We round up the coolest new speakers, turntables and hi-fi components that have been announced in the past several weeks.

The Alto is capable of driving headphones and smaller loudspeakers. It is the first Chord Electronics product to include a 4.4 mm Pentaconn TRRRS output (pseudo-balanced), which is compatible with the ...

The advantages? Fewer boxes to accommodate – you don't need a separate stereo amplifier, after all – and well-matched sonic integration between the amplification and speaker components. Indeed, active ...

but the company’s first product was in fact an audio amplifier that you could connect to stand-alone speakers. “With these new technologies, you’re in the sound. This used to be reserved to ...

I am always on the lookout for new active bookshelf speakers to showcase. These speakers with built-in amplifiers are increasingly popular because they save space and produce great sound.

Active speakers have built-in amplifiers (devices that actually power the speakers and let them play sounds), while passive ones don’t, which means passive ones need to be connected to a ...