The Clarity Alliance wrote to tell us what is has planned for the National Audio Show (aka “Whittlebury”, the venue for which is pictured above) this year It will take over the Luffield Suite, one of the largest suites at the Whittlebury Hall Show, which runs between 20 and 21 September 2014, within which many of its […]
The Clarity Alliance, the UK hi-fi industry’s trade body, has welcomed the largest cable supplier to the high-end specialist market, AudioQuest, to its growing number of members, expanding the number of brands supporting the work of the Alliance. The membership of AudioQuest brings further international reach and growth within the manufacturing sector of the industry’s […]
Italian DAC supremo, M2Tech is releasing its new four-output Van Der Graaf power supply for use with its range of high-end, high performance DACs. The supply will sell, we understand from the UK distributor, Purite, for around £800 in the UK. The Van Der Graaf is an extremely low noise power supply that is suitable for […]
Witch Hat Audio is a company of two parts, the first half offers servicing of all solid-state electronics but especially those from Naim Audio, where its chief technician learned his trade: the second half, manufactures electronics and cables – in particular cables to suit Naim electronics, even including replacements for Naim’s infamous and highly proprietary multi-core Burndy cables. The […]
The Dynamique Audio Shadow mains cable, priced at £430 for a one-metre length, certainly looks well built and worth the expense – not that it is overly expensive. At the wall end there is a truly substantial, Furutech Gold over silver 13A in-line connector and at the far end sits an equally meaty Furutech FI-11 […]
Simple Audio has announced a special two-month offer to customers giving them the opportunity to try high resolution music streaming in their home with the highly acclaimed new Roomplayer+ for 30 days on a ’30 days to love me’ guarantee. Music streaming is on the rise and Simple Audio has the perfect, cost-effective music streaming […]
We were delighted that our competition to win a pair of Roth Audio Oli RA1 loudspeakers attracted some 6,400 entries. The lucky winner selected from that number, businessman, Richard Taylor bought himself a Cambridge Audio Topaz AM1 amplifier – our budget recommendation to accompany his computer set-up – to partner them and he wrote to […]
My friend and professional writing colleague from America, Art Dudley, recently started something of a ruckuss when he penned an article for Stereophile magazine (Listening #138), which began, rather cleverly, with a reference to William Morris and the Arts and Crafts movement and then segued into the value of today’s high-end audio. Dudley said “Before mass production dominated […]
The products under consideration here are not typical TopAudioGear fare. To begin they fall firmly in the budget category: all that saves them is their performance, which certainly is above that expected for their beer-budget prices. You probably will not be familiar with the company name Edwards Audio. The business is named after the founder […]
Gamut, the Danish manufacturer, has unveiled the latest editions of its flagship loudspeakers: the Revised Superior Series, along with a new distribution model for the UK market. The no holds barred ‘El Superiores’ or ‘S-Series’ from Gamut were undeniably some of the finest loudspeakers the company ever created. Originally released in 2007, the series comprised […]
Chord Company Streaming Cables: The Chord Company has made a minor name change to its Ethernet cable range. All existing Ethernet cables will be renamed ‘streaming cables’. The move has been implemented to recognise the primary intended usage for the cables, and the exhaustive research, testing and design process involved in creating a cable range […]
I have always had very clearly defined requirements when it comes to the amplifiers in my hi-fi system: I want reasonable amounts of power to deliver credible dynamic swings but I did not need anything greater than about 125W into 8Ohms because I insist on using loudspeakers of sensible efficiency – my current nine-drivers-per-channel Neat […]
After its 33rd opening in 2014, the organizers have declared Munich’s High-End Show to be the world’s most important high quality consumer electronics exhibition. I for one would certainly not disagree with that statement, other than to say that I can fully understand why Bavaria is not celebrated for its night time cuisine, although its bier and wurst certainly […]
