retailer Peter Tyson with 50 years of experience in the sector. With a claimed 3 years of R&D preceding the product launch, the range will start with the £499 Fell Disc and £599 Fell Amp, the first a slot-loading CD player with coax/optical digital outputs, the second an 89wpc class D integrated with MM phono, Bluetooth and Sabre DAC.

Blacked out – Unison Research adds to their Black Edition with the Triode 25 [€4'299] and Simply Italy [€3'349] models. They change the appearance to high-gloss lacquered fascias and dark-anodized chassis with a new graphic design. Power went up, distortion down. The Triode 25 now does 30/50wpc in triode/pentode. The 10wpc Simply Italy introduces an electronic bias controller which eliminates the original auto-bias circuit; and new output transformers.

Polish purity – Jcat's new Net Card XE Evo [€1'400] carries a ±5ppb oven-controlled oscillator and next-gen linear regulators for "two times lower noise down to just 0.46µVrms and enhanced clocking precision" for the "ultimate audiophile network experience". If you don't use a computer for audio, you're obviously not today's target customer.

Grecian muscle – It's Lab12's new Integre4 MkII Toroid, a dual-mono valve amp with KT150 priced at €6'800. Details TBA.

Sex change – What was pro is now con. Chord's Alto previously exclusive to the pro-audio market has gone consumer happy. It's a £3'000 headfi/speaker amplifier that can uncork up to four cans simultaneously. Cheers. Speaker drive is 25/50wpc into 8/4Ω. The class AB gain circuit exploits Chord's dual feed-forward error correction. There are RCA and XLR inputs as well as XLR outputs. A remote control is included.

Was ist denn das, bitte? – It's the Feliks Audio Envy Meisterwerk [€10'990], a special edition  developed in conjunction with their longstanding German partner Headphone.Shop and available only through them. It refines the existing platform for use with the supplied Western Electric 300B and comes in responsibly-sourced ebony or zebrano wood. And no, don't expect our review anytime soon. The sole demonstrator set is already extensively pre-booked so keep your eyes peeled on German publications first.

You've been hedd? Heard more like it. The new AMT-based HEDDphone Two GT from Berlin promises lower louder bass for those who found the original's lacking; and higher wear comfort from lighter magnesium and carbon-fibre parts. Weight is now 550g, price €2'199. Kudos to any company which takes consumer feedback onboard.

Eversolo crank it to 11 – Actually, to 10 as in DMP-A10 [€3'780], their new flagship server slash streamer with proprietary room correction software, parametric EQ and fully balanced analogue preamp functionality via line-level XLR and RCA inputs that don't undergo conversion. There's a 6.5" touchscreen, an Android OS to install white-listed streaming apps, global music search and more. Socketry includes twin coax and Toslink and single USB and HDMI ARC for digital inputs, USB, coax and Toslink digital outputs and twin USB3 USB host ports, RJ45 Ethernet and SFP fibre-optics. Doing the math is an ESS 9039Pro. A classic remote is included for those who don't do tablet or smartphone control whilst twin subwoofer outputs cater to stereo 2.2 systems. Opto isolators bridge different circuit sections and isolate the XMOS 316 USB input from computing sources. The digital outputs tap DDC functionality. The dual-toroid power supply is linear, the fully balanced volume control an R2R type. Twin SSD slots allow for up to 4TB of local music storage.

Mad about Mads – Buchardt that is who just introduced his E50 passive monitor [€3'950/pr and up depending on finish]. With Dansk-made cabinets in finger-joined 19-28mm solid wood, a 1" ScanSpeak soft-dome tweeter in a waveguide, 6½" Purifi woofer, 2 x 6½" SB Acoustic passive radiators, Jantzen cross coils, Superior Z-Caps and Argento posts, this ambitious effort pulls no punches on build or parts quality. Claimed response is 36-30'000Hz, efficiency a low 85dB. Dimensions are 39.5x19x28.4cm HxWxD, weight is 8.6kg/ea. Finish options come in six oak executions: stained black, smoked, natural, rounded charcoal, rounded smoked and rounded natural. A pre-order discount applies. On paper, it looks like you'd be mad not to be mad about this speaker.

Verwandelter Wandla – It's ferrum's new Wandla HP [€3'295] whose suffix indicates a 3.5wpc/50Ω "composite IC-based" balanced headphone amplifier of 122dB dynamic range with 4.4mm port aboard the existing DAC platform. As with the pure DAC, the outboard hybrid Hypsos power supply presents an in-house upgrade path. A 4.4mm/6.3mm adapter is included.

