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TARA Labs Release Apollo Extreme Cables

For more than 30 years, TARA Labs has been manufacturing audio cables in Oregon, USA. They now are releasing their Apollo Extreme series which includes an interconnect and speaker cables, which are available in both stereo and bi-wire models.                                  

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Black Cat Announces Silverstar! 75 Mk. II

Japan based Chris Sommovigo’s Mk. II update to the Black Cat Silverstar! 75 Digital cable incorporates a “lite” variant of the RF rejection materials employed in both the Digit-75 and, to a greater degree, the TRØN Super-Reference SPDIF cable.

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High End Munich 2018 …Are You Ready?

High End Munich 2018 kicks off next month and will see probably the largest Hifi gathering in the world.  Make sure you keep up to date with what is happening at the show, who will be there, the new products that you want to see…all the information and coverage of the Hifi Show will be […]

Live Music Music News

Nearly Dan – The Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh

I’ve been a bit sniffy about tribute bands in the past, and deep in my bones I suspect I always might be; it’s the “it’s not really them” factor I suppose.  But having seen three of the best in the business: The Australian Pink Floyd, The Musical Box and Rumours Of Fleetwood Mac, I’ve learned […]

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Sumiko Announces 6 New Phono Cartridges

Sumiko, who have been making cartridges for nearly 40 years, have announced six new phono cartridges, the outcome of a 3-year development effort.  The new line will be premiered at the Munich High End Show, May 10th -13th, 2018.

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New Amplifier From Benchmark

Benchmark has introduced a new headphone / line amplifier with four 256-step relay-controlled attenuators and four 16-step relay-controlled boost amplifiers.

Hifi Reviews Loudspeakers

Kralk Audio TDB4 Speakers and Stands

Alan Clark at Kralk Audio in Yorkshire, England has designed a budget range of speakers and called them The TBD range, standing for The Dogs B******s. Ian Ringstead auditions the TDB4s, the second smallest of the range and costing £355 to £465, depending on the finish chosen, to ascertain whether these really are the dog’s danglies, […]

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Chrysta Bell – The Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh

Texan singer Chrysta Bell first came to my notice when she played Agent Tammy Preston in David Lynch’s Twin Peaks:The Return.  CB, as she is known to her band mates, first met Lynch in 1999 and they have worked together on a number of musical projects including her debut solo album This Train and a […]

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Gypsyfingers Tour Dates

Following their critically well-received slot as the opening act on Tubular Bells For Two’s UK tour last autumn, Gypsyfingers now embark on their first ever UK tour, with a brand new single, Half World, released to coincide with the dates.

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REVIEW – Kralk Audio TDB4 Speakers And Stands

Alan Clark at Kralk Audio in Yorkshire, England has designed a budget range of speakers and called them The TBD range, standing for The Dogs B******s. Ian Ringstead auditions the TDB4s, the second smallest of the range and costing £355 to £465, depending on the finish chosen, to ascertain whether these really are the dog’s danglies, […]