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YAR Y-der loudspeakers, B-yond amp, Feeld platforms, YAR cables
|Let’s start with that name; it’s not an acronym. Everyone in the audio world is so programmed to see the letters ‘A’ and ‘R’ together and assume they have a meaning that one of the ...read more -
Finite Elemente Ceraball, Cerabase, Cerapuc isolation products
|I’m not a big fan of the Rocky franchise, but you can’t help but admire the protagonist’s tenacity in those movies. Life throws more than a few rocks at the lead character and he just ...read more -
The Hi-Fi+ Awards: Cables, Power Products, and Accessories of the year
|Accessory of the Year: Critical Mass Systems CenterStage2 Although Critical Mass Systems is best known for its large and heavy rack systems, perhaps its most important product is the CenterStage2, a range of three equipment ...read more -
The Hi-Fi+ Directory of High-End Audio Manufacturers, 2019
|We’ve selected and showcased the work of 32 of the finest manufacturers in high-end audio in our exclusive guide. Regardless of price, product type, or brand name, we’ve uncovered the most exciting and innovative companies ...read more -
Sneak Peek: Hi-Fi+ Awards – Accessory of the Year
|Although Critical Mass Systems is best known for its large and heavy rack systems, perhaps its most important product is the CenterStage2, a range of three equipment support feet designed to correct physical impedance mismatching ...read more -
Critical Mass Systems Center Stage2 anti-vibration feet
|Critical Mass Systems is well known for making some of the finest (and largest) high-end audio equipment support systems money can buy. So, it might come as something of a shock to discover that CMS ...read more -
Stillpoints Ultra 6 resonance control filters
|I have been using Stillpoints as a fundamental part of my home system now for around a decade. I say ‘fundamental’ because I think that sums up the nature of their application and musical effectiveness ...read more -
Nordost Sort Kone, Füt, and Lift
|We’ve often discussed Nordost in terms of a complete, systemic, and systematic approach to audio, but that message sometimes gets lost against the company’s complete, systemic, and systematic approach to cables and power. In fact, ...read more -
Hi-Fi+ Awards 2016: Cables, Power, and Accessories
|Analogue Audio Cable of the Year Chord Sarum Super ARAY Until the recent launch of ChordMusic, Sarum in all its guises was Chord’s top cable. The latest version – Super ARAY – uses a tuned ...read more -
Quadraspire X-Reference equipment support system
|Although the concept of a demonstration at the point of sale is core to high-performance audio, when it comes to equipment support systems, few companies have the guts to actually demonstrate. Quadraspire is one of ...read more -
Synergistic Research system tuning (Part 2)
|Last month, we discussed the first of a two-part feature on Synergistic Research’s innovative system tuning components. At that point, we began by discussing the company’s Unified Energy Field system. The next step was to ...read more -
YAR Audio - Bespoke luxury in the home of bespoke!
|Earlier this year, a new and elegant high-end Italian audio brand appeared. There’s nothing special in that: high-end start-ups appear frequently, and many of the more elegant ones come from the home of Ferrari and ...read more -
Audio Research, Wilson, Crystal, and HRS system
|‘High-end’ is a term with specific meanings but also less specific implications. In audio terms, it’s not just about performance but a particular style of performance. Historically speaking, it exhibits distinct leftist leanings (left of ...read more -
WIN! Six sets of Mad Scientist Audio BlackPod Ceramic Footers worth £179 per set!!!
|We have teamed up with Auckland-based Mad Scientist Audio to give away three sets of the company’s excellent BlackPod Ceramic Footers and three sets of Ceramic BlackPod with TC Ball, designed to sit under any ...read more -
Audio Cabinet Tamara 3 equipment support
|There’s a school of thought that suggests the equipment table itself has no influence over the sound of an audio system, and another that proclaims no system can be considered truly ‘sorted’ until its support ...read more