The next step – It's Ancient Audio's Lektor Step CD player [€9'000] with coax/USB inputs, digital speaker processor and digital 100dB volume control for amp-direct drive via its 2Vpp RCA outputs. The top-loading mechanism is an Austrian CD-Pro 8 controlled by software written by Ancient Audio. A single 16.9344MHz clock controls the spinner, display, dip-switch settings and digital interface. A Sabre 9038Pro with 7 filters handles conversion. The enclosure combines aluminium and hard glass. It can be placed flat or tilt up via dedicated spike. The output stage is based on Mosfets but tuned to mimic tubes. The coupling caps are premium Teflon Vcaps. The finish is black as shown, the slanted display red on black.

Shanling's planarmagnetic – It's the HW600 [€1'100] whose 110x86cm 0.8µm thin polymer film with serpentine silver-plated aluminium traces is powered by a total of 14 dual-sided magnets for 1.8T of magnetic field strength in the wide air gap. A 2 x 3.5mm detachable 4.4mm terminated cable is standard. Impedance is 30Ω, claimed sensitivity 104dB. Weight is a substantial 480g. Finish is black as shown.

Bloom not boom – From Lithuania's Silent Pound speaker house now comes the Bloom monitor, a dual 10" 3-way with 6" coax and 1.4" compression tweeter. The woofers orient as a dipole whilst the dual-concentric main driver vents laterally on each side to add cardioid dispersion to its bandwidth. This conforms with the firm's design ethos of controlled directivity for reduced room interactions. Claimed reach is 33Hz, sensitivity 86dB/4Ω. Size is 30 x 28 x 110cm WxDxH, weight 40kg/ea. Standard finishes will be the white frame with black inlay as shown; or all black. Custom finishes factor too. Pricing TBA.

Re:Vox– Regarding 'vox', our sector has Supravox, Voxativ and Kevin Scott's mighty Vox Olympian. But arguably the granddaddy of them all are Revox and their open-reel decks. Now the B77 makes a triumphant return in rebooted MkIII guise "The entire electronics have been optimized with the components and simulation options available today. Proven components are still used such as improved original Revox pickups with a considerably longer service life and the unique Revox motors. The result is this outstanding new version. All the new details, such as the audio technology for even better sound reproduction and recording quality, the precisely manufactured high-quality Revox pickups, a digital counter, the ability to play all common tape standards, a wide range of connection and optional expansion options have been perfected by our developers, technicians and designers. The B77 MkIII is made in the Revox factory in Villingen."

LHY OCK-2S -This alphabet soup breaks down into a "high-end master clock generator" from the Jay's Audio subsidiary. Three 10MHz BNC outputs at 50/75Ω each are preceded by an oven-controlled crystal oscillator with a claimed phase noise of -110dB/1Hz. Finish options are silver or black.

Solid Stereo – it's the name of Ancient Audio's new 40/70wpc into 8/4Ω class AB stereo amplifier with dual-mono power supply, 94'000µF of fast high-current capacitance, Teflon-insulated Kimber hookup wiring, a mineral-glass/aluminium chassis of 35x35x6cm and 9kg and 0.6V input sensitivity with an 68kΩ input impedance. Price is €5'000. Global launch is at the upcoming Warsaw Audio Show.

D3V – It's Adam Audio's new all-in-one desktop solution so a pair of active 3½-inch two-ways with horizontally opposing 3½" passive radiators and full DSP. -6dB bass extension is a claimed 45Hz. The tweeter is the company's own AMT, the mid/woofer a one-piece aluminium cone. A USB-C input shakes hands with a PC/Mac or tablet, balanced ¼" TRS pro-audio inputs expect analog signal which gets processed as 24/48 digital. The master speaker has a front-mounted volume knob and 3.5" headphone output plus a 24V/2.5A power input and 4-pole connector for the included 2m link to the slave speaker. Finish options of the ABS cabinets are black or white and a swivel plinth for angled table-top use is included. Internal class D power is 70 watts to the dynamic drivers, 30 watts to the pleated tweeters. Channel allocation is selectable. A threaded insert on the bottom can take a taller floor stand. At €329/pr, this complete desktop solution promises a lot of tech IQ in a sleek easy-to-use package.

Burning Man Amp – With many manly men expected—those who can solder, screw and follow instructions—2024's Burning Amp Festival returns to the Petaluma Community Centre in Northern Californa, home also to guitar-amp legend Mesa/Boogie. The dates are October 19-20th and the weblink has the specifics. 25-30 seats are available for the Saturday amp build based on a new Nelson Pass and Mike Rothacher design. There's also a speaker camp with an ultra-compact 2-way cube project. Sunday is for auditions, presentations, a food-truck lunch, an auction and a raffle.