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Shunyata Research Delta NR v2 power cord
|Good audio doesn’t sit still; there is continual assessment and revision needed to keep relevant and current. While this would be a blindingly obvious statement in the face of devices like streamers – which are ...read more -
Hegel H190 integrated amplifier and Amphion Argon 7LS floorstanding loudspeakers
|We’ve put together a pairing for this review of the substantial yet understated Amphion Argon 7LS, floorstanding loudspeakers and the Hegel H190 integrated amplifier which, with its built-in DAC and generous 150W output offers pretty ...read more -
Meze Rai Penta universal-fit in-ear monitors
|Romanian personal audio experts Meze are known for making headphones. For good reason, as the excellent original 99 Classics and the no-compromise Empyrean are highly prized and extremely well-loved by personal audio enthusiasts. Now, it ...read more -
AURALiC SIRIUS G2 Universal Upsampling Processor
|We’ve blown more than a few column inches on AURALiC’s G2 system, and for good reason; the ARIES G2 Wireless Streaming Transporter, VEGA G2 Streaming DAC and LEO GX Master Reference Clock work together to ...read more -
REL Acoustics S/510 subwoofer
|We’ve taken a little bit of a hiatus with subwoofers of late, for an odd reason. Of recent years, our reviews have tended to be mostly of REL subwoofers (and a few notable exceptions like ...read more -
Nordost Valhalla V2 tonearm cable
|Anyone familiar with Nordost’s bottom-up cable hierarchy could be forgiven for wondering why we should invest heavily in a tonearm cable. Nordost, like most cable specialists, started by promoting the primacy of quality loudspeaker and ...read more -
Accuphase E-650 integrated amplifier
|Having recently spent several happy weeks with Accuphase’s E-370 integrated amplifier for issue 178, the prospect of spending yet more quality time with one of its bigger siblings, the 30W Class A E-650 was too ...read more -
Rupert Neve Designs Fidelice Precision Digital to Analog Converter
|If you saw Dave Grohl’s documentary about the Sound City studio in LA, the hallowed ground where Rumours, Nevermind, Damn the Torpedoes and many, many great albums were made, you will have realised that the ...read more -
Cyrus One Cast Integrated streaming amplifier
|Having a ‘lifestyle’, rather than a plain old-fashioned ‘life’, can make significant demands on your possessions. After all, if you just live a ‘life’, then your belongings are simply part of it. Aspire to a ...read more -
Allnic Audio ZL-5000 power cord
|I’m more disposed toward reviews of complete cable systems than individual cables, but Nicholas Ripley’s review of Allnic’s clever Zero Loss Technology in the ZL-3000 power cord piqued my interest, so it’s time to try ...read more -
Novafidelity N15D Network streamer
|Changing a brand name can sometimes be tricky. When ‘BackRub’ decided to become ‘Google’, for example, it worked out just fine–mostly because no one had the first idea what ‘BackRub’ was (or ‘Google’ at first, ...read more -
Magico A1 stand-mount loudspeaker
|If there’s one thing all audio people think is ‘a done deal’, it’s the sealed-box two-way standmount loudspeaker. We’ve been there and done that, whether it was an LS3/5a, a Linn Kan, or any one ...read more -
Karan Acoustics LINEa preamplifier
|It has become a cliché in audio circles to claim ‘there are no good preamplifiers’. Fortunately, there are exceptions to the rule and they are increasing in number. Ten years ago, the number of really ...read more -
KLH Ultimate One headphones
|Some audio firms are forever written into the history of high-performance audio. Acoustic Research (AR) and Kloss, Lowe and Hoffman (KLH) are two that immediately come to mind. Over the years the trademark KLH has ...read more -
Esprit Alpha power and Beta interconnect and loudspeaker cables
|French cable expert and electro-mechanics engineer Richard Cesari founded Esprit over 20 years ago. Esprit might not be the first name to roll off the tongue in terms of audio hookups, but perhaps it should ...read more