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Sugden Sapphire DAP‑800 preamp and FBA-800 power amplifier
|For just over half a century, for almost as long as there have been transistor amplifiers in fact, there has been Sugden. The company moves to its own beat; it makes amps that don’t follow ...read more -
Dynaudio Contour 30 floorstanding loudspeaker
|There’s an easy – but wrong-headed – dismissal of Dynaudio as just a safe pair of musical hands. The notion is understandable: the company makes very well-built loudspeakers with a significant amount of objective test ...read more -
Dan D’Agostino Master Audio Systems Progression preamp and stereo amplifier
|The Dan D’Agostino Master Audio Systems Progression range is designed to sit under the mighty Momentum. But, unlike most brands that make the cheaper line ‘lite’ or ‘stripped-down’, D’Agostino makes the two lines entirely different ...read more -
Sennheiser HD 800 S headphones and HDV 820 DAC/amplifier
|Sennheiser’s ‘functional’ top end (as in, excluding the “give me your Amex Black and repeat after me… help yourself!” Orpheus) was rebooted with the HD 800. This remains a stunning headphone that was launched with ...read more -
Cardas A8 30th Anniversary earphone
|This is one of those reviews that writes itself in seconds. Cardas’ excellent A8 earphone (reviewed in Issue 134: http://www.hifiplus.com/articles/cardas-audio-a8-earphones/) has now morphed into the Cardas A8 30th Anniversary earphone. Practically all of the sonic ...read more -
Graham Audio VOTU floorstanding loudspeaker
|The name sounds like the title of a 1950s sci-fi movie: VOTU – the Voice Of The Universe! Graham Audio’s grand statement loudspeaker is a bold departure from a brand best known for products very ...read more -
Stax SR-L700 Lambda earspeakers/SRM-006tS Kimik 2 energiser
|While it’s not good to start a piece of writing in the middle and sum up a whole review in a single word in the opening paragraph, the Stax SR-L700 Lambda earspeakers coupled with the ...read more -
Linn Products Lingo 4 power supply for the LP12
|Linn’s evergreen classic Sondek LP12 turns 45 this year, and the latest version of the Lingo power supply is one big part of its birthday present. The other big part of the celebration – the ...read more -
Ansuz Acoustics D2 cables
|We missed the boat with the first round of Ansuz cables, but arrived nice and early for the D2 series. Replacing POM, Aluminium, Ceramic, and Diamond respectively, the P2, A2, C2, and D2 lines form ...read more -
conrad-johnson ET7 line preamplifier
|One of the foundation stones of American high-end, conrad-johnson has returned to its core recently. The company built its reputation on high-performance tube (valve) amplification, and although subsequent diversions into solid-state, and digital audio have ...read more -
Munich High End 2018 – Final Thoughts
|Munich was possibly a little more subdued than usual. This wasn’t just because the show coincided with a national holiday in Germany, and the subdued nature wasn’t necessarily reflected in the number of exhibitors or ...read more -
Munich High-End 2018 – Part Two
|As ever the Munich High-End show is the most important part of the audio calendar today. It doesn’t matter who you are, how big or how small, basically unless you are at Death’s door (financially ...read more -
David A Wilson II (1944-2018)
|I have written many hundreds of thousands of words on audio, tens of thousands of them about Wilson Audio Specialities. But these are some of the toughest words I have to write: Dave Wilson, founder ...read more -
‘GDPR’: What is it, and why does it matter to you?
|Those of you who subscribe to our newsletter will have received an email from us yesterday (May 15) about something called ‘GDPR’, or General Data Protection Regulation*. Most UK and European readers will already be ...read more -
MartinLogan Impression ESL 11A hybrid electrostatic loudspeaker
|Impression ESL 11A is part of the sextet of top-end floorstanding loudspeakers (as well as a duo of centre-channel speakers) that form MartinLogan’s Masterpiece Series. This is a series with true scope, ranging from the ...read more