CES 2012 - What happens in Vegas...

Can´t find any dedicated CES 2012 threads, so I starts one here. I´m sitting i Europe, therefor I can only look enviously at a distance on what is going on.

Sonomax. Etymotic have been making them for a while – but the difference here is that the eers come with a home fitting kit. The system injects silicon rubber into your ears to make a perfect fit for the earpieces, and all you have to do is wait for 4-5 mins until the mould is dry and then attach it to the connector on the headphones themselves. 

House of Marley had a Rastaman at their booth, hmmm, look for yourself

http://www.lazytechguys.com/news/house-of-marley-ltg-ces-2012-video/

Cambridge have some interesting things in the pipe this year. The small Dacmagic 100 looks kind of cute. Around 200£.  

Sennheiser has released this picture, hope it´s a good one. HD 700 maybe

It´s like the last 24 hours is just silence. Hmmmm, one can only wonder what is going on. 

We all know now about the Sennheiser HD 700  and the HD25 Amperior,  that is easy to drive and comes in silver and blue. Not sure if they done anything else to it though.

Other news .

150 £ Arcam DAC/headamp out in a few month 

Weiss DAC202 with USB

A new AKG K 495 NC Noise Cancelling headphones - $350.

A Philip Starck take on a headphone 

Also Woo(w) Audio has made this beauty 

furutech got a few things to show. The portable DAC/AMP 395 $ amp .

Monster in-ears

More Monster line

Minispeaker

New Studio from AiAiAi, good Danish design

NuForce NE-770X


Available in Carbon, Ice or Sky colors
$49 MSRP

Good fun and a lot of hard work  

Philips Metro SHL5200 Headphones

I like that new model too

Marley is in the House with some new dock stations in a bag and a few cans.  The line includes: Bag of Rhythm jammin' dock for $349; "Riff" in-ear headphones for $19.99; "Lively Up" in-ear headphones for $29.99; "Little Bird" over-ear headphones for $49.99; "Get Up Stand Up" dock for $299.99; "Rhythm" on-ear headphoes for $179.99; and the "One Foundation" dock that will retail for $599.99.

Moshi Clarus has a 15mm woofer and a 7mm tweeter in each earbud that power the headphones - price 200 $

Audio Technica has a total of five Limited Edition 50th Anniversary products will debut at CES 2012. These include the ATH-W3000ANV over-ear and ATH-CKW1000ANV in-ear audiophile headphones, the ATH-PRO700MK2ANV DJ headphones, theAT50ANV air-core moving coil phono cartridge, and the AT150ANV Dual Magnet phono cartridge.

If you have a headamp that can be used as preamp, a new small power amp from Musical Fidelity could be something worth checking out. Its name is M1 PWR and cost 799 £. Goes 60 W (8 Ohm)

Another day alone on my CES thread, kind of funny, but well the show must go on.  Here is a little more

JH-3A DSP Amp with JH16 Pro Custom In-Ear Monitor

Woo Audio had some big setups on the tables. Would love to hear this one or the Wa22 balanced  

I wonder if the new Shure SRH 1440 and the SRH 1840 is presented at CES ?

Philips have some new stuff in their bag. Don´t know if this is the best selling point for an in-ear headphone, but it looks very strong and will probably rock  .

Yes agree, cool little DAC / headamp and not very expensive consider that it is Arcam and they make quality things. Lots of new small 24 bit DACs will come out this year, so this is only the beginning.

The finale version (I hope) of the balanced Bryston BHA-1 headamp rise at last, should have been out 6 month ago, but Tanner kept making changes. We hope for the better. Will cost around 1300 $

The mighty V-Link from Musical Fidelity. Plug in USB cable in one end (up to 24-bit/192kHz) and get XLR or Coax digital out the outer end. Not a DAC but just converter, if you have a DAC with XLR input or old DAC with only coax this will do. Not sure if the marked i big for this kind of device. Cost 300 £ I think.   

A DAC streaming device from Nuforce

Furutech Esprit DAC/headphone amp cost 999 $ 

Another new Philips

New Music Hall 35.2 DAC with 24-bit/192 kHz

CES 2012 is closing, but there are probably a lot good stuff out there still. Will post more photos the next days.

Cary Audio has made two headamp, one is solid state class A and one is a tube amp. Will cost 999 $ for SS and 1500 $ for the tube. I´m not familiar with their HIFI, but know they make quite a few stereo amps.

A little headphone robot splitter 

W4S uDAC up close. A 400 $ "Wyred 4 sound" 24-bit/ 192 kHz DAC. Looks pretty good.