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GoldenEar Technology Triton Five floorstanding loudspeaker
|If ever there was a speaker that best encapsulates ‘affordable excellence’ in audio, it would be the GoldenEar Triton Five. This tall, elegant floorstander is priced to compete with two- and three-way tower speakers, yet ...read more -
AVI DM10 active standmount loudspeaker and Subwoofer
|AVI is a UK company that specialises in active loudspeakers and subwoofers. That presses two audiophile ‘off’ switches – powered speakers, and external bass boxes – but those who like good sound instead of miring ...read more -
National Audio Show 2016, Whittlebury Hall
|Just within earshot of Silverstone racetrack, the Whittlebury Hall spa hotel has been the mid-September venue for the UK’s National Audio Show for several years. Although originally one of the leaders in the audio show ...read more -
You Say You Want a Revolution? Records and Rebels 1966-1970
|It’s rare that a website dedicated to audio gets to talk about an art exhibition. But You Say You Want a Revolution? Records and Rebels 1966-1970 at London’s Victoria & Albert museum is not your ...read more -
Rosso Fiorentino Certaldo floorstanding loudspeaker
|Rosso Fiorentino was a Florentine painter from the 16th Century. Rosso Fiorentino is also a Florentine loudspeaker manufacturer from the 21st Century. If you are expecting a critique of Rosso Fiorentino’s masterful 1521 oil-on-wood altarpiece ...read more -
Meet Your Dealer: Criterion Audio
|A good audio dealer is hard to find. A good new audio dealer is almost impossible to find. But Criterion Audio, based in a village just outside of Cambridge, UK, is just that. Having opened ...read more -
Sonus faber Venere S floorstanding loudspeaker
|Sonus faber’s reputation is predicated on elegant loudspeakers made in Italy. The brand’s recent Venere models were its first loudspeakers not built in its northern Italian factory. They still look good, represent great value, use ...read more -
The EC Living concept by Electrocompaniet
|Unless you have been living under a rock for the last few years, the fact the audio world has changed almost unrecognisably recently can’t have passed you by. CD and even download sales are in ...read more -
Sennheiser HD 630 VB headphones
|The top HD range from Sennheiser is the brand’s home audiophile range, but the pivotal word is ‘home’. Open backed designs that need good upstream amps and DACs to drive them, the HD 500, HD ...read more -
Cro Audio Turntable Stone Weight and Record Mat
|The audio accessories world has gone a little bit loopy of late. The fact you can spend more money adding the right cables and equipment supports to hook up an £80,000 dCS Vivaldi four-box stack ...read more -
Moon Neo ACE integrated streaming amplifier
|I’m not even going to resist temptation here. The Moon Neo ACE is audio’s Swiss Army Knife – even though it’s made in Canada. This all-in-one amplifier-meets-media player is on the very cutting edge of ...read more -
Synergistic Research system tuning (Part 2)
|Last month, we discussed the first of a two-part feature on Synergistic Research’s innovative system tuning components. At that point, we began by discussing the company’s Unified Energy Field system. The next step was to ...read more -
Highlights from CanJam London 2016 (part two)
|Welcome to the concluding part of our round up of the highs and even highers of CanJam London 2016. During a balmy weekend in the middle of August, CanJam arrived with a view of Big ...read more -
Highlights from CanJam London 2016 (part one)
|This past weekend (August 13-14, 2016) Hi-Fi+ Publisher Chris Martens and Hi-Fi+ Editor Alan Sircom attended CanJam London 2016, which is was held in the Park Plaza Hotel in central London and was without a ...read more -
Fono Acustica Virtuoso loudspeaker cables
|In a way, the most obvious part of the Virtuoso loudspeaker cable is probably going to be the pivotal aspect of how Fono Acustica’s top cable is received. The cable’s terminations, in particular the ornately ...read more