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Audio Research REF 160M mono power amplifiers
|It’s funny, but Audio Research and McIntosh are all part of the same happy family, have so much in common, but are also miles apart. Both have their followers – in fact, both have followers ...read more -
Chartwell SUB3 subwoofer
|It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a pair of LS3/5a loudspeakers in good condition, must be in want of a bit more bass. OK, so my days as Jane Austen’s stunt-writer are somewhat numbered, ...read more -
Meet Your Maker: Xuanqian Wang of AURALiC
|AURALiC hit the ground running a few years ago with its affordable range of digital audio products designed for audiophile and headphonista alike. That would be enough for most brands and we’d see nothing more ...read more -
Hegel Music Systems H590 integrated amplifier
|Here is the big one: Hegel’s top of the tree. The H590 from Hegel Music Systems is not only the biggest integrated amplifier the company has ever produced, but it’s also the most connected, the ...read more -
Monitor Audio Studio stand-mount loudspeaker
|Studio, by Monitor Audio, is a one-off design by the company, one of the last to spring from the pen (well, the pen on the tablet of the CAD/CAM computer) of Dean Hartley, who stood ...read more -
Critical Mass Systems Center Stage2 anti-vibration feet
|Critical Mass Systems is well known for making some of the finest (and largest) high-end audio equipment support systems money can buy. So, it might come as something of a shock to discover that CMS ...read more -
Sonus faber Amati Homage Tradition floorstanding loudspeaker
|The long-running Homage series from Sonus faber pays tribute to the finest violin makers of the past with loudspeakers that look and sound fantastic. The Amati has long been the conventional top tower of the ...read more -
Falcon Acoustics LS3/5a stand-mount loudspeaker
|There is almost no point in discussing some parts of this loudspeaker. The BBC-designed LS3/5a is the stuff of legend, and in our little world as well-known, as ubiquitous, and as popular as the original ...read more -
Triangle Esprit Australe EZ floorstanding loudspeaker
|I am going to try a spot of mass-hypnosis here. You are feeling calm and relaxed, relaxed and calm. You are feeling sleepier and sleepier. I want you to forget the word ‘price’ for the ...read more -
Dynaudio Music 5 wireless loudspeaker
|A few years ago, products like the Dynaudio Music 5 simply couldn’t exist because the technology that underpins them didn’t exist. Even a couple of years ago, this class of product would come with such ...read more -
Meet Your Maker - Karl-Heinz Fink of Finkteam
|This one’s a little different because Fink Audio Consulting and Karl-Heinz Fink are not so much ‘maker’ as ‘gun for hire’. Well, almost: the company does make the Finkteam WM-4 loudspeaker (see below) and more ...read more -
Burson Audio Conductor Virtuoso 2+ headphone DAC preamp
|This is not our first rodeo with Burson Audio. If they even have rodeos in Melbourne, Australia, where Burson Audio is based. We looked at the HA160 headphone amp in Issue 79, and the original ...read more -
Naim Audio Super Lumina interconnects and loudspeaker cables
|OK, I’ll get this out of the way first. I hate the way the ‘Super Lumina’ logo looks. I get why Naim Audio did this (it’s meant to show superluminal motion in action, itself an ...read more -
Bluewave Get portable headphone amp/DAC
|Taking in the afternoon sun for a spot of al fresco coffee action, I discovered the one big flaw to the Bluewave Get Bluetooth headphone amplifier from Canada. With a dark-coloured headphone cable blending into ...read more -
Raidho TD-4.8 floorstanding loudspeakers
|By big loudspeaker standards, the Raidho TD‑4.8 isn’t actually that big. It stands about as tall as the average middle-aged European and its front baffle is about face-wide. It sits on two outriggers that give ...read more