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Hi-Fi+ Awards 2016: Loudspeakers
|Digital Loudspeaker of the Year Devialet Gold Phantom A wholly new category for this year, so why not pick the leader of the pack? The rise in wired or wirelessly connected, active loudspeakers has been ...read more -
Hi-Fi+ Awards: Innovation of the Year
|Magico M3 floorstanding loudspeaker It might seem strange giving any first-of-its-kind of ‘innovation’ award to a loudspeaker, as they are typically some of the most resistant to change products in any audio system, but the ...read more -
Hi-Fi+ Awards 2016: Cables, Power, and Accessories
|Analogue Audio Cable of the Year Chord Sarum Super ARAY Until the recent launch of ChordMusic, Sarum in all its guises was Chord’s top cable. The latest version – Super ARAY – uses a tuned ...read more -
Hi-Fi+ Awards 2016: Amplification
|Integrated Amplifier of the Year Ayre Acoustics AX-5 Twenty In making the AX-5 Twenty, Ayre Acoustics pulled together many important elements of design from existing higher-end Ayre amps into what has become the company’s only ...read more -
Hi-Fi+ Awards 2016: Digital Audio
|DAC of the Year Chord Electronics DAVE Some awards categories were difficult to choose, and notionally that could have applied to the fast-moving and extremely competitive DAC market. In fact, there’s really only one DAC ...read more -
Hi-Fi+ Awards 2016: Analogue Audio
|Turntable of the Year Origin Live Sovereign The Origin Live Sovereign is a belt-driven turntable design featuring a high tolerance bearing, and a non-suspended chassis sitting on three adjustable towers. The platter is a composite ...read more -
Stylus Show 2017
|From the Chester Group press release: The UK’s first show devoted to all things Vinyl, Stylus returns for a second year and moves to a new venue: the MacDonald Hotel & Spa in Manchester. Taking ...read more -
Densen Releases Its First Streamer: The CAST AMP
|From the Densen press release, via Elite Audio UK ltd: Danish manufacturers Densen have launched their brand-new CAST AMP Streamer, the first in their brand-new Dino range of products. The CAST AMP is the first ...read more -
Pearl Acoustics
|A new British loudspeaker manufacturer enters the market After more than thirty years of development, Pearl Acoustics have finally launched their Sibelius range of loudspeakers onto the market. The philosophy behind the Sibelius design is ...read more -
HIGHRESAUDIO to stop offering MQA
|From the HighResAudio Press Release: HIGHRESAUDIO has stopped offering MQA. MQA is NOT lossless, the original signal is never recovered, estimate to recover at most 17bits (reduces the sampling rate), reduces the frequency range, SNR ...read more -
ACOUSTIC AESTHETICS
|Artnovion combines art and innovation to create the most beautiful and effective acoustic panels. Artnovion’s High End collection is designed for residential and commercial properties, and delivers a dramatically improved audio performance as well as ...read more -
Meet Your Dealer: Midland Audio X-Change
|One of the most important high‑end dealers in the UJ, Midland Audio X-change is centrally located, has a great store, and a product list to die for. The company, run by longstanding dealer of note ...read more -
Meet Your Dealer - Adams Audio
|A few years ago, a number of audio dealers added a custom install arm to their portfolio. Very few went in the other direction. Adams Audio is the exception. Starting out of Custom Electronic Design’s ...read more -
Rothwell announce release of advanced discrete transistor moving coil phonostage.
|Lancashire based audio specialists Rothwell Audio Products Ltd have announced the release of their Signature Two discrete transistor moving coil phonostage, and within the phonostage itself, there are neither transformers nor op-amps resulting in a ...read more -
WIN! Prism Sound Callia headphone DAC preamplifier worth £1,794!
|We have collaborated with the smart people from Cambridgeshire professional digital experts Prism Sound to give one lucky winner the chance to win a fantastic Callia headphone DAC preamplifier. Alan Sircom reviewed the Callia in ...read more