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Brinkmann Audio Nyquist digital to analogue converter
|Many reviews are harder to write than this one. The Brinkmann Nyquist DAC is the most inviting-sounding DAC I have heard, or at least the most inviting-sounding converter this side of the Nagra HD DAC. ...read more -
Kalista Dreamplay CD transport and DAC
|Not perhaps the most exciting way to start a review of more than £70,000 worth of CD player, but taxonomy is important here. Métronome Technologie is a French company that makes digital players. Its top ...read more -
The love affair – Devialet and the Royal Albert Hall
|Devialet is no stranger to working in famous 19th Century classical music venues. It already has a 16-Phantom installation in the Palais Garnier opera house in Paris. But now a little slice of musical Entente ...read more -
Naim Audio Uniti Nova integrated streaming amplifier and Uniti Core music server
|This was a LONG time coming! Naim Audio announced the new versions of the Uniti products in the middle of 2016, with a view to rolling out the first products in October or November. And ...read more -
Audiovector QR Sub subwoofer
|The new QR subwoofer is actually the second of two models in the Audiovector line-up, although in the spirit of other Audiovector SR models, the SR Sub is available in Super, Signature, Avantgarde, and Avantgarde ...read more -
Meet Your Dealer – The Source AV
|There is a joke that sometimes circulates around the American high-end audio fraternity, which goes something like this: Q “What do you call a high-end audio store that also does home theatre?” A “A home ...read more -
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