REVIEW: There should be more comfortable ways of listening to music than shoving tiny speakers covered in rubber foam into your auditory canals.
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Rega does Elicit-R(ight)
REVIEW: It’s a name that refuses to surrender to history, the Elicit as conjured by Rega in 1991 and now in its third iteration. Will the latest be a keeper or sleeper?
Audiolab Q-DAC – tweaker’s delight
REVIEW: One great side-effect of the modern hi-fi era – it has united the preamp and DAC into a single box, as seen on the Audiolab Q-DAC. Now, if only we could get the loudspeakers out of the way…
SVS SB-1000 – high-class lows
REVIEW: How low does it go for bass that gets to your gut without rendering you unconscious? SVS Sound shows the way with this extremely pleasing and friendly sub…
JBL Flip, Charge – wire-free and portable
REVIEW: We take the occasional break from high-brow high fidelity to check out how the other gazillion music fans enjoy their fave tracks… and surprise, they’re doing it without tripping over wires!
Rogue Audio Sphinx – hybrid pleasures
REVIEW: Occasionally, something comes along that makes you smile at the simpler pleasures. Rogue Audio’s Sphinx amp is one such thing… old-fashioned and modern in different parts, it is more than the sum of its parts.
PS Audio P10 Power Plant – power me heavy
REVIEW: Those worried about investing in power conditioning or re-shaping devices because they don’t look “cool” enough, fret no more… PS Audio’s P10 Power Plant is the real deal from any angle.
Audiolab M-PWR – simple things done well
REVIEW: Not everyone wants a power amp that comes packed in a crate and needs a futsal team to move; some small things deliver enough pizzazz to please listeners who are more concerned about enjoying the music.
Chord Electronics – enter the ‘perfect’ Class D amp
FEATURE: UK’s Chord Electronics has seldom been perceived as lagging in the technology game. However, upping the ante further is something touted to be a game-changer and put the company well ahead of the competition.
VPI mulls an even more affordable Traveler
FEATURE: In which we delve into the mind of a young man tasked with taking turntable manufacturer VPI Industries into the distant future. Here’s our interview – digital, ironically, via email – with VPI scion Mathew Weisfeld.
Burmester 061 – an abundance of class
REVIEW: Tradition can be misleading. Here’s a German product that breaks the mold and occupies a comfortable niche where music reigns above all else… but there’s a price, of course …
KLIAV 2013 – a pictorial
NEWS: Several species of of energetic audiophiles and AV people gathered together in a hotel and grooving with a pict … with apologies to Pink Floyd, here’s some eye candy from the KL International AV Show 2013.
Burmester 082 – warm of heart
REVIEW: If you like your amplifier in one classy box of shiny metal, and without any sonic compromise whatsoever … keep dreaming! But this Burmester machine certainly ticks a number of right boxes.
KEF LS50 – bigger than small
REVIEW: Not all speakers look alike, you can tell your non-audiophile friends now. The KEF LS50 shows how to mix styling flair with high-quality sonic delivery. We are smitten …
Triton phono – Rogue Audio’s giant killer
REVIEW: To buy… or wait for something even better… ? Such are the musings that drift across an analogue addict’s mind as he flicks his way through a series of mind-altering DIP switches …
Living with Maggies – Part 2
RANT ‘N RAVES: More on the Maggies as our jack of a few trades discusses his prolonged affair with panel speakers that compete with doors for room space … once a Maggie lover, forever in trouble!
Monitor Audio GX50 – little wonder
REVIEW: Small speakers are not only fun, they can look classy and sound magnificent too, as the Monitor Audio GX50 proves. We are not surprised, given the Brit outfit’s track record.
Living with Maggies – Part 1
RANTS ‘N RAVES: If you were stricken by a case of love at first listen with Magneplanar speakers, there’s no turning back. And who would know better than someone who has spent a good part of the past two decades living with them. Here’s the first installment of a multi-part dissertation.
Going vinyl … ain’t that simple
RANTS ‘ N RAVES: Audiophiles are occasionally asked difficult questions by well-meaning friends. Sometimes, there’s just no straight answer … and this is one of those times.
Parasound Zcd – zest in a pack
REVIEW: Now. now, what have we here? A pint-sized CD player that thinks big … well, as they say, explosives come in little packages and Parasound’s Zcd makes no apology for its size.