Album Reviews

Renaud – Renaud

This has been an absolutely huge record in France achieving the highest week one sales in fourteen years and going Double Platinum in its first week of sales. I wasn’t expecting this to land on my desk and when youngest son saw it he declared it rubbish…though I strongly suspect he’s only heard snippets, or […]

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Wilson Audio Launch Yvette

Watch the new Wilson Audio video, for an introduction to Yvette, which Wilson say is their ‘most technically advanced single-enclosure, compact loudspeaker’ and draws on their WATT/Puppy which has ‘long been touted as the most commercially successful loudspeaker over $10,000 in the history of audio’.  

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Devialet Launch Gold Phantom

French brand, Devialet, are obviously in an Olympic mood and have given their ‘plug and play audiophile experience’ Phantom (whose launch we attended at High End Munich 2015) a 22 carat rose gold make-over. Not just a change in the finish though, they have beefed up the Phantom’s insides too. Devialet claim the new Gold […]

Comment Retro Bites

The RCA Tape Cartridge

Hifi is an odd bod. We get great ideas, and then go backwards in sound quality before going forwards again. I mean, look at the resurgence of the LP, or the backwards philosophy of MP3. Most will say the CD was a bit of a white elephant. Of course we all remember the cassette tape, […]

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Focal Launches New Line Of High-End Headphones

Focal, the French loudspeaker manufacturer renowned for its speaker driver technology, is unveiling three new models of headphones. They bring ‘major innovation in acoustic components and mechanical design’. Initiated four years ago, this huge project has now given life to Listen, Elear and Utopia. This month also sees the inauguration of Focal’s new production line […]

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Acoustic Energy Launches AEGO3 And AEGO Sound3ar

For music, movies and gaming, AEGO sub-sat series combines miniature high-clarity satellite speakers with a powerful matching subwoofer. The subwoofer houses comprehensive wired and wireless connectivity plus high-output amplifiers for all three channels. This next generation model will be available in two versions. The traditional subwoofer plus stereo satellite package is now joined by a […]

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Exposure adds DSD to 2010S2 DAC

Exposure Electronics has just announced an upgrade to the 2010S2 DAC, enabling the latter to handle DSD music files. The new upgraded edition, available now, is able to handle single-rate DSD (DSD x64 or DSD 2.8mHz) through the USB input, as well as PCM support up to 24-bit / 192kHz. There are also three coaxial […]

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Clones Audio Announce Shaar

Clones Audio have been in touch to let us know abut their latest product. The SHAAR is an  audiophile grade PCIe to USB audio gateway. Ultra low noise regulators for digital chips, clock, USB power. Power input noise filters. Extreme low noise master clock module with the precision 1ppm TCXO. -USB portUSB 3.0 controller -Support […]

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EAT C Major Turntable Arrives Stateside

VANA, Ltd. has announced that the European Audio Team C-Major turntable, the company’s first complete analogue playback solution, is available now through a carefully selected network of US dealers. The C-Major turntable has been engineered and manufactured in Prague to deliver superb performance with a sleek “super-flat” industrial design and comes ready to play right […]

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Code Acoustics Launch At North West Audio Show

Code Acoustics will be launching their brand new ‘SYSTEM-1’ at the North West Audio Show  – Sunday 26th June 2016, Cranage Hall AND Wychwood Park Cheshire. . This consists of TOP-1 and BASS-1, which combine to create a high quality 3-way speaker, and CONTROL-1: A 6-channel amplifier, pre-amp and DSP crossover unit rolled into one box. […]

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Dean’s Top Ten Records Of All Time – North West Audio Show

Following the success of his talk about vinyl at last year’s show, Dean Brissett – record Guru – will be presenting his Top 10 records of all time at this year’s North West Audio Show taking place on the Sunday 26th June 2016 at Cranage Hall AND Wychwood Park Cheshire. .   The presentation will take place in Baird […]