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SCANSONIC HD’S M-SERIES SPEAKERS HAVE EVOLVED
Comprising the M-10
two-way standmount
(£650), M-20 (£1499)
and M-40 (pictured,
£1999) two-and-a-
half-way fl oorstanders,
Scansonic HD’s new
M Series is described
as a ‘must-audition for
iFi signs off new DAC budget-conscious music
lovers’. Developed by
Benno Baun Meldgård
NEW FLAGSHIP BATTERY-POWERED DAC/HEADPHONE AMP
of sister brand GamuT
IFi Audio has launched a limited edition version of its Micro iDSD as upgrades on the
portable/desktop DAC/headphone amp. Available for £650, the outgoing M-5, M-6
Micro iDSD Signature delivers ‘a host of improvements to enhance and M9 models, and
performance and usability’, including a Pentaconn 4.4mm promising ‘a more
balanced headphone output to join its single-ended 6.35mm agile, open and three-
socket, and upgrades to the 4100mW-rated amplifi er circuitry. dimensional midrange’
Inputs are USB-A and 3.5mm S/PDIF (with an adapter supplied and ‘more deeply visceral
for optical connection), while RCA outputs allow hookup to a bass with greater punch’,
preamp, integrated or powered speakers. Dual Burr-Brown DACs they feature the kapton/
handle PCM to a claimed 768kHz/32-bit, DSD to DSD512 and aluminium planar
MQA decoding is included. IFi Audio has also dressed its fl agship tweeters of Scansonic’s
portable DAC, which claims up to 12 hours of playing time from its costlier MB-Series. These

rechargeable battery, in a new ‘Space Blue’ finish that it says will are partnered with new
feature on future Signature versions of its most popular products. 100mm honeycomb-
iFi-Audio, 01900 601954; www.ifi -audio.com reinforced glass-fi bre woofer
and midrange drivers in 220mm wide, the compact
rear-ported, heavily braced M-10 just 130mm – contribute
Smaller Spendor cabinets. The speakers’ satin to their ‘home-friendly’ billing.
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Dantax Radio A/S, Denmark,
plus slender designs – the 05602 054669;
SPENDOR’S S3/5 MINI MONITOR EVOLVES INTO CLASSIC 4/5
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The smallest two-way speaker polymer cone bass/mid driver
in Spendor’s lineup has again with new surround and
been reimagined. The new suspension materials, and
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