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Trilogy Audio Systems 906 phono stage
|We loved the Trilogy Audio Systems 907 phono stage when we tested it in issue 85. But it is a bit ‘spendy’. So when we saw the 931 headphone amp (a stripped down version of ...read more -
Benchmark Media Systems DAC3 HGC digital converter
|Benchmark Media Systems is one of the bastions of the new face of audio electronics. Benchmark was and is a pro audio brand at the forefront of the democratisation of the recording industry and audiophiles ...read more -
VPI Industries Prime Signature turntable
|When it was launched back at the end of 2016, the VPI Prime changed the game, proving to be one of the best turntables we’d heard at anything close to the price. So impressive, in ...read more -
McIntosh Labs MB50 streaming audio player
|McIntosh is something of a law unto itself in audio. Few companies share McIntosh’s fan base, which have been fanatically loyal to the brand for decades, to the point where faced with the choice of ...read more -
Vertere Acoustics MG-1 turntable, SG-1 arm, and PHONO-1 phono stage
|Even by the standards of the average workaholic, Touraj Moghaddam of Vertere Acoustics has had a busy few years. First came the cables, then that tonearm (the one that costs as much as a new ...read more -
Audioplan PowerCord S and PowerCord U power cords
|I’d like to say this was planned as the second of two parts of the Audioplan power product concept, but the reality is less planned. I mislaid a box full of power cords! Fortunately, this ...read more -
Audioplan Powerstar SIII, Powerplant 10, and Finefilter S power products
|Audioplan is a long-standing German company, known for its loudspeakers, cables, and power products. In the early 1990s, when the British audio world was going through one of its insular phases, Audioplan was one of ...read more -
Wilson Audio WAMM Master Chronosonic loudspeaker
|One of the most important attributes in a reviewer of anything is a spot of cognitive dissonance: you need to simultaneously be yourself and distance yourself. In the case of the Wilson Audio WAMM Master ...read more -
Pearl Acoustics Sibelius SG loudspeaker
|Once upon a time, audio used to march to its own beat. Now, it seems to march to the beat of the smartphone world. Launch a piece of hi-fi today, and by the end of ...read more -
LA Audio Show – AS Round Up
|With AXPONA, Munich High End, and the Los Angeles Audio Show falling within six weeks of one another, it’s a pointless task asking, “What’s New?” at the last of the three events. There were a ...read more -
Munich High-End 2017: Final Thoughts and Product of the Show!
|As is often said – including by myself – Munich High-End has become the most important event on the audio calendar. This is not simply because of the attendance figures (even if they are continuing ...read more -
Arcam SR250 integrated amplifier
|Audiophiles have a somewhat justified reputation for being conservative in nature. This can be a good thing: we are the people who kept vinyl alive before it was fashionable, and we are the people who ...read more -
Helius Designs Alexia turntable and Omega tonearm
|One of the great woes of this period in the audio industry is that we seem to be coming to the end of the Age of the Personality. The audio world used to be littered ...read more -
Munich High End 2017 – Loudspeakers over €15k
|I’m not making excuses for the sound at the Munich High-End show. It was uniformly awful, with a few exceptions. This actually works in our favour because we can concentrate on products of interest rather ...read more -
Meet Your Maker - Heinz Roher of Thorens
|Thorens is one of the grand names in audio. The company’s began making turntables almost back when the rest of the world first started making records. 1903 to be precise, and this wasn’t even Thorens ...read more