Reporting from Munich High End 2025, Stereophile’s Ken Micallef wrote a few kind words, which we saw published online at Stereophile.com. Here’s what he has to say about our exhibit, new products and listening experience: Cary Audio’s Billy Wright, with his characteristic Southern charm, introduced a pair of new offerings at High End Munich: the Cary Audio SLP-300 preamplifier and the Cary Audio DMS-300A streaming integrated. Prices are yet to be announced. The SLP-300 is a fully balanced tube preamplifier with an onboard phono stage and headphone amp. It runs in class-A via four 12AX7 tubes, and includes two RCA …Read More

Equipped to handle a multitude of digital music sources the new Cary Audio DMS-300 streaming amp adds a combo streamer/DAC/amp unit to the growing family of cutting edge DMS series of products. A DMS-style high resolution digital front end (network card, wireless card, streaming decoder, USB-port, card reader and DAC) is combined with a versatile analogue preamplifier, and a powerful Class AB discrete MOSFET output section delivering 75W into 8 Ohm and 125 W into 4 Ohm loads. Compact DMS-300 can be a great hub for a desktop system, with music streaming available from Ethernet, Wi-Fi & Bluetooth aptX connections, …Read More

Cary Audio SLP-300 all tube (valve) preamplifier debuted at the Munich High End Show this May. While offering great purchase value this new Cary Audio product is also a milestone for the company: a first in a new generation of all-tube preamps with maximum user-friendliness in functionality and ease of operation. Immediately noticeable is the colour LCD screen on the front panel, a feature that Cary Audio haven’t been using previously in preamplifier ranges. Menu-driven configuration is intuitive and provides many levels of customisation. Fully-fledged phonostage accepts MM- and MC-cartridges for immediate introduction into the joys of analogue vinyl playback. …Read More

How to keep your Spotify playlists with Qobuz (or Tidal, or Deezer, or Amazon Music Unlimited…) It’s been a few years since Spotify first promised lossless music with an upcoming ‘hi-fi’ subscription tier. As you all may know this promise never has come to pass. It may, but at this moment it has not. If you listen to music every day and want it in best sound quality available, there is no excuse for not joining one of the HD music subscription services, ad-free. The costs are comparable (monthly fee will depend on service and country, also will vary for …Read More

First ever exhibition for Cary Audio in Czech Republic was a great experience. People were flocking into our room at all time during the two days of the Audio Video Show Praha on last weekend of March, just before the clocks in Europe were adjusted an hour back coming Sunday. For a couple of years there were no significant hi-fi events in Czechia, that’s may be one of the reasons why many people choose to attend this exhibition. The other reason, surely, would be that they are genuine music lovers looking for opportunity to hear really good stereo systems, all …Read More