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Black Rhodium Overture/Polka/Stream cables
|In pro audio the answer to the question what’s the best cable? Is “the one that is the right length to make the connection.” In domestic audio, as we know, it’s not quite that straightforward! ...read more -
ELAC Adante AS-61 standmount loudspeaker
|When it comes to designing loudspeakers, Andrew Jones is one of the sharpest tools in the box. He has the magic touch and seldom puts a foot wrong in the products that fall under his ...read more -
Pioneer SE-Monitor 5 headphones
|Pioneer launched an ultimate flagship headphone called the SE-Master 1 a couple of years ago. Open-backed, hand-crafted, built to order, made of unobtanium-wrapped fantasticium, with ear-cups made of unicorn eyelids… that sort of thing. There’s ...read more -
Mobile Fidelity Studiophono phono stage
|Mobile Fidelity’s Impressive Studiodeck turntable and Studiotracker cartridge were reviewed in Issue 156, and rightly applauded for their build quality, excellent sonics, and set-up ease. During the process of putting my final touches on the ...read more -
Aavik Acoustics U-150 Unity integrated amplifier
|When a company makes a hit of an amplifier in the high-end – even if actual sales are not huge, it’s sometimes hard to listen to criticism. Especially when that criticism is muted next to ...read more -
Chord Electronics DAVE DAC/SPM 1050 MkII stereo power amplifier
|I think it was Krell that got the ball rolling on heavy duty chassis construction for audio. Many have picked up this ball since the 1980s but no company (in the UK at least) has ...read more -
Shunyata Research Denali D6000/T power distributor
|The Denali by Shunyata Research is one of those products that came late to the UK. Everywhere else in the world (starting from the US on out) got the power distributor before us, but it ...read more -
Sugden Sapphire DAP‑800 preamp and FBA-800 power amplifier
|For just over half a century, for almost as long as there have been transistor amplifiers in fact, there has been Sugden. The company moves to its own beat; it makes amps that don’t follow ...read more -
Bel Canto Design Black EX integrated amplifier
|Bel Canto Design has been producing terrific sounding gear for over twenty years. Based in the heart of downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, the firm began as a tube specialist yet has evolved into a premier solid-state ...read more -
Exposure XM5 integrated amplifier
|Way back in the day when Exposure were the only real competitor that Naim had in the UK, both companies made a lot of half width black boxes. They were all ugly and, in the ...read more -
Dynaudio Contour 30 floorstanding loudspeaker
|There’s an easy – but wrong-headed – dismissal of Dynaudio as just a safe pair of musical hands. The notion is understandable: the company makes very well-built loudspeakers with a significant amount of objective test ...read more -
Dan D’Agostino Master Audio Systems Progression preamp and stereo amplifier
|The Dan D’Agostino Master Audio Systems Progression range is designed to sit under the mighty Momentum. But, unlike most brands that make the cheaper line ‘lite’ or ‘stripped-down’, D’Agostino makes the two lines entirely different ...read more -
Audeze LCD-MX4 planar magnetic headphone
|Many veteran headphone enthusiasts are familiar with the California-based firm Audeze and its famous LCD family of full-size planar magnetic headphones, the flagship model of which is the critically acclaimed LCD-4 headphone, which sells for ...read more -
Sennheiser HD 800 S headphones and HDV 820 DAC/amplifier
|Sennheiser’s ‘functional’ top end (as in, excluding the “give me your Amex Black and repeat after me… help yourself!” Orpheus) was rebooted with the HD 800. This remains a stunning headphone that was launched with ...read more -
Townshend F1 Fractal loudspeaker cable
|Max Townshend has been an interesting and highly creative force on the British and International audio scene for the past 43 years, making huge contributions in many areas. Examples include The Rock turntable with its ...read more