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Musical Fidelity Encore 225 streaming integrated amplifier
|Some products are a little hard to categorise. This one isn’t. This is the one-box system Musical Fidelity head honcho Antony Michaelson wanted for his own use. It’s not designed to fit a niche or ...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 -
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 -
Massdrop x Noble X universal-fit earphones
|Many of my non-audiophile friends and neighbours who have interest in high-performance universal earphones are astonished to learn just how expensive top-tier models can really be. After all, top-of-the-range offerings from firms such as 64 ...read more -
dCS Network Bridge
|Data Conversion Systems (dCS) is based just outside Cambridge (UK) and has its roots in some of the first analogue to digital converters as used for military applications in the 1980’s. This naturally led to ...read more -
Clearaudio Maestro V2 moving magnet cartridge
|It is difficult to make a convincing argument that the upper echelon of the analogue cartridge world is represented by anything outside moving coil design. If you have plans to take a scenic drive through ...read more -
Totem Acoustic Signature One stand-mount loudspeaker
|When I visited the high-end audio demo rooms at the Consumer Electronics Show 2017, I quickly discovered some of the biggest surprises came in deceptively small packages. One such surprise took the form of the ...read more -
PS Audio Huron OS firmware for the DirectStream DAC
|Many audio manufacturers periodically introduce product updates that take the form of parts upgrades and/or design changes. This process is arguably a natural and expected part of the high-end audio game, but it can alienate ...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 -
ELAC Discovery Series DS‑S101-G music server
|People always want to pigeonhole brands. ELAC steadfastly defies such pigeonholing. It was a company that made turntables for the longest time, then it turned to loudspeakers, and now it makes turntables (again) and some ...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 -
Neat Acoustics Iota Alpha floorstanding loudspeaker
|There are a couple of fundamental problems with the Neat Acoustics Iota Alpha loudspeakers; they are small, and they are cute. Precisely why this is a problem becomes clear when you move them out of ...read more -
Estelon YB floorstanding loudspeaker
|We want our systems to speak in many voices. We want to understand what the music is about and to hear how it is being played and recorded, regardless of its genre or specific character. ...read more -
Riva Audio Arena wireless loudspeaker
|Since Riva first hit the streets with its Turbo range of Bluetooth speakers, there has been something of a buzz about the company. Part of that might be the backbone of Audio Design Experts, Inc. ...read more -
Gold Note PH-10 phono stage
|Gold Note’s extensive range of products are less well known than they deserve to be. After you read this review of the Gold Note PH-10 phono stage – and especially when you read the price ...read more