Audial products recently got two nice video reviews.
The one by James Owens of ABX-Audiophiles, who tested and kept the A21 amplifier in his system as a solid-state reference for other tests.
The other came from Mark Cargill and Elite Audio UK, who unboxed the S5 DAC and liked it very much.
Edit: A few weeks later, Eilte Audio UK also awarded Audial S5 the best DAC up to 6000 £.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJteBfizCDI&t=655s
Hope you will enjoy watching, as we did.
Hello Pedja,
congrats on these very nice reviews!
Do you have a short annual overview and schedule for 2024?
Thank you and all the best for 2024!
Matt
Thanks, Matt.
The previous year successfully brought the A21 amplifier (a great unit, IMO), and a wooden remote control also became available (a very unique item, too). The USB interface board Mark 3 was also released.
On the other hand, we still have not released the aluminum version of the remote control unit, and Asta DAC got postponed again.
Hence, for this year, I would be cautious. First, I think it is realistic to have these old plans finally fulfilled. Also, the S5 DAC will probably get some updates soon. Other than that, there will be probably another series of the AYA 5 DAC.
For one year it should be enough. There are more plans and more works in progress, and I already mentioned some of them before, but now I’d like to have them more mature before coming up with any schedule.
Wishing you a good and nice 2024, too!
One other Matt, namely Matthew Philpot, runs the website everydayaudiophile.com, and he has done a fantastic job by reviewing most of the Audial units over the past couple of years. This year, he brought the recent audio unit video reviews, including the S5b, A20, and A21.
The links to the reviews of the particular units are as follows.
S5b
A20
A21