PMC fact.12 loudspeakers
For the fact.12, PMC did not rely entirely on its own R&D facilities, but took advantage of one of the country’s most remarkable research institutes. ...
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read moreConsonance Die Walküre turntable and T988 tonearm
Consonance’s Die Walküre is the biggest record player I’ve encountered at this price point. A rounded triangle shape that, when coupled with its aluminium subchassis, ... -
read moreAesthetix Janus preamplifier and Atlas power amplifier
The all-tube moving-coil stage is a rare beast indeed. Whilst tube phono-stages are both common-place and popular, when it comes to low-output moving-coil cartridges, the ... -
read moreShanling H1.1 DAC
To Be or not to USB; that is the question. Although I still play lots of CDs, and some vinyl, I now have a laptop ... -
read moreBristol Sound & Vision 2014
Following a few weeks after CES, the annual Bristol Sound & Vision show might not be the largest audiophile ‘launchpad’ for new products, but it ...
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Equipment+PMC fact.12 loudspeakers
|For the fact.12, PMC did not rely entirely on its own R&D facilities, but took advantage of one of the country’s most remarkable research institutes. The National Physical Laboratory in Teddington is probably visible from ...read more -
Equipment+Abyss AB-1266 planar magnetic headphones
|Several years ago Joe Skubinski, the founder of the high-end audio cable company JPS Labs, took a momentous decision. Specifically, he decided to spin off a sub-division of JPS Labs for the specific purpose of ...read more -
Equipment+Consonance Die Walküre turntable and T988 tonearm
|Consonance’s Die Walküre is the biggest record player I’ve encountered at this price point. A rounded triangle shape that, when coupled with its aluminium subchassis, will accommodate up to three tonearms. Starting at the bottom ...read more -
Equipment+Aesthetix Janus preamplifier and Atlas power amplifier
|The all-tube moving-coil stage is a rare beast indeed. Whilst tube phono-stages are both common-place and popular, when it comes to low-output moving-coil cartridges, the vast majority switch to either transformers (Zanden) or J-FETs (Audio ...read more -
Equipment+Shanling H1.1 DAC
|To Be or not to USB; that is the question. Although I still play lots of CDs, and some vinyl, I now have a laptop with iTunes and Spotify Premium. So, being able to play ...read more -
Show reportBristol Sound & Vision 2014
|Following a few weeks after CES, the annual Bristol Sound & Vision show might not be the largest audiophile ‘launchpad’ for new products, but it gets more than its share. The ‘Bristol Show’ (only the ...read more -
BlogFirst Look: iFi iDSD nano DAC/headphone amp & iCAN nano headphone amp
|Early this year I wrote a blog about iFi Audio’s iCAN nano headphone amplifier (click here to read), but mentioned at the time that my findings were based on a pilot production sample and not ...read more -
Equipment+KEF X300A desktop speaker system
|Hi-fi magazines are not known for their interest in desktop systems that work with a computer, but this is changing. For many people, their computer is now their main source of music (and, vinyl revival ...read more -
Equipment+Hegel H80 amplifier
|The role of amplifier has changed recently. The nexus role of ‘curating’ sources and feeding them to a pair of loudspeakers remains, but increasingly ‘sources’ have become a single computer source. That means increasing onus ...read more -
Equipment+Kronos turntable
|The word ‘Kronos’ comes from Ancient Greek mythology, but although more correctly directed at ‘Cronus’ (the youngest and the leader of the first generation of Titans and the father of Zeus), the term is often ...read more
