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Audio News Summary - November 27, 2025

2025/11/26
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Wilson Audio Thrax Analog Relax Audel High-End Audio New Products

Today’s high-end audio news featured numerous notable new product announcements. Wilson Audio announced the “Sabrina V”, a significantly evolved floor-standing speaker based on the popular Sabrina model. EARMEN introduced the portable amplifier “L-AMP MK2” featuring vintage vacuum tubes and the dedicated headphone amplifier “CH-AMP Signature” with separate power supply, creating buzz from portable to desktop systems. Additionally, Bulgarian brand Thrax announced the phono stage “COTYS” designed to extract the full potential of high-performance MC cartridges, while Analog Relax revealed the “EX700” MC cartridge, a work of art finished with the same wood and varnish as violins, demonstrating strong activity in the analog realm.

1. New Product Releases (Official Announcements)

  • Sabrina V — Wilson Audio (Floor-Standing Speaker)

    • Main Specifications: Equipped with the same CSC tweeter as flagship models, 7-inch AlNiCo Quadra Mag midrange, and 8-inch woofer. Cabinet adopts the latest composite materials H-Material and V-Material with completely redesigned structure.
    • Price: From ¥6,930,000 (per pair, including tax)
    • Availability: Now on sale
    • Highlights: An evolved model that inherits the design philosophy of the popular “Sabrina X” while generously incorporating flagship technologies and materials. Despite its compact size, it achieves Wilson Audio’s signature expansive soundstage and dynamic expression.

  • COTYS — Thrax (Phono Stage)

    • Main Specifications: Features fully balanced topology and LCR-type RIAA equalizer. Equipped with two independently configurable MC inputs. Includes differential input stage optimized for ultra-low impedance MC cartridges. Machined aluminum chassis.
    • Price: ¥1,870,000 (including tax)
    • Availability: Announced
    • Highlights: A phono stage thoroughly redesigned from input stage to circuit topology to extract all information from modern high-performance MC cartridges. Breaks through the limitations of conventional designs to establish new standards for analog playback.

  • EX700 — Analog Relax (MC Cartridge)

    • Main Specifications: Body uses Northern Italian spruce wood also used in Stradivarius violins, finished with traditional oil varnish. Features line contact stylus and boron cantilever.
    • Price: ¥979,000 (including tax)
    • Availability: Now on sale
    • Highlights: An MC cartridge with instrument-like craftsmanship. Meticulous attention to materials and structure aims to richly reproduce the resonance and emotion of music.

  • Sonika mk3 — Audel (Bookshelf Speaker)

    • Main Specifications: Adopts proprietary “rib structure” laminated birch wood cabinet balancing rigidity and resonance suppression. Features SB Acoustics 4-inch woofer and 26mm soft dome tweeter.
    • Price: From ¥341,000 (per pair, including tax)
    • Availability: Now on sale
    • Highlights: A new entry model developed to bring Audel’s sound philosophy closer to users. Inherits design philosophy developed in high-end models to achieve musical expression beyond its price point.

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