The N1A/2 from Melco is intended to improve on the originals sonic performance, particularly for those using USB DACs. It can store a whole library of your music on its on-board drives and costs £2099 as tested. Dan Worth plugs it into his network and assesses its attributes. More »
Ian Ringstead has reviewed Polish manufacturer TAGA’s more budget oriented loudspeakers previously, this time he takes a listen to their Harmony Diamond B60 Loudspeakers which cost £1610. More »
Not long to go now until The Indulgence Show 2017. More than just a Hifi show, Indulgence is a real experience. More »
Astin Trew will be showing off their new products at the Indulgence Show, London.
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Audiobyte will be demonstrating their Hydra Z Reference USB audio playback bridge with ZPM power module and the Black Dragon DSD digital preamplifier and in Room D1 – St Julien on the 2nd floor at The Indulgence Show in London (29th Sept – 1st October). More »
Recently signed to Svart Records (Oranssi Pazuzu, Blaak Heat, Kairon; IRSE, Trees of Eternity and more), Hallatar are now gearing up to release their debut album No Stars Upon the Bridge, which is based on the lyrics and poems of Aleah Starbridge. More »
Going through a warehouse crammed with 50 years of archival material yielded things Steve Miller had forgotten about, as well as things he didn’t even know existed, as he prepared for his new catalog deal with Capitol/UMe and the upcoming Ultimate Hits set. More »
The forthcoming album, “Las Napalmas”, is a “to be or not to be” project, both for the listeners and the band. If you throw yourself into its musical whirlwind, which Tobias and Simen from Aiming For Enrike do every time, we’re pretty sure that you soon will catch on as well. Inside it’s atmospheric, it’s staccato, it’s fierce and it’s fascinating. But most of all it’s a lot of fun. More »
I put a poll up on the Audiophiles UK. Hi-Fi and Music Facebook page the other day asking which cables members thought made most difference in a system and someone added options for magic mushrooms, certain green Dutch products and booze and so this naturally got me thinking about the connections between music and drugs and their origins. Note, I’m not suggesting anyone takes any drug that is not prescribed by a doctor in any way! Drugs are BAD, Ok kids? More »
Thomas Jansen, Product Manager at Kii Audio, the German manufacturer of the Kii Three active loudspeakers, will be demonstrating them at The Indulgence Show in London (29th Sept – 1st Oct) in room D1 – St Julien on the second floor. More »
‘Post Meridiem’ is the third album by Vancouver, Canada based songwriter Jasper Sloan Yip. Produced by John Raham (Dan Mangan, Frazey Ford, Dralms), ‘Post Meridiem’ refines the blend of folk, rock and pop sensibilities that have won Jasper critical acclaim in his home territory in the years since his 2010 debut. More »
Lonely The Brave have been deliberately quiet these last few months, working on new material and reassessing what has come before. This has been all the more noticeable because before then, they had never stopped: last year alone saw them secure a no.1 on the rock chart with their second LP “Things Will Matter”, sell-out a headline tour and play main support on a hugely successful European tour with Biffy Clyro, followed with a thematically linked series of EP’s which have shown the sheer depth of strong material that was available to them around that second record. More »
On September 22, Ridgewood, NJ’s Prawn will release their new album entitled Run via Topshelf Records. Today they share the first single, ‘Rooftops’ via Billboard, who say “Where past Prawn songs employed strings and woodwinds, “Rooftops” — like the rest of Run — focuses on the instruments and voices that drive the band’s live show.” More »
Hailing from Mönchengladbach, Germany, Earl Grey were founded just a couple of years ago and have so far released two EPs (Ready to Leave & Passing Time) with coverage in the likes of Kerrang!, Rock Sound, Alt Press and Punktastic. Shortly after releasing that debut EP, Earl Grey toured the UK and Europe, fast building an interest and popularity for their cathartic, passionate live shows. The band followed this with an ambitious tour of Eastern Europe involving 21 shows in 7 countries (and more than 8000km of driving). More »
PMC has teamed up with renowned guitar tutor, Richard Deyn, to enable The Indulgence Show visitors, with no guitar playing experience, to learn how to confidently play a riff, record it and keep the results, giving them an insight into how to make music. More »
Janine Elliot takes a listen to the SoundKaos LIBéRATION Loudspeakers that use an open baffle design along with ribbon tweeters in a package costing just over £17,000. More »
David Shevyn, General Manager of GIK Acoustics will be presenting his seminar about How To Set up Your Room and Room Acoustics at the Audio and AV Show Birmingham. More »
Surrey based streaming specialists Ultimate Stream got in touch to let us know what products from their portfolio will be showcased at the Audio and AV Show at the Birmingham ICC/Hyatt Hotel 16-17th Sept. More »
Following the release of Acoustic Classics Vol. II to great reviews in August, Richard Thompson will release Acoustic Rarities (Beeswing via Proper Distribution) on October 6, just ahead of his UK tour that month. Acoustic Rarities is new recordings of some of the more obscure songs in the Thompson catalogue, some previously existing only as cover versions. More »
His raspy voice is as dry as the soil in Death Valley. His full beard is as prickly as a desert cactus. And the atmosphere in his songs is reminiscent of movie scenes shot by Jim Jarmusch, Quentin Tarantino and David Lynch. The 27-year old singer and songwriter Daniel Welbat is an engaging, passionate entertainer and, together with his excellent band WellBad, he has impressed critics and enthused audiences wherever they have performed their very own brand of modern Blues Rock. More »
Linn have added their latest digital-to-analogue conversion technology, Katalyst. To their Akubarik and Akudorik loudspeakers. More »
The new floorstanding Aequo Audio Stilla will be launched at The Indulgence Show in London later this month. More »
Bowers & Wilkins have just launched their new 700 Series loudspeakers, which, they say, develops the ethos of the CM Series that the 700 series replaces, plus adds technology from the 800 Series Diamond and new, bespoke acoustic innovations. More »
With 2015’s debut album Class charting in the UK Top 100 and Scottish Top 10, reaching number one in the UK Indie Breakers chart, and receiving over three million plays on Spotify, The LaFontaines are ready to top that success with the seething power of their second album Common Problem, out on 27th October 2017 via A Wolf At Your Door Records. More »
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