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Monitor Audio Silver 300 floorstanding loudspeaker
|Some reviews are easy to put together, but others have little stumbling blocks. The Monitor Audio SIlver 300 is one such product. They languished in the office storage for a week longer than they should ...read more -
Merging +Player server
|Back in Hi-Fi+ Issue 129, we came away highly impressed with the Pro-meets-Domestic Merging+NADAC digital converter. There were a few hiccups, but most of those were related to getting something so resolutely designed for the ...read more -
JBL 4312SE standmount loudspeaker
|JBL might now be part of the Harman Group, which is itself now part of Samsung, but the heritage behind that name has not been lost. The company, founded in Northridge, California back in 1946 ...read more -
We need to talk about Las Vegas… one last time.
|About this time each year, the whole tech world points its gaze upon Las Vegas for the annual CES. Typically, as I write this, I would be sitting in a departure lounge with dozens of ...read more -
Hegel H90 integrated amplifier
|I’ve made no secret of the enjoyment I’ve extracted from the Hegel H80 integrated amplifier. The starter amp from the Norwegian electronics expert has fought above its weight category for the last four years, often ...read more -
Meet Your Maker: Bowers & Wilkins
|Although most of what Bowers & Wilkins manufactures now comes out of China, the prestigious 800 Series and Nautilus loudspeakers are still made by hand in a factory in Worthing, on the south coast of ...read more -
An Audiophile EDC
|Every Day Carry, or EDC, is fast becoming a popular pastime among some sections of the online community. It’s an excuse for men to categorise everything and photograph their lives in minute detail, without the ...read more -
QED Supremus loudspeaker cable
|Back in the 1990s, QED was the UK’s ubiquitous cable brand. The company’s iconic and affordable 42 strand and 79 strand loudspeaker cables are still available and still sell at a prodigious rate. The proceeds ...read more -
Thorens TD-907 turntable
|Thorens has a history of turntable manufacture that runs unbroken back to the first days of turntables. OK, so the company ownership has changed hands, it now concentrates solely on turntables, and the products today ...read more -
Neat Acoustics Iota Alpha floorstanding loudspeaker
|There are a couple of fundamental problems with the Neat Acoustics Iota Alpha loudspeakers; they are small, and they are cute. Precisely why this is a problem becomes clear when you move them out of ...read more -
Meet Your Dealer: The Listening Suite
|Most of our Meet Your Dealer sessions are relatively standard issue. They revolve around a series of answers to a stock set of questions. Occasionally though, this concept is abandoned because what the dealer in ...read more -
Charley Hansen 1956-2017
|November 2017 has been a tough month for the audio industry: we lost some of the greats in our little world. Arnie Nudell of Infinity fame, Dick Shahinian of Shahinian Acoustics Ltd, and Charley Hansen ...read more -
Riva Audio Arena wireless loudspeaker
|Since Riva first hit the streets with its Turbo range of Bluetooth speakers, there has been something of a buzz about the company. Part of that might be the backbone of Audio Design Experts, Inc. ...read more -
Sonus faber Guarneri Homage Tradition stand-mount loudspeaker
|Whenever you think of Sonus faber, you tend to think of standmount loudspeakers. The company has made some good (make that ‘outstanding’) floorstanders and most of its range today is made up of extremely good ...read more -
Clearer Audio Silver-Line Optimus Reference Power Cord
|Clearer Audio Optimus Reference Power Cord features Clearer Audio’s 99.9999% oxygen-free, Ohno Continuous Cast silver conductors (99.99% pure for the earth), each of which are shielded with a six-layer copper-silver hybrid active shield, and then ...read more