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Perfect Sound Forever, All Else is Gaslight
These phrases greeted the introduction of domestic digital music to consumers in 1982.
I immediately went out and bought a Philips CD104 player.
I played the sampler disc and WOW. No crackles, no clicks, no pops. An even frequency response with...
Introduction
A number of months ago our erstwhile editor, George47, asked me to give Roon ‘a go’ and write my impressions. I agreed and parked it in the to-do pile. Without short-circuiting this write-up that was a mistake.
In the following review, I will be examining Roon used in a Nearfield...
Project CD Box RS2T and Pre Box RS2 Digital
Kevin Fiske
At a price of £2,200 and £1,900 respectively, Vienna-based Project Audio System’s CD Box RS2T transport and Pre Box RS2 Digital DAC are undoubtedly pushing at the upper limits of what many audiophiles are prepared to pay in order to...
Have you heard a quarter of a million-pound system?
I suspect most of us have, but generally in a space set up in a dealers or a hotel room to accommodate a large-ish number of people; so, hardly an ideal listening environment. My experience is that attention to detail really matters, and that...
Chord Electronics Choral Etude Review
Chord Electronics Choral Etude
£4,500
150W into 4 ohms
33.3 (W) x 7.1 (H) x 15.4 (D) cm
230VAC
3.45kg
Black or Silver
Inputs: 2xXLR (balanced); 2xRCA (single ended)
Outputs: Pair WBT speaker terminals
Chord Electronics: https://chordelectronics.co.uk/...
Pro-ject Tube DS2 (£699)
Phono Stage
Reviewed by Mr Underhill
Introduction
The little phono stage arrived well packaged and immediately appealed to me. Its straight-forward design has well labelled controls making the use of a manual almost superfluous. Design follows function.
Two...
Fanthorpes Audio
Audio Good Guys by George Sallit
I spent my formative years in Hull, Humberside or East Yorkshire as it is now called.
Kingston upon Hull was the City of Culture in 2017 don’t cha know!
And nestled in Hepworths Arcade, Silver Street (old part of Hull) is the audio emporium...
GutWire Ultimate Ground Cable
Review by George Sallit
There must be thousands of cable makers in audio-land all using different conductors, insulators, connectors and designs. Some use a scientific approach to their cables, others do not. Most use novel approaches to making cables to connect...
Introduction
Full details and manufacturer specifications for the Chord Huei can be found HERE. It is a moving magnet and moving coil phono stage with unbalanced RCA inputs and both balanced and unbalanced outputs.
The Huei itself benefits from the robust construction techniques of all Chord...
Introduction
'Come in, the water's lovely!'
'Come in, the water's lovely!'. Cables are such a boring uncontentious area. Just to nail some colours to the mast, I have found that cables make a difference, and this has been evident to me since I first started listening to a HiFi. At that time...
Another day another review, and another opportunity to put my neck on the cable-deniers’ chopping block.
Earlier this year I wrote about Puritan Audio’s mains cables, the Classic, the Classic Plus and the Ultimate. The plain-speaking and honest construction favoured by Puritan’s Mike Lester...
There are tens, if not hundreds, of isolation devices in audio. Their stated aim is to isolate your precious audio equipment from the local environment and in particular the sound/vibrations from the loudspeakers.
The range of these isolation devices is wide. There are nice looking wooden...