Title: The Essential Album Collection Vol.1 Label: BMG Classic krautrock all the way from Munich and all the way from 1970 when Popol Vuh were initially formed. They were the first…
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Title: Loose Salute Label: Music on Vinyl Who would have thought that an ex-Monkee would end up being a space cowboy? More than that, who would have thought that his solo…
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Retaining the now iconic Concorde chassis, Paul Rigby reviews the Pick-it S2 which looks to move away from the DJ circuit and enter the field of the audiophile The existence of…
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Three Titan Audio mains cables reviewed by Paul Rigby, this time. Two are new, the Elektra and the Eros while the third, the Helios, has been extended to 3m to power…
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Title: I Love Marijuana Label: Music On Vinyl Hardly subtle, is it? A multi-talented producer, song-writer and performer, this comparatively little known (in broader terms at least) man from Jamaica is…
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Title: The Crossing Label: Music On Vinyl The band’s debut release from 1983, this rock outing had an expansive and anthemic feel to it. Big, bold rhythms and arrangements with hooks…
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Amplifier Review DAC & DAP Review Headline Streaming & Digital Review390 Streamer & Pre-Amplifier From Moon
Packing in a feast of digital but also analogue facilities in a single chassis, Paul Rigby reviews the Moon 390 The concept of the all-in-one hi-fi unit has become incredibly fashionable…
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Reviewed together, Paul Rigby tackles three mains cables in Tellurium Q’s Silver range Rated in the company’s high-end Silver cabling sector and reportedly utilising trickle-down research from its new super high-end…
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Title: Going Deaf For A Living Publisher: Omnibus Press Price: £15 Known as ‘Lammo’ by John Peel, Lamacq himself would admit that his long established stint at BBC Radio 1’s The…
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Technics has announced the Ottava SC-C30 wireless speaker system, a more compact version of the Ottava SC-C50, the new model includes an aluminium top panel. The arc form has been included to, “…help…
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Built with separate Grun grounding cables to reduce noise, Paul Rigby reviews both the Asimi Ultra RCA interconnects and Asimi Luxe speaker cables I like Atlas and its cable designs. In…
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Vertere Acoustics DG-1 Dynamic Groove Record Player is designed for, “…a less extreme customer: one who is driven by performance but needs almost Plug and Play setup,” said the company The…
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The new 750W Ultima 2 is a replacement for the SPM 6000 MKII and forms part of the company’s flagship Reference range. The smaller 480W Ultima 3 replaces the SPM 1400…
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As part of its ongoing 30th-anniversary celebrations this year, Chord Electronics has unveiled Huei, a new phono amplifier including a memory function With multiple options for impedance-matching, seven-stage switchable gain and…
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The twin-speed TN-4D is a new direct-drive turntable using a newly-developed brushless DC servo motor plus “…crystal-locked speed stability and smoother rotation while also eliminating cogging,” said the company There’s also…
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Based upon a TEAC-tuned Ncore module by Hypex, the 115W + 115W output is packed into a A4-sized chassis, the amplifier uses MUSES8920 op-amps and an independent resistor ladder-type volume control…
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A mono active speaker system offering both Bluetooth and Wi-Fi facilities. Rated at 400W, the speakers are encased in stainless steel The company says that each mono speaker is an enclosed, plug-and-play…
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The HD DAC X has been created to improve upon the company’s HD DAC. It also includes many of the technological improvements seen in the HD Preamp The power supply uses,…
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Seen as a source for third part DACs or the company’s own LS1 series Based upon a Linux-based computer system, the MU1 includes in-house designed FPGA interface board, that forms the…
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The Fysis 50Ti from Trinaudio is to be released in a new style chassis And that’s about it, really. I’d love to tell you more but I’m having an issue finding…
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The Stream IV includes a 24bit/192kHz streaming module, a Stream Unlimited CD mechanism and ESS 9018 Sabre DAC plus coaxial and optical digital outputs. A power supply is included from Noratel…
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A small footprint unit based upon Raspberry Pi hardware, Paul Rigby reviews the PecanPi The PecanPi DAC/Streamer is a neat, relatively diminutive unit that can be controlled wirelessly using your phone,…
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Brief commentary of vinyl releases from At The Movies, Vinyl Passion & Munster… AT THE MOVIES Three new LPs from the Music on Vinyl-imprint soundtrack specialists include Skyfall, via Thomas Newman.…
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Brief commentary of vinyl releases from the Music on Vinyl label… First up is Dream Theater’s 1989 official debut, When Dream and Day Unite. Good but not quite prog-metal yet and…
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Tellurium Q has added to its Statement range, Paul Rigby reviews the DIN-to-Phono turntable cable When I recently reviewed the Tellurium Q range of Statement cables, this particular model was a…
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A limited-edition direct drive turntable design, Paul Rigby reviews the HW-40 in its ‘Anniversary’ configuration This is a big turntable. The plinth is large and imposing. You could throw two…
