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French loudspeaker maker Triangle unveils its latest range, which it claims mixes minimalist design with high-quality sound. Taking a new acoustic approach, the Elaras are described as having “tremendous energy, deep bass and breathtaking realism in the midrange. The new range features four models, consisting of two floorstanders, a bookshelf speaker and a centre for home cinema use. The LN-07 (£950) is the flagship floorstander with two 6.

Following the launch of the flagship SL-1200G direct-drive turntable reviewed in HFC 418, the Japanese tech giant introduces two additional models, but with more wallet-friendly price tags. The SL-1200GR and the SL-1210GR decks have an identical specification, but come with silver and black plinth top plates respectively. The new turntables claim to utilise the same design principles as the flagship SL-1200G, but with slightly different materials and applications. Parts from the SL-1200G are newly developed, and the twin-rotor coreless direct-drive motor designed for the flagship deck is replaced here with a single-rotor design.

Unison Research has launched its Unico 90 integrated amp. Intended to sit under its flagship 150 model, the 90 is a valve and solid-state hybrid with a preamp stage that is built around an Alps volume control and input switching that decouples inactive inputs. The valve-based gain stage uses ECC83 and ECC81 tubes in Unison’s totem pole configuration. These are directly coupled to the output stage, which consists of three pairs of HEXFET output devices to give it a claimed power output of 2x 100W into 8ohm and 2x 160W into 4ohm.

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New upgrade to apartment-friendly compact bass box

British manufacturer Veracity Audio has unveiled its new Mystra digital to analogue converter. Designed and hand built to order, Mystra is available with a choice of custom levels and black or silver front panel finish. Veracity says that the aim in designing this DAC is remarkable music reproduction. Mystra's dedicated 24-bit dual mono conversion handles PCM format without sample rate change.