Is the compact, feature-packed Como all-in-one unit a viable alternative to the physically larger units currently on sale? [Want to stay up-to-date with The Audiophile Man’s published stories? Click the ‘Subscribe…
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The second part of my HiFi tour is now up and about on Patreon for all of my friends on the £4 and £8 tiers – hope you like it! Slightly…
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Looking for a quality power block for your HiFi? Paul Rigby examines this eight-socket example from Russ Andrews You may wonder why a new power block is needed all. Especially one…
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The X Centro Mk II centre channel speaker arrives in two variants, the X Centro Mk II comes with a ceramic inverted dome tweeter, and the X Centro Diamond Mk II…
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Japanese outfit, Eclipse has bid farewell to the striking TD712zMK2 speaker design Its ‘early retirement’ comes sooner than expected due to delays in introducing its replacement, caused by the pandemic and…
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We’ve got a new music magazine for you this week, packed with Vinyl News but also a couple of books and vinyl reviews too! [Want to stay up-to-date with The Audiophile…
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KEF has added high-end audio to the similarly high-end, all-electric Lotus Eletre Hyper-SUV The Lotus Eletre is a pure electric SUV. A four wheel drive car with a battery capacity of…
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McIntosh has announced that its MX100 A/V Processor now works with Control4, a smart home brand Audio is a key part of Control4 with native support for most streaming services and…
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Technics is celebrating the 50-year anniversary of the SL-1200 DJ turntable, by releasing the limited-edition SL-1200M7L Based on the SL-1200MK7, released in 2019, the new direct-drive turntables will be available in seven limited-edition colours (i.e. black, red,…
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The E120 is an installed wireless audio system for any room in the home. The hardware allows you to pair the wall-mounting E120 with Q Acoustics’ range of in-ceiling or in-wall speakers.…
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Orchard Audio has announced the release of PecanPi DAC, Streamer, and Streamer Ultra Rev 3.0 The Pecan Pi major update for rev 3.0 devices is the addition of a S/PDIF (coax)…
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There’s 16 new releases crossing a range of tastes and types here plus some background information on Record Store Day itself: what it is, why it is and what happens [Want to…
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Author: Stefan Grandos Publisher: Cherry Red Price: £16.99 (soft back) Pages: 357 Apple. It was glorious. It was a revolution. It was a triumph of art and truth over corporate greed…
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Author: Simon Spence Publisher: Omnibus Price: £20 A fascinating book about a fascinating man. A man of talent but, you know what? He was complex. I still admire his talent but,…
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Author: David Hepworth Publisher: Bantam Price: £20 Pages: 314 Magazine publisher and editor (i.e. Smash Hits, Mojo, etc.) and The Old Grey Whistle Test presenter, Hepworth is a music enthusiast, knows…
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Author: Charles Beterams Publisher: Permafrost (direct purchase link HERE) Price: €29.50 Pages: 243 I know Charles Beterams (aka Crazy Diamond) more for his work with his label, Tonefloat. Packed with top artists such…
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Title: The Anthology Publisher: Genesis Price: £45 Before we get to the contents, allow me to talk about the book itself. When it originally appeared, this book was limited to 2,500…
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Author: Bruce Spizer Publisher: 498 Productions Price: from $20 If you’re reading this in the UK or elsewhere in Europe and you’ve never heard of Bruce Spizer then think of him…
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Author: Andreas & Emma Svalander Publisher: Emmagjort Price: £10.95 It could very well be the oddest book I’ve ever reviewed on this site. Why? Because it’s a children’s book. Except that…
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Author: Vernon Joynson Publisher: Borderline Productions Price: £75 You know, I’ve been doing the journalism thing for a few decades now. If you asked me to run off 1,000 words or…
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Author: David Hollander Publisher: Editions Unusual Sounds is An unusual book about an unusual archive of music that flew underneath the radar of public awarness for many years. Even this book,…
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Title: I Just Can’t Stop It: My Life In The Beat Author: Ranking Roger with Daniel Rachel Publisher: Omnibus I don’t know of too many people who were named after actor, Roger…
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TITLE: My Life, Note by Note AUTHOR: Booker T. Jones PUBLISHER: Little, Brown & Company Green Onions. That’s all you really need to say. From those two trigger words you should…
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Author: Bruce Spizer Publisher: 498 Productions Bruce Spizer is a respected Beatles historian and author. In fact, to put him into perspective for UK readers, he’s up there with the likes of…
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Author: Daniel Cook Johnson Publisher: Jawbone Price: £14.95 I’m playing catch up on a series of book reviews which should have been posted here a while back but were not. So,…
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Our first Preview episode is a special-edition video because it features a rare prototype of a (hopefully) forthcoming review The first Patreon Preview is now out and about and ready for…