Clearaudio’s new entry-level Catridge is here
We have received the first stock of the new entry-level MM Cartridge from Clearaudio - the N1. Available in both Black and Silver. It is great to be able to get a Clearaudio cartridge at the price point of €99.
From Clearaudio:
Clearaudio sets a new benchmark in the entry-level MM cartridge class – streamlined to the essentials, yet uncompromising in sound quality, craftsmanship, and choice of materials. A cartridge that delivers sonic performance far beyond its price category.
The newly designed, anodized aluminum housing serves as a highly rigid structural frame and offers an ideally balanced total weight of just 12.6 grams. This makes it perfectly suited for both light and heavy tonearms – and an ideal match for the Clearaudio compass turntable.
Available in classic black or elegant silver, it visually complements a wide range of tonearms and turntables.
A standout feature is the innovative quick-swap stylus system, which allows for hassle-free replacement – even while the cartridge remains mounted. Ideal for unexpected accidents or routine maintenance.
Welcome to Clearaudio’s new compact class of MM cartridges – sonically captivating, technically refined, and exceptionally accessible.
Quad Platina in store
We have the new Quad Platina Amplifier and the Quad Platina Streamer in store for demo, and they do deliver!
Fresh from the Press Release:
QUAD’s finest-ever integrated amplifier
Five years in the making, QUAD is finally ready to launch its most accomplished range of audio
electronics yet: the Platina Series, hi-fi’s new gold standard, with the Platina Integrated at its heart
Cambridgeshire, England -- Of all the British high-end hi-fi brands, QUAD (an acronym for Quality Unit
Amplifier Domestic) boasts the most distinguished of histories. Across the decades, the company has
delivered many innovations leading to products considered to be the best of their time – valve
amplifiers, electrostatic and dynamic loudspeakers, and solid-state electronics that took nascent
transistor technology and elevated it to new sonic heights.
Since QUAD’s first transistor-based stereo amplifier – the iconic 33/303 pre/power amp, introduced in
1967 – the company has revised and updated its solid-state audio electronics across successive
generations, continuing to innovate whilst carefully maintaining ‘QUAD DNA’. All of which has led to
this: the Platina Integrated, QUAD’s finest integrated amplifier yet.
The culmination of a five-year R&D project, the Platina Series is QUAD’s new flagship range of audio
electronics. Visitors to international audio shows since 2023 may have had the opportunity to
experience prototypes of the Platina Integrated, but the amp was still in development (alongside other
Platina components) and QUAD did not want to put it into production until the design was perfected.
Now, the Platina Integrated is ready to launch, alongside a matching network player called Platina
Stream. A third component – a CD transport – will join the range in 2026.
Contact us for a demo.
The Master Edition of SL-1200G/1210G from Technics is inbound
We are awaiting stock of the limited Technics 1200G Master Edition. This limited version represents the pinnacle of the SL-1200 series, featuring a special gold design. 1200 units will be available in Silver and 1,210 units in Black.
Special Features include:
Gold Logo & Serial Number Plate
Features a gold-painted embossed logo and a serial number plate indicating this limited edition model.
Gold Tonearm
Equipped with a magnesium tonearm finished in gold paint.
Contact us for more info or to reserve a unit.
DCS Varèse Exclusive Irish Launch
In association with Absolute Sounds, Cloney Audio is delighted to launch the state of the art dCS Varèse digital music system.
Attendees will not only get to experience Varèse, but also hear some of the finest audio components on the planet – across two systems.
We are delighted that staff from Absolute Sounds and dCS Managing Director, David Steven will be joining us to tell the full story of this ground-breaking exploration of the frontiers of digital audio.
Room One
The Varèse system includes the Core, User Interface, Mono DACs and Clock all incorporating radical improvements on dCS’s core technologies such as the Ring Dac, and with new innovations never heard before. These include, ACTUS – a bespoke connection system that radically simplifies and improves connections between the Core, Transport, User Interface, Clock and dual mono DACs that make up the Varèse system. And speaking of clocking, which is a critical part of all digital audio, Varèse features TOMIX, a patented clocking technology exclusive to dCS.
In fact, we are hosting several Irish debuts at our event. We are offering listeners an opportunity to hear Varèse express its full colours through the Dan D’Agostino Relentless 1600 power amps (yes, 1,600 watts per channel, and that is just into 8 ohms!) and their matching Relentless Preamp.
Giving voice to the Varèse/Relentless will be the magnificent Wilson Audio Alexx V loudspeakers in exclusive Biarritz White finish.
For mains and signal cabling we will be using Transparent Audio.
Room Two
In keeping with the dCS theme of this exclusive event, we will also be showcasing the dCS Lina DAC X in our second room. The Lina DAC X will be partnered with the recently released Dan D’Agostino Pendulum integrated amplifier, with cables provided by a new entry to the Absolute Sounds portfolio, the Dutch brand Ikigai’s Sugure line. For speakers we will be using the Wilson Audio Tune Tots complete with Stereo Loki subwoofers.