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AiOS & DMS Firmware/Feature Update

By CaryAudio
20/04/2023
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All DMS and AiOS users, past and present…a new update is coming soon! Be on the lookout for a firmware/feature update and a complimenting App update. Please know that when you update one, you must also update the other. This should start rolling out in about a week or so. What’s new? A lot. In particular, an expansion of the “Connect” features of streaming services. What’s included depends on the model DMS you have. This update will bring parity to all, so let’s run down the list! DMS-650, DMS-700, and DMS-800PV users. This update removes the Spotify API and replaces it with …Read More

DMS-700 Gets Distinction Award in Poland as Best Streaming DAC 2023

By CaryAudio
25/03/2023
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Polish magazine Hi-Fi i Muzyka gives Cary Audio DMS-700 a Distinction award for 2023. That’s what the magazine editors have to say: Combining a streaming network player with a DAC Cary Audio DMS-700 offers quite a few hi-tech features alongside solid audio engineering. The main distinctive feature is its DAC chip which is used in ‘multibit’ R2-R mode. A switched resistor network with current output is responsible for D-to-A conversion. Technical performance and engineering is top notch here. Colour display and phone app provides easy functionality or one can use Roon for control and music info. Musically the unit is …Read More

SLI-80HS Tube Amp is Product of the Year in Poland

By CaryAudio
24/03/2023
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This amp has been around for ages, writes Hi-Fi i Muzyka magazine, but still the award we decide to give is not a ‘lifetime achievement’ or ‘perseverance’ award. This is a wonderful (and careful) remake of a classic amp to make it sound more dynamic and open with a newly designed power supply (solid state). So this is next generation integrated from Cary Audio and it deserves the coveted Product Of the Year award! With lower negative feedback (–4 dB) and new power supply the amp has improved in clarity while preserving this magical palpable stereo soundstage, immediacy and delicacy …Read More

SLI-80HS amp reviewed by Sound Advocate

By CaryAudio
25/02/2023
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Douglas Moore compares Cary’s tube amp to the competition and gives his thoughts about domestic versus Chinese-made gear with advantages and pitfalls following both choices. Douglas also observed: ‘Equally at home with different types of music the Cary Audio SLI-80HS tube amp is a fair indicator of which direction the ‘tube magic’ is going today’. The original review is to be found at Sound Advocate website, although here we offer most of it to read too. The Cary Audio SLI-80HS tube integrated amplifier cuts a wide swath in the high end tube amplifier world! Tube amplifiers are something of a …Read More

DMS-700 network player customer review

By CaryAudio
05/02/2023
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Cary Audio customer, Frank P., wrote an amazing review on our DMS-700 Network Audio Player. “I’ve been an audiophile for a long time. Tubes, solid-state, electrostatics, monitors, floorstanding speakers, turntables, and yes, for the last 15 years, digital. My experience with digital didn’t start well. Technically it made sense and promised to resolve the shortcomings of analog. Initially, it was a huge step backward, and at the time, considering my total shift to digital, demoralizing. How could something that measured so good sound so bad? Fast forward, and I’ve never been more optimistic as the recent improvements in digital music and …Read More

Spotless tips: keep your hi-fi clean

By CaryAudio
29/01/2023
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Audio gear can get dusty and dirty over time, as we all know! Below are cleaning tips for your Cary Audio products. Make sure your unit is turned off before cleaning.   Matte Finish Units:Use a clean, soft microfiber cloth that has been lightly misted with Windex (non-ammonia), and gently wipe the exterior for casual dusting and cleaning as needed. Never spray the unit directly. Gloss Finish Units:A clean, soft microfiber cloth lightly misted with a liquid automotive detailer spray (such as Meguiar’s Quik Detailer Mist or similar) for general dusting and cleaning. Gently wipe. Then use a dry soft microfiber cloth …Read More

TIDAL App now can control Cary streamers via TIDAL Connect Wi-Fi casting

By CaryAudio
09/12/2022
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Cary Audio is pleased to announce the integration of TIDAL Connect for the DMS-650, DMS-700, and DMS-800PV network audio players. TIDAL Connect allows you to use TIDAL’s mobile or desktop app instead of the Cary Audio Streamer 2.0 app to access TIDAL. By using the TIDAL app and Connect features, you can browse and play all your TIDAL music from the TIDAL app and TIDAL ecosystem for a much richer TIDAL experience. TIDAL Connect allows for a direct connection to the TIDAL servers while making your phone, tablet, or computer a remote control. Unlike Airplay or Bluetooth, the audio stream …Read More

DMS-800PV streamer gets Gold award in France

By CaryAudio
11/11/2022
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You will be golden if you stream high resolution music with Cary Audio newest top-of-the-range network player DMS-800PV! French magazine Diapason gave it the highest award Diapason d’Or (Gold). Diapason is an authoritative French language magazine of classical music recordings, which started circulation way back in 1956. It has a hi-fi section written and edited by prominent reviewers. The Diapason d’Or (Gold Diapason) annual award goes for best classical music releases of the year and its sibling, the Diapason d’Or Hi-Fi, for best hi-fi. So now you know which streamer/network player is considered best in 2022… Here’s a few quotes …Read More

Dave’s cave (customer system)

By CaryAudio
15/10/2022
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Cary Audio customer, Dave M., was kind enough to share information and photos of his different sound systems featuring multiple Cary Audio products.  “My main system includes a pair of CAD-805AE monoblocks equipped with 845 tubes and a pair of CAD-300SE monoblocks. They are both connected to an SLP-98L F1 preamp. I connect the CAD-805AEs or the CAD-300SEs to my Klipsch LaScala II speakers depending on the type of music I listen to. I also have a pair of CAD-45SE monoblocks and the CAD-2A3SE monoblocks I just purchased from you that arrived today. I will be setting up the CAD-2A3SE …Read More

Comparing our music servers

By CaryAudio
03/10/2022
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Welcome to the Family The DMS family is growing, and we couldn’t be prouder!  The addition of the New DMS-650 and DMS-800PV makes for fitting bookends to the DMS-700.  While the new DMS-800 Professional Version builds upon the remarkable DMS-700 to further immerse you into the musical experience, the new DMS-650 ups the ante in our DMS entry point. With the introduction of the new DMS-650 as our entry model, you may be asking yourself why the nomenclature isn’t DMS “500” something in keeping with the “500” series.  Well, its quite simply a matter of performance.  While DMS-550, used AKM4493EQ …Read More