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Acoustic Signature Ascona Turntable
|The world of turntables is in a constant state of flux. Designs and philosophies come and go over the years, and what was once popular has no guarantee of staying that way. Not so long ...read more -
Constellation Audio Virgo preamplifier and Centaur power amplifier
|When Constellation Audio first appeared at CES three years ago, I was not the only one to be taken aback by the quality and style of the casework. However, I was the first to say ...read more -
Avalon Idea loudspeaker
|Avalon’s Idea loudspeaker has one drawback that we’ll get out of the way quickly; the name. Calling a loudspeaker ‘Idea’ almost gifts every writer, commentator, blogger and forum denizen a healthy succession of puns. It’s ...read more -
AA Acoustics AA34 integrated amplifier
|I’m a big fan of the one-line summary. Here’s the one for the AA Acoustics AA34: It’s a Dynaco ST70 with an input selector, a volume control and a remote. That’s it. Job done. The ...read more -
Best of the Best - Nottingham Analogue Studios Space 294
|Some years back and writing for our US-based sister publication The Absolute Sound I had the opportunity to review the intensely iconoclastic and decidedly British Nottingham Analogue Studios Space 294 turntable and tonearm. Coming upon ...read more -
Atohm GT1 loudspeaker
|Atohm is a brand better known than people know about. If that sounds like a contradiction, think on this: when it’s not making drive units (already a rarity) for its own loudspeakers like the GT1, ...read more -
Alacrity Audio Caterthun Classic
|It’s an iron age Scottish hill fort apparently. What this has to do with a company based in the south of England or the two-way speaker that has taken the name is not clear, but ...read more -
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Spendor A3 loudspeakers (Hi-Fi+ issue 86)
|Spendor has carved a name for itself in recent years. Not content with simply being the custodian of BBC designs, it has also delivered a range of loudspeakers that retain much of the original Spendor ...read more -
Point/Counterpoint: Naim SuperUniti (Hi-Fi+ 89)
|We think the SuperUniti from Naim is one of the most important products launched in by the company for years. It represents the best one-box solution from the brand. But there are a lot of ...read more -
Metronome Technologie CD8 (Hi-Fi+ issue 87)
|It’s perhaps a sign just how important this whole computer audio thing has become that virtually all new CD players today come with computer-friendly inputs. Even Metronome Technologie – one of France’s only dedicated CD ...read more -
REL R-328 Subwoofer
|We are constrained by our biases and prejudices. Too often, when exploring those prejudices, we find they are baseless. So it is with the audiophile’s intrinsic dislike for subwoofers. REL’s subwoofers are one of the ...read more -
Rega RP6, Naim SuperUniti and Focal 1028Be system
|The co-mingling of Naim and Focal last year came as something of a surprise to many in the industry. How could two brands whose identities are so closely aligned with their places of origin coexist ...read more -
Metrum Acoustics Hex digital converter
|Scale doesn’t always count in this business. Sure, the bigger companies have the marketing clout to get their products the widest exposure, and some of them have the R&D facilities to do things that small ...read more -
Black Rhodium Tempo interconnect and Samba loudspeaker cables
|How do you get from a twist to a twirl to a samba? Not at your local Latin dance club, unless you are in Black Rhodium’s hometown of Derby perhaps, and following the cable naming ...read more