Pristine Vinyl ViVac RCS Record Cleaner
PRISTINE VINYL VIVAC RCS RECORD CLEANER REVIEW Janine Elliot tries out Pristine’s Vinyal ViVAc RCS record cleaner costing from £2750.
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SOLEN CV40-EL84 Integrated Amplifier
SOLEN CV40-EL84 INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER REVIEW Janine Elliot takes a listen to the French brand SOLEN’s CV40 amplifier, which uses EL84 tubes as its power tubes.
Orchard Audio Valencia Headphone Amplifier
ORCHARD AUDIO VALENCIA HEADPHONE AMPLIFIER REVIEW Oscar Stewart takes a listen to the Orchard Audio Valencia Headphone Amplifier.
Reel-to-Reel Review – Beethoven 9th Syphony – Chasing The Dragon
BEETHOVEN 9th SYMPHONY – CHASING THE DRAGON REEL-TO-REEL Janine Elliot takes a listen to the latest reel-to-reel release from Chasing The Dragon.
Reel to Reel Review – Rafał Jackiewicz Quartet, Sea Poetry, 2 Track 15ips Tape
Alan McIntosh takes a listen to Rafał Jackiewicz Quartet, Sea Poetry, on 2-track 15ips Reel-to-reel tape.
Trilogy 921 Integrated Amplifier
TRILOGY 921 INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER REVIEW Janine Elliot tries out the entry-level integrated amplifier, the 921, from British manufacturer Trilogy.
A Fly in the Designer Ointment, or Where the Hell Do I Put All This?
The week before last, I wrote about our trip to Milan Design Week where HiFi felt like it had slipped into a different world, a world where it sat really beautifully alongside thoughtfully designed furniture, interesting spaces, and people who probably own fewer cables than most of us, but have far nicer chairs. I also […]
Innuos STREAM 3 Streamer/Server and DAC
INNUOS STREAM 3 REVIEW STREAM 3 by Innuos is an all-in-one streamer/server DAC that comes with a number of output options and a dedicated app. Stuart Smith takes a listen for HiFi PiG.
Milan Design Week and What We Could Learn From It
The week before last, Lin and I were in Milan for what was meant to be a much-needed break. A proper holiday where we were going to switch off, eat well, wander about, look at nice buildings and not think too much about work or HiFi or any of that.
Quad CDT CD Transport
QUAD CDT CD TRANSPORT REVIEW The QUAD CDT CD transport is a standalone CD transport that must be connected to an external DAC (or amp with onboard DAC) to make sense of its output and convert the zeros and ones to musical information. It costs £1690.
Kiwi Ears Halcyon Earphones
KIWI EARS HALCYON EARPHONES REVIEW Kiwi Ears Halcyon earphones launch today on Kickstarter, but Oscar Stewart got his hands on a set prior to launch and gives you his thoughts on this $200 (early bird price) earphone.
Audio Show Deluxe Confirms 2027 Dates
AUDIO SHOW DELUXE 2027 DATES CONFIRMED The organisers of Audio Show Deluxe have confirmed the dates for its 2027 event.
The Golden Ear Myth Exposed – The Golden Lobes
There is a bit of a thing in certain more cynical circles of audiophiles, where it is assumed that all of us reviewer types are wandering about, thinking we have been gifted some superhuman hearing. You get the idea: the chosen few, the blessed, the ones with ears so finely tuned and accurate they can […]
Pink Floyd and The Aliens, Man
I came across something the other day on social media that I probably should have ignored. One of those things that you read, roll your eyes at, and scroll on – Roll and Scroll. Except this one kind of stuck with me. Not because I believed it, but because it didn’t fall apart straight away […]
Interview: Shunyata Research’s Caelin Gabriel on HiFi Cables, Power & Audio Performance
Caelin Gabriel rarely gives interviews, which makes this conversation at Audio Show Deluxe something a bit special. In this video, Stuart sits down with Caelin Gabriel, Founder and CEO of Shunyata Research, alongside Richard Rogers, Global Sales Manager, to talk about the thinking behind one of the most talked-about names in high-end audio cables and […]
Technics SC-CX700 Speakers and SL-40CBT Turntable
TECHNICS SC-CX700 SPEAKERS AND SL-40CBT DIRECT DRIVE TURNTABLE REVIEW I’m a bit of a Technics fanboy and have several of their turntables in the house, including a pair of Mk7s, a MK2, and a G, with the latter being the heart of the current reference system at Hifi PiG Towers, though we ordered the latest […]