Please accept our apologies for the lack of recent content on this site. Editor Malcolm Steward suffered massive, life-threatening, injuries in a car crash on July 15th. Thanks to the dedication of the team at Southampton General Hospital, Malcolm is still with us, but is now facing many months of rehabilitation in various hospitals. We hope he […]
On the 14th May 2015, at the High End show in Munich, Chord Electronics unveiled what it regards as the world’s most advanced digital to analogue converter, which it calls DAVE. DAVE is the company’s most advanced DAC to date and employs what Chord believes to be the very best conversion technology available, using proprietary […]
Lancing-based manufacturer Flare has installed audio systems in venues including the iconic Olympic Studios (London) and The Leadmill, (Sheffield), as well as providing live audio to a wide range of artists, venues and festivals, winning support from artists – including Zeppelin guitarist, Jimmy Page – and industry. The company is now using global crowd-funding platform Kickstarter […]
I forget exactly when it happened but I remember some fatuous twerp who was the editor – God only knows why – of a music/style/mens magazine, asking me, back in the days when people actually read such titles and awaited their publication with a genuine sense of eager anticipation, if I could make the hi-fi […]
I will readily confess to being not the most enthusiastic user of headphones on the planet… mainly because I do most of my listening to music either in my music room at home, where only loudspeakers as large as my NEAT Ultimatum XL10s adequately fit the bill, or at my office desk, in which case, […]
Icon Audio amplifiers, like the Stereo 20PP I reviewed most recently – in July 2014, in fact –, are pragmatic, no BS designs, with an aesthetic that is near industrial and, some might say, almost brutal. Regardless, my first impression upon unboxing the latest samples was to wonder whether my ailing bank account could […]
The NaimUniti2 is the newest and most improved version of Naim Audio’s original, revolutionary all-in-one player. The original Uniti spawned an entire range of accessible and versatile music streaming systems from Naim and other manufacturers that aim to offer the sort of accomplished sound quality previously only thought possible through separate components. As well as […]
The goal to bring the listener exactly the sound heard in the studio when the recording was approved has so far never been attained, say Meridian co-founder, Bob Stuart – partly because, on the journey from the microphone to your ears, every single process degrades the quality. This loss of quality became severe with the […]
With the MT32 range of loudspeakers Cabasse brings its high-end technology and elegant contemporary finishes to its “entry-level” products. Cabasse kindly supplied us with two of these ‘budget-conscious’ – models, the £458 Antigua MT32 and the £798 floor-standing Jersey MT32. Cabasse describes its Antigua MT32 loudspeaker as “the archetypal bookshelf speaker, designed for a rich […]
I currently seem to be inundated with inexpensive hi-fi components that function far better than their price tickets would suggest. One such is the £299 Stream Source, DLNA Streamer device from French loudspeaker manufacturer, Cabasse. It seems to be the case with French loudspeaker companies, these days, that simply manufacturing loudspeakers alone is not sufficient […]
Talk Electronics tells us that its popular Edwards Audio Apprentice HA headphone amplifier has recently been improved with greater output power and drive. The headphone output is now through a high quality Neutrik 6.3mm stereo socket for ultimate reliability, and is capable of driving into 8 Ohms while maintaining low distortion. It uses TALK’s ultra linear circuit topology, which […]
Pro-Ject’s RPM 1 Genie turntable was an instant hit around the world when it was first revealed more than five years ago. In October 2014, Henley Designs Ltd. and Pro-Ject Audio Systems were delighted to announce the release of the fourth incarnation of this stylish, great sounding turntable, the Pro-Ject RPM 1 Carbon. Pro-Ject Audio Systems […]
Cambridgeshire-based IAG UK, the British arm of the International Audio Group, one of the world’s best-known audio equipment manufacturers, has announced its appointment as the UK distributor of the Luxman brand, which it will add to its already prestigious family of products that includes brands such as Audiolab, Castle, Mission, Quad and Wharfedale. SaysIAG UK, “Beautifully built with a classic look […]