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Ansuz Powerswitch X-TC audio network switch
|When Melco announced a £2,000 ethernet switch in late 2019, everyone (including me) thought they had lost the plot. It’s the sort of thing that makes the unenlightened think that we sound connoisseurs really are ...read more -
PMC twenty5.26i floorstanding loudspeaker
|PMC has built its brand on a cabinet loading technology that had all but disappeared when the company was launched in 1991. The transmission line became the advanced transmission line or ATL in Pete Thomas ...read more -
Hegel V10 phono preamplifier
|It’s a testament to the success of the vinyl revival that a company that has been making audio electronics for nearly 30 years has decided to make a product specifically to use with this remarkably ...read more -
Dynaudio Heritage Special stand-mount loudspeaker
|If there’s a speaker brand that can rightly use the word ‘heritage’; it’s Dynaudio. The Danish company has been making high-performance drive units and both pro and domestic loudspeakers of all kinds since 1977 and ...read more -
Stack Audio Link II network bridge/streamer/reclocker
|The world of streaming audio is a fast-moving place to be; what was competitive last year is old hat this year so it helps to be young and quick to adapt. Theo Stack is young ...read more -
Atma-Sphere M-60 Mk. 3.3 OTL Monoblock Amplifiers
|Back in pre-COVID-19 days when audio shows were a thing, Atma-Sphere usually showed their amps in a big room with large highly-efficient speakers. Entering the room, you always heard fun and interesting music at a ...read more -
Wilson Audio SabrinaX floorstanding loudspeaker
|Every time I write the word ‘SabrinaX’ it looks funny. I want to pronounce it ‘sab-rine-inks’ even though it is actually ‘Sabrina-X’. I’m getting this out of the way first because it’s the only bit ...read more -
Sonus faber Lumina III floorstanding loudspeakers
|Sonus faber makes some of the best looking, most sumptuous loudspeaker cabinets money can buy. That’s not exactly a controversial statement; the lute-shaped, curved cabinets and rich finishes synonymous with the Italian brand are the ...read more -
EMT JSD Pure Black cartridge and STX-5/10 step-up transformer
|There are a lot of brands with a long-standing reputation in the vinyl world, but few of them have quite as commanding a standing as EMT. Founded in Germany in 1940 as a maker of ...read more -
Dan Clark Audio Æon 2 Noire Headphones
|Once upon a time in a land before globally life altering virus events, I vaguely remember my scant headphone listening time as merely a fun change of pace to my beloved loudspeaker set up. Interesting ...read more -
EarMen TR-Amp portable DAC/headphone amplifier
|You wouldn’t have thought the word ‘portable’ could be contentious, would you? And I suppose it isn’t, not in absolute terms. After all, if a piece of electronic equipment (just as a ‘for instance’) is ...read more -
Moonriver Audio Model 404 integrated amplifier
|I’ve heard a few older systems over the past couple of years. I’m talking about 20 to 30 years old. Inevitably vinyl based, you might assume that the electronics were pre-historic in hi-fi terms but ...read more -
Kudos Titan 707 floorstanding loudspeaker
|This review has been a while in the making – I first started talking to the Kudos guys at shows about a decade ago. In the loudspeaker equivalent of the ‘snog, marry, avoid’ game (which ...read more -
Karan Acoustics Master Collection LINEb preamplifier
|Back in issue 181, we explored in depth the very first creation of Milan Karan’s ‘Master Collection’; a growing family of no-holds-barred line and phono preamplifiers, as well as stereo and mono power amplifiers. All ...read more -
Vertere Acoustics Redline interconnect
|Interconnect cables come and go, but with Redline Vertere is definitely on to something. In fact, this is more a review of Redline as a complete cable family (I still can’t quite bring myself to ...read more