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Sony IER-Z1R Signature Series universal-fit earphone
|At the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2018 Sony announced two Signature Series personal audio products: the DMP-Z1 digital music player/headphone amp/DAC and the IER-Z1R universal-fit earphone reviewed here. New Sony Signature Series models don’t come ...read more -
Sugden Masterclass ANV-50 integrated amplifier
|It was ‘Birdland’ that did it. I’d been listening to the Sugden Masterclass ANV-50 for a day or two. Not careful, reviewer type listening, you understand, just getting to know you listening, and it had ...read more -
Astell&Kern ACTIVO CT10 portable digital audio player
|When my review of the Astell&Kern A&Futura SE100 appeared on the website of our sister magazine The Absolute Sound, the first reader comment was, “Yet another DAP from A&K? Whoopee.” Snide, but I get it. ...read more -
Harman Kardon Citation Towers wireless floorstanding loudspeakers
|It’s possible to reach all the way back to the mid-1950s and draw a straight line to these most 21st Century of loudspeakers. Well, a straightish line at least – there are one or two ...read more -
IsoTek EVO3 Syncro Uni DC offset blocking device
|The IsoTek EVO3 Syncro Uni is a small, relatively light brushed aluminium box. It has an IEC output on one side and the plug socket of your country on the other. It is designed to ...read more -
Wilson Audio Sasha DAW floorstanding loudspeaker
|There is almost a hint of sadness about the Wilson Audio Sasha DAW. The suffix is short for ‘David A Wilson’, the founder of Wilson Audio and father of Wilson Audio’s President and CEO, Daryl ...read more -
Neat Acoustics Ekstra floorstanding loudspeakers
|There is a lot of discussion about ‘price creep’ in audio. A lot of it is extremely understandable and, to no small amount, justified. Granted some of that comes from taking long hiatuses in audio ...read more -
Cyrus 82 DAC/QXR integrated amplifier
|You can usually tell what a product is from its name, an LP12 plays LPs or ‘vinyls’ (spit), a CD17 played CDs and a NAP 300 is a (Naim) amplifier. Cyrus takes a different approach ...read more -
Lateral Audio Stands LAS-4 Integral
|The name sounds a bit like a piece of military hardware, but the Lateral LAS-4 Integral is, in fact a high-performance and inherently upgradable equipment support. Equipment supports seem to be evenly divided between those ...read more -
Hegel Audio Systems H390 integrated amplifier
|Here’s how you make a good modern integrated amplifier. Start with the best bits from the last generation of good modern integrated amplifier and mix in many of the best bits of the new flagship ...read more -
Final B Series earphones: Part Two
|Last time, I wrote the first section of a two-part review of the new B-series (B1, B2, and B3) earphones from Final. This is part two of that review and it focuses on the B1—the ...read more -
Totaldac d1-core digital converter/streamer
|Owning a Totaldac product is like an audiophile badge of honour. You fought valiantly in the Mainstream Wars and this is your reward. It will never be That Brand Everyone Knows because it’s just too ...read more -
Final B Series earphones: Part One
|Final is a Japanese personal audio specialist with a reputation for offering products exhibiting very high build quality, innovative designs, and fine sound quality. Lately, Final has been pushing both the envelopes for performance (through ...read more -
Totem Acoustic Tribe Tower floorstanding loudspeaker
|Totem Acoustic makes some wonderful loudspeakers that don’t break the bank, but sometimes – like most loudspeaker designs – they don’t tick as many aesthetic boxes as they do sonic ones. Relative to the rest ...read more -
TechDAS AirForce V turntable
|TechDAS? That’s the ‘open your wallet and repeat after me... help yourself!’ turntable brand, isn’t it? Everything rides on a column of money powered by several air compressors. That’s not for real people, that’s for ...read more