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Melco S100 network switch
|Even before Melco introduced the S100 network switch, hardcore streaming enthusiasts were aware that this oft overlooked part of a streaming network was important. This is evidenced by audio companies making linear power supplies for ...read more -
Aqua LinQ streamer and La Scala MkII Optologic DAC
|Every once in a while, the reviewing malarkey unveils a product that is so exciting that all you can do is sit back and play as much music as possible before the plus size lady ...read more -
Neat Acoustics Orkestra floorstanding speaker
|The musician who appreciates good audio equipment and the hi-if enthusiast who is also a serious musician are rare breeds. Musicians often don’t seem to be bothered about sound quality. They appear to hear everything ...read more -
AURALiC ARIES G2.1 network streamer
|It’s rare to see any form of dissent from manufacturers, but some are kicking back, and AURALiC has published a pretty firm stance on MQA. Devised under the auspices of Meridian founder Bob Stuart MQA ...read more -
Ansuz Powerswitch X-TC audio network switch
|When Melco announced a £2,000 ethernet switch in late 2019, everyone (including me) thought they had lost the plot. It’s the sort of thing that makes the unenlightened think that we sound connoisseurs really are ...read more -
PMC twenty5.26i floorstanding loudspeaker
|PMC has built its brand on a cabinet loading technology that had all but disappeared when the company was launched in 1991. The transmission line became the advanced transmission line or ATL in Pete Thomas ...read more -
Hegel V10 phono preamplifier
|It’s a testament to the success of the vinyl revival that a company that has been making audio electronics for nearly 30 years has decided to make a product specifically to use with this remarkably ...read more -
Stack Audio Link II network bridge/streamer/reclocker
|The world of streaming audio is a fast-moving place to be; what was competitive last year is old hat this year so it helps to be young and quick to adapt. Theo Stack is young ...read more -
AURALiC VEGA G2.1 streaming DAC
|I remember when AURALiC first appeared on the international scene. It was back in the good ole, bad ole days at the CES in Las Vegas, when streaming was fairly new to the audio world. ...read more -
Bowers & Wilkins 702 Signature floorstanding loudspeaker
|The advantages of large-scale manufacturing become immediately apparent on unpacking this loudspeaker; the quality of finish is in the Premier League and distinctly higher than is achieved by most smaller companies at this price point. ...read more -
LA SOUND “Corium” loudspeaker and interconnect cables
|You may not be shocked to hear that the overwhelming majority of cable brands do not actually manufacture their own cable. To do so requires pretty serious machinery that churns out miles of the stuff ...read more -
REL Carbon Special subwoofer
|REL has come a long way since a Welshman started it in search of more realistic organ pipe sounds in his sitting room. Richard Lord sold the company to Sumiko over a decade ago, the ...read more -
Primare R35 solid-state, MM/MC phono stage
|Load settings on a phono stage are rather like filter settings on DACs; not everyone bothers to try them out, yet their effects can be pretty dramatic. The degree of effect is often more apparent ...read more -
Fidata HFAS1-XS20U Solid‑state music server with SSD storage
|It seems the Japanese are not very keen on using computers with their audio systems, but they are not averse to using what are effectively data drives to stream audio so long as it can ...read more -
Canor AI 1.20 integrated amplifier
|A few years back I visited Canor in Slovakia, their facility in Prešov is pretty impressive, modern and well organised, and as we looked round it became clear that a number of well know British ...read more