Articles
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Silent concert launches JBL Synchros in Europe
|JBL is a big name in the whole audio field. It’s reach extends from PA systems and studio suites to home systems big and small and automotive. So big in fact, you could easily miss ...read more -
Crowdfunding - not just for Geeks?
|The world of traditional audio is sometimes not exactly at the cutting edge of modern life. It’s kind of understandable – a lot of it is entirely Boomer on Boomer action and, while we might ...read more -
Devialet 170 integrated DAC/amplifier
|A few years ago, a then-unknown French company by the name of Devialet launched its one and only product… and the high-end audio world changed. The slim, powerful D-Premier combined innovative amplifier and high-grade DAC ...read more -
Exclusive - Meridian Prime headphone amplifier/DAC/preamplifier
|Meridian Audio has been spreading its wings recently (with the move into in-car with Jaguar Land Rover, and the recent Explorer and Director USB powered units), but no-one really expected the Prime. This is Meridian ...read more -
Norma Revo IPA-140
|There are a lot of audio products at all prices out there. Some of them, let’s be honest, don’t deserve their place in the audiophile pantheon but hold on by some minor miracle. At the ...read more -
Bath Audio Fest 2013
|Rocky Mountain Audio Fest is the well-established event in October. However, it’s not the only event and there’s another Audio Fest on the other side of the Atlantic, in Bath. Run by analogue expert Cool ...read more -
Room acoustics without tears
|Of all the chronic problems endemic with the audiophile experience, the thorny subject of room acoustics is perhaps the most intractable. Traditionally, hi-fi enthusiasts have spent a disproportionately large amount of time and money focused ...read more -
Ayon Audio CD-3s CD player
|Ayon Audio is an Austrian electronics brand with three distinct attributes. First, the products are built to a level of fit and finish that is rare even among big ticket audio (our sister title, The ...read more -
Electrocompaniet ECD 2 DAC
|No company has a completely ‘score’ product line. There are good guys and bad guys in every line-up. The art of a good designer is to limit the number of bad guys and make the ...read more -
Conrad-Johnson HD3 digital-to-analogue converter
|The conrad-johnson HD3 DAC defines how the audio business is changing in perfect microcosm. The DAC is a 24-bit, 96kHz design that sports just one input – a USB socket – and will be sold ...read more -
Magico S1 loudspeaker
|In just a few years, Magico has gone from being a brand no-one had heard of, to being a brand that helps shape today’s high-end audio industry. Although this comes down to many factors, it’s ...read more -
Primare DAC30 digital to analogue converter
|The up-market DAC market (broadly priced from about £1,500-£3,000, but centred around the £2,000 mark) is getting very contended, and for good reason. It’s the point where the designer can work to a set of ...read more -
Exaktly Right?
|I deliberately waited a week to discuss a recent launch at Linn Products’ high-tech Glasgow factory. It allowed the ideas to sink in, and get past the ‘wow!’ stage. This is because among the group ...read more -
Edge Reference Preamplifier
|The Edge Reference is a line preamplifier, rarer than hen’s teeth that appear on a blue moon to the seventh son of a seventh son (as far as I can tell, there are just four ...read more -
Rogue Audio Sphinx integrated amplifier
|Rogue Audio is one of those high-end paradoxes; it makes products that deliver fantastic performance in a fine overall package, yet don’t come with a price tag that looks like someone had to use up ...read more