It is a rare thing indeed to witness the hatching of a new and enduring British high end audio brand. I hope, really hope, that this what we are seeing in the first flutterings of SW1X Audio Design of Coggeshall, Essex. Founder Dr Slawa Roschkow’s debut commercial products are a …

I have kept a weathered eye on the world of Class D amplifiers. And I have seen it move from being only suitable for bass speakers to something a little better, but not that much better.

Sunday 26th June 2016, Cranage Hall AND Wychwood Park Cheshire The North West Audio Show is now in its third year and has proved itself to be a must for anyone interested in quality home audio and music. TWO GREAT VENUES This year the North West Audio Show takes place on …

The turntables and tone arms designed and manufactured by Southampton company Origin Live are what might be called sleepers.

The week leading up to Guildford Audio’s HiFi Show was wild to say the least. I landed from Amsterdam late Friday night only to hop on a train first thing Saturday morning for Reading and NOT Guildford. A lot of firsts for me…never been to that part of the country and …

Blending ingredients from Arcam’s 2016 range and their intensive R&D programme, the best-selling desktop irDAC gets a major performance and function upgrade. For 2016 we’ve taken our hugely successful irDAC, updated it, improved it, added Bluetooth aptX streaming, an audiophile-grade headphone amp, direct/remote volume, input control and more. The irDAC-II …

Presented in a ATC blue piano finish, the SCM10SE is enhanced with an anodised silver aluminium tweeter wave guide, complementary silver mid/bass driver surround and a fine grain blue leather baffle, hand-finished by Eissmann, a leading supplier of pristine interior trims for many of the world’s most desirable car brands including Aston Martin, Bugatti, Lamborghini and McLaren. Matching the flawless precision of its finish, the …

Quad unveils its latest loudspeaker range, the Z Series – the first of many new products planned for 2016 in celebration of the distinguished British audio brand’s 80th year. Like the S Series, which launched in 2015 to widespread acclaim, the new range combines advanced Kevlar-coned bass and midrange drivers with a specially …