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Hifi and Live Music.

Well today is Fete de la Musique in France and this is the one day of the year where towns and villages across the country put on a great deal of free music in their streets and bars. The whole country comes out in a big celebration of all things musical and a great time […]

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Bob Carver VTA20S

Bob Carver have launched the VTA20S and will ship in July at a cost of $2100. The new stereo amplifier is  rated at 20 WRMS in 2 channel stereo mode or 40 WRMS when used in single channel mono mode. The amplifier features auto biasing and low idle current greatly increasing EL84M output tube life. […]

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Unity Audio – The Rock MK2

Unity Audio have started to ship the new Rock MKII active 2 way near field monitor -not strictly Hifi but I know a lot of people have desk top systems where this kind of loudspeaker can be useful. The Mark 1 Unity Audio Rock was introduced just over two years ago and this version aims […]

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Wharfedale Denton Returns

The Denton 80th Anniversary Edition is a two-way speaker in the classic bookshelf tradition, hand veneered in mahogany by Wharfedaleʼs cabinet makers with an inset front baffle and traditional tungsten grey cloth grille. The bass unit features Wharfedaleʼs woven Kevlar cone mounted on a rigid die-cast chassis. High frequencies are handled by a woven textile […]

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Confessions of a Hifi Addict

There are those in hifi that like to collect boxes and I’m not ashamed to say that I count myself in this category. I like the fact that my hifi takes up a whole wall in one room of the house and I don’t think I would get the same satisfaction from a one box […]

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Perreaux Audiant DP32 32-bit Dac Preamplifier

Perreaux, the designer and manufacturer of home audio equipment, announce the U.K. release of their new high resolution audio preamplifier, the Audiant DP32. A fully balanced analogue preamplifier with on-board 32-bit/192kHz DAC and asynchronous USB audio streaming, the Audiant DP32 is said to be well-equipped to playback today’s high resolution digital music. “The DP32 raises […]

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What is Hifi?

Hi-fi can mean so many things to different folk, so a quick search on the internet seemed in order and Wikipedia had the following to say: “High fidelity –  or hi-fi or hifi  – reproduction is a term used by home stereo listeners and home audio enthusiasts (audiophiles) to refer to high-quality reproduction of sound […]

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Harmon Kardon’s New Headphone Range

Harmon Kardon release today a series of 4 headphones with a 5th due shortly. The BT (pictured) is an over the ear wireless headphone that features Bluetooth equipped with a built-in microphone, AAC and apt-X wireless coding and user-exchangeable headbands to allow for a better fit. Price for the BT is 220£. The 170£ CL […]

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Burson Soloist

Burson was formed in 1969 by a team of audiophiles with the idea of pooling their knowledge and developing a few projects for themselves to enjoy.  Their first commercial project was launched in 2005 and on 1st July 2012 they release their latest – the Soloist headphone amplifier and pre amplifier. The Burson soloist will […]

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Solaja Audio Sedra One, Two and Three

Solaja Audio is a Serbian Hifi manufacturer of valve based amplifiers and preamplifiers and owned by designer Dragan Solaja. The company have recently introduced a range of three products under the Sedra name and called the Sedra One, The Sedra Two and you guessed it The Sedra Three. The Sedra One is a single ended […]

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Reference Fidelity to Offer New Range

Reference Fidelity Components (RFC) the UK manufacturer of audiophile interconnects and ancillaries have announced today that they have partnered with a manufacturer of bespoke, wooden home furniture. The partnership will broaden the RFC product range to include loudspeaker stands, equipment racks and turntable plinths; including plinths for the legendary Garrard 301 and 401 turntables. All […]

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All White for KEF

KEF has added a piano white high gloss finish option to its new R Series of loudspeakers.  Featuring many of KEF’s latest innovations the R Series seeks to make higher-end audiophile standards of sound reproduction more affordable.  Uni-Q® driver arrays combine with new bass drivers and several other innovations to create a “rich, spacious sound […]

Album Reviews

Neil Young and Crazy Horse – Americana

Americana is the artist’s 34th studio album and his first recorded collaboration with Crazy Horse since 2003’s Greendale. It’s a collection of traditional and folk tunes from America given Young’s and Crazy Horse’s “unique” grunge treatment. What you get are twelve tracks that don’t do a great deal to surprise, but will welcomed by Neil […]