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Cardas Audio Clear Reflection power cord
|The Clear Reflection range is completed (probably… there’s always dedicated phono and digital links to contend with) with the new power cord in the line. Clear Reflection is the upper-middle of the Cardas range, sitting ...read more -
Audiovector R3 Signature floorstanding loudspeakers
|Audiovector’s R series loudspeakers represent the company’s core. Yes, there is the more affordable QR series and in-wall models, and technically the Big Three – the R11, R8, and R6 floorstanders – all stand apart ...read more -
Arcam SA30 Network streaming system
|Some audio equipment functions absolutely perfectly, sounds amazing, and represents excellent value for money – which makes reviewing it pretty straightforward. Some audio equipment functions only spasmodically, sounds rough, and represents questionable value for money ...read more -
Living Voice Auditorium R25A floorstanding loudspeaker
|Longevity is an increasingly rare commodity when it comes to audio equipment. The lifespan of high-end digital products can be measured in months, while product revisions are seemingly now an annual event – or in ...read more -
ReQuest Audio The Raptor music server
|Although for much of the audio world, streaming has all but replaced the physical digital disc, for the highest of high-end, those 1% or the 1% that both take music really seriously and have the ...read more -
Effect Audio Code 51 headphone cable
|The high-end cable was something of a late starter in the personal audio world, but companies like Singapore’s Effect Audio have made up for lost time. Code 51 is the company’s flagship design, using its ...read more -
Aurender A30 caching music server/CD ripper/streamer
|Benchmarks. Noun: a standard or point of reference against which things may be compared or assessed. Ask your audio friends what products or brands represent benchmarks in different categories of gear and you are likely ...read more -
Gershman Acoustics Grande Avant Garde Loudspeaker
|Gershman speakers don’t look like other loudspeakers – but surprisingly often, other loudspeakers come to look like the Gershmans. Estalon’s striking XB caused a stir when it was first launched a few years ago – ...read more -
Totem Skylight stand-mount loudspeaker
|Every time I hear Totem speakers, which is usually at international audio shows, they sound bigger and more extended than they should. It’s not unusual to be impressed by bass extension from small speakers, but ...read more -
finite elemente pagode Mk II MR equipment support
|finite elemente was the go-to stand-maker for the European high-end cognoscenti for many years. Then it had what can best be described as ‘a bit of a wilderness period’. But now, with the pagode Mk ...read more -
English Electric 8Switch streaming audio network switch
|English Electric was once a titan of 20th century British engineering, building trains, steam turbines, guided missiles and even mainframe computers. It was formed out of several companies after the first world war and went ...read more -
Accustic Arts Mono II Mk 2 power amplifiers
|Let’s start with an admission. These are not Accustic Arts’ flagship mono power amplifiers. The Mono III is the flagship, and it’s a big ‘un. These are ‘just’ the new Mk 2 edition of Accustic ...read more -
BetterCables Silver Serpent AIR/Blue Truth Reference cables
|BetterCables of Broadlands VA (some 30 miles west of Washington DC) is a maker of high-value, no-nonsense, USA made cables. In an industry where a single pair of interconnect cables can cost as much as ...read more -
Synthesis ROMA 14DC+ CD player
|Although I know it’s an unrealistic expectation, I always hope and pray that any new CD player I encounter will have an immediate and transforming effect on my entire silver disc collection – in much ...read more -
Gold Note DS‑10 streaming DAC preamp and PA‑10 power amplifiers
|E.F. Schumacher’s famous 1973 book ‘Small is Beautiful’ never seemed to have resonance in the world of high-end audio. We like our audio equipment big and heavy, even if the reasons for such scale are ...read